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Haut-Rhin ( French pronunciation: [oʁɛ̃], lit. 'Upper Rhine'; Alsatian: Owerelsàss or ‘s Iwerlànd; German: Oberelsass, lit. 'Upper Alsace') is a département in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine.
Thann (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Alsatian: Dànn, pronounced, German: Thann) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Haut-Rhin, in Grand Est. It is the sous-préfecture of the arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller and part of the canton of Cernay. Its inhabitants are known as Thannois.
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The Ecomuseum at Ungersheim to the south of Rouffach is one of the most popular attractions in the Haut-Rhin. You can see more than 70 reconstructed period houses and farmbuildings that were brought here from the surrounding region and carefully reconstructed. To the east of Mulhouse at Ottmarsheim the 11th century abbey-church is also a ...
Haut-Rhin is one of the original 83 départements, created during the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790 through the application of the law of 22 December 1789 in respect of the southern half of the province of Alsace (Haute-Alsace).
