Breitenbach
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Places
Breitenbach is the name of several communes and places in Europe. In German, the name means 'wide brook'.Austria:
- Breitenbach am InnBreitenbach am InnBreitenbach am Inn is a municipality in the Kufstein district of Austria and is located 5.50 km west of Wörgl as well as 19 km southwest of Kufstein. The village has 5 parts and received new parts and house numbers in 2006. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century...
, in Tyrol
Czech Republic:
- The former name of what is now PotůčkyPotůčkyPotůčky is a village and municipality in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-Notes:...
France:
- Breitenbach, Bas-RhinBreitenbach, Bas-RhinBreitenbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:*...
, in the Bas-Rhin département - Breitenbach-Haut-RhinBreitenbach-Haut-RhinBreitenbach-Haut-Rhin is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Its inhabitants are Breitenbachois. Its official name distinguishes it from Breitenbach, Bas-Rhin....
, in the Haut-Rhin département
Germany:
- Breitenbach, Rhineland-PalatinateBreitenbach, Rhineland-PalatinateBreitenbach is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Breitenbach is part of the association of municipalities of Waldmohr.-Geography:...
, in the Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate - Breitenbach, BurgenlandkreisBreitenbach, BurgenlandkreisBreitenbach is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Wetterzeube....
, in the Burgenlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt - Breitenbach, Mansfeld-Südharz, in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt
- Breitenbach, Thuringia, now part of Leinefelde-Worbis in Eichsfeld district, Thuringia
- Breitenbach am HerzbergBreitenbach am HerzbergBreitenbach am Herzberg is a community in southwesternmost Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.-Location:...
, in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district, Hesse - A locality of SchauenbergSchauenbergSchauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at 892m. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep. The fortress was destroyed in 1344...
, Hesse - A locality of SchlüchternSchlüchternSchlüchtern is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hessen, Germany. It is located on the river Kinzig at the southwest of a hill called Landrücken, approx. 30 km southwest of Fulda.-History:...
, Hesse - A locality in BebraBebraBebra is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany.-Location:Bebra lies some 45 km south of Kassel on the Fulda. The town is easy to find on most maps thanks to its prominent location on the Fuldaknie...
, see Bebra-Breitenbach
Switzerland:
- Breitenbach, SwitzerlandBreitenbach, SwitzerlandBreitenbach is a municipality in the district of Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.There are two train stations near Breitenbach, the main being in Laufen and the other in Zwingen. As with most of Switzerland, there are Postauto buses which take people to surrounding cities and...
, in the canton of Solothurn
People
- T. E. BreitenbachT. E. BreitenbachThomas E. Breitenbach is a self-taught American artist best known for his painting Proverbidioms, a raucous and comical depiction of over 300 common proverbs and clichés. He also collaborated with Jim Morrison of The Doors, shortly before Morrison's death, on a painting intended for use on his An...
, an American artist - Albert von Breitenbach, birth name of Tin Pan AlleyTin Pan AlleyTin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...
composer Fred FisherFred FisherFred Fisher was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Fisher founded Fred Fisher Music Publishing Company in 1907. He was born as Albert von Breitenbach in Cologne...
(1875–1942) - Josef BreitenbachJosef BreitenbachJosef Breitenbach was a photographer whose manipulated images and stark photographs were part of the Surrealistic movement.-Early life:...
, a German/American photographer