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Thannenkirch is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
and tourist destination in the northeastern French department of
Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...
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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, 20 km north of Colmar, and 5 km southwest of the
château du Haut-Koenigsbourg The Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (; german: Hohkönigsburg), sometimes also ''Haut-Kœnigsbourg'', is a medieval castle located in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Orschwiller in the Bas-Rhin ''Departments of France, département'' of Als ...
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See also

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Communes of the Haut-Rhin department The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haut-Rhin {{HautRhin-geo-stub