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Barr (Bas-Rhin)
Barr (; in Alsatian ''Borr'') is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Alsace region of north-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrois'' or ''Barroises''. The commune has been awarded "three flowers" by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. Geography Barr lies in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains at the foot of Mont Sainte-Odile some 25 km (15 miles) south-west of Strasbourg and 5 km (3 miles) north of Epfig. The A35 autoroute passes through the eastern tip of the commune from north to south and Exit lies in the tip of the commune. The D62 runs west through the commune from the exit to Andlau. Access to Barr town is by the D362 from Mittelbergheim in the south, by the D35 from Heiligenstein in the north, and by the D42 which branches from the D1422 north of Gertwiller. The D1422 from Gertwiller in the north runs from north to south through the east of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Hohwald
Le Hohwald (german: Hohwald) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Geography Climate Le Hohwald is a hill village, with altitude above sea level in the commune ranging from 450 meters to nearly 1100 meters, positioned some fifty kilometres to the west-south-west of Strasbourg and some ten kilometres to the south-west of Mont Sainte-Odile. Its position in the lee of mountains protects it from north winds and from many of the frequent fogs and mists that are a feature of the climate elsewhere in Alsace, and supports claims of an unexpectedly benign climate all the year round. Economy The tourist business is important to the local economy with more than 120 km of marked paths for walkers in the surrounding forests, other sport and recreational activities advertised including fishing and skiing, and numerous hotels, pensions and restaurants in and around the village. Visitor attractions The arboretum started as an experimental plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Stewardship Council
The Forest Stewardship Council A. C. (FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification. It is an example of a market-based certification program used as a transnational environmental policy. Purpose The FSC's stated mission is to "promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests". To this end, the body has published a global strategy with five goals: # Advancing globally responsible forest management. # Ensure equitable access to the benefits of FSC systems. # Ensure integrity, credibility and transparency of the FSC system. # Create business value for products from FSC certified forests. # Strengthen the global network to deliver on goals 1 through 4. These goals are promoted, managed, and developed through six program areas: forests, chain of custody, social policy, monitoring and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To Nature Forestry
Close to nature forestry is a management approach treating forest as an ecological system performing multiple functions. Close to nature silviculture tries to achieve the management objectives with minimum necessary human intervention aimed at accelerating the processes that nature would do by itself more slowly. It works with natural populations of trees, ongoing processes and existing structures using cognitive approach, as in the case of uneven-aged forest (Plenterwald). Its theory and practice takes forest as a self regulating ecosystem and manages it as such. It aims at overcoming the divorce between forestalist and ecologist management systems of forest. As an important consequence, it concludes that if properly applied, it would render the segregation of forest lands into "productive" and " reserves" or national parks unnecessary. History Europe The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Naturgemässe Waldwirtschaft (ANW) (german: Working Group for the Close to Nature Forestry) was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obernai
Obernai ( Alsatian: ''Owernah''; german: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants having gone up from 6,304 in 1968 to 11,279 in 2017. History A neolithic necropole has been uncovered dating between 5,000 and 4,600 BC; 27 individuals were buried there in wooden coffins. This appears to be a continuation of groups from the Linear Pottery culture who were located also on the eastern side of the Rhine. The Obernai region, which was the property of the dukes of Alsace in the 7th century, is the birthplace of St. Odile, daughter of the Duke, who would become the Patron Saint of Alsace. The Obernai name first appears in 1240, when the village acquires the status of town under the tutelage of the Hohenstaufen family. The town then prospered. It became a member of the Décapole in 1354, an alliance of ten towns of the Holy Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Railway Welschbruch
The Forest Railway Welschbruch ( French: ''Le chemin de fer forestier de la forêt de Barr'', German: ''Waldeisenbahn Welschbruch'') was a narrow gauge forest railwaywith a gauge of probably 700mm near Barr in the Bas-Rhin department of France. Geography The 6,3 km (3.9 mi) long track started at the Welschbruch forester's house and lead with an average gradient of 7% through several hairpin turns and along the river Kirneck via ''Fontaine Laquiante'' to the logging siding 445 m below. From there the logs were transported by oxcarts to the nearby railway station of Barr.Le chemin de fer forestier de la forêt de Barr Rolling stock Initially six trucks with wooden frames were used, which could tra ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GR 5
The GR 5 is a GR footpathThe acronym GR stands for "Grande Randonnée" (in French), meaning "Great Hike". that starts in the Netherlands, crosses Belgium and Luxembourg before crossing France from north to south. It is part of the European walking route E2. This trail is famous for its route through the French Alps from Lake Geneva to Nice called Grande Traversée des Alpes. Itinerary * Hook of Holland, at the North Sea (NL) * Bergen op Zoom (NL) * Hasselt (B) * Maastricht (NL) * Liège (B) * Spa (B) * Ouren (B) * Diekirch (L) * Dudelange, near Luxembourg (L) * Liverdun, near Nancy (F) * Donon (F) * Ballon d'Alsace (F) * La Cluse, near Pontarlier (F) * Les Rousses (F) * Lake Geneva (F) / (CH) * Samoëns (F) * Les Houches, near Chamonix (F) * Modane (F) * Briançon (F) * Saint-Étienne de Tinée (F) * Roure, Alpes-Maritimes, Roure (F) * Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barr Station
Barr station ( French: ''Gare de Barr'') is a railway station serving the commune of Barr, Bas-Rhin department, France. It is located on the Sélestat to Saverne railway. The station is owned and operated by SNCF, in the TER Grand Est regional rail network and is served by TER trains. History The train station was opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est on 28 September 1864. The old passenger building, which was built in 1877, is currently used by a billiards club.{{Cite web, url=https://www.lalsace.fr/bas-rhin/2013/08/03/le-pilier-de-barr-depuis-20-ans-c-est-le-club-de-billard, title=De gare en gare (4). Le pilier de Barr, depuis 20 ans, c’est le club de billard, website=www.lalsace.fr, language=FR-fr, access-date=2020-04-28 Services Barr is a SNCF passenger stop on the TER Grand Est network. It is served by TER trains operating along the Strasbourg - Molsheim - Barr - Sélestat route (A07). See also * List of SNCF stations in Grand Est This article cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TER Grand Est
TER Grand Est or TER Fluo is the regional rail network serving the region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2016 from the previous TER networks TER Alsace, TER Lorraine and TER Champagne-Ardenne, when the respective regions were merged. History On 1st January 2016, the three administrative regions of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne merged. As a result, on 11 December 2016, TER Grand Est was created out of the three existing systems TER Alsace, TER Lorraine and TER Champagne-Ardenne, including TER 200 and TER Vallée de la Marne. In spring 2019, TER Grand Est was integrated into the intermodal network Fluo Grand Est. The new branding is used to signify TER train services operated in the region. Network The rail and bus network as of February 2021: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natzwiller
Natzwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. History Built in spring 1941 on the territory of the commune, Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp opened for prisoners in May 1941. It was the only Nazi concentration camp on French soil. The inmates originally were German who were to supply labor for building V-2 rocket factories in man-made caves dug out of the Vosges Mountains. The prisoners lived in the cold, damp tunnels as they built them. The camp was expanded by the Nazis with the installation of a gas chamber in April 1943 and crematorium. Its main function was temporary detention of Resistance fighters from overrun European nations, although some Nazi experiments on Jews were carried out at the camp. Museum The camp site has been preserved as a museum and includes a monument to the departed. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zellwiller
Zellwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in northeastern France. The footballer Morgan Schneiderlin was born here. Population See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{BasRhin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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