GRIESBACH

griesbach, a watering-place in the grand duchy of baden, in the valley of the rench, 1550 ft. above the sea, 6 m. w. from freudenstadt in wurttemberg. it is celebrated for its saline chalybeate waters (twelve springs), which are specific in cases of anaemia, feminine disorders and diseases of the nervous system, and were used in the 16th century. the annual number of visitors is nearly 2000. pop. (1900) 800. from 1665 to 1805 griesbach was part of the bishopric of strassburg. see haberer, _die renchbader petersthal und griesbach_ (wurzburg, 1866). griffe (french for "claw"), an architectural term for the spur, an ornament carved at the angle of the square base of columns.