Thannenkirch () is a
commune and tourist destination in the northeastern French
department of
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin (); Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; , . is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine; its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less pop ...
.
Geography
The village is located in the foothills of the Taennchel Massif at an elevation of 468m. It is about 65 km southwest of
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
, 20 km north of
Colmar
Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...
, and 5 km southwest of the
château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
The Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (; ), sometimes also ''Haut-Kœnigsbourg'', is a medieval castle located in the '' commune'' of Orschwiller in the Bas-Rhin ''département'' of Alsace, France. Located in the Vosges mountains just west of Séle ...
.
See also
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Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 366 Communes of France, communes of the French Departments of France, department of Haut-Rhin.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Haut-Rhin
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