Brunstatt
Brunstatt / Brunscht
Part of Brunstatt-Didenheim
Coat of arms of Brunstatt
Coat of arms
Location of Brunstatt
Brunstatt is located in France
Brunstatt
Brunstatt
Brunstatt is located in Grand Est
Brunstatt
Brunstatt
Coordinates: 47°43′26″N 7°19′24″E / 47.7239°N 7.3233°E / 47.7239; 7.3233
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentHaut-Rhin
ArrondissementMulhouse
CantonBrunstatt-Didenheim
CommuneBrunstatt-Didenheim
Area
1
9.66 km2 (3.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
6,458
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
68350
Elevation240–329 m (787–1,079 ft)
(avg. 245 m or 804 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brunstatt (French pronunciation: [bʁunʃtat]; Alsatian: Brunscht) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Brunstatt-Didenheim.[2]

It is one of the southern suburbs of the city of Mulhouse, and forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[3]

The family von Besenval

The arms of alliance of the families de Besenval and Bielińska. The barony of Brunstatt is represented by the horseshoe in the coat of arms of Jean Victor de Besenval de Brunstatt (1671–1736). The silver doe stands for Riedisheim and the silver mermaid for Didenheim, the two other possessions of the family de Besenval in the Alsace.

The communes of Brunstatt, Didenheim and Riedisheim once belonged to the Swiss patrician family von Besenval or de Besenval as they were called in France. The rich and powerful family from Solothurn had considerable influence in the royal court of France. An impressive example of this is that the King of France erected the de Besenval's possession of Brunstatt into a French barony on 11 August 1726. Hence the family name de Besenval de Brunstatt.

One of the most prominent members of the family was Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, a Swiss military officer in French service and a favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette. The baron's former residence in Paris, the Hôtel de Besenval, houses the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation since 1938.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
  2. ↑ Arrêté 11 December 2015 (in French)
  3. ↑ "Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération". Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  4. ↑ Jean-Jacques Fiechter / Benno Schubiger: L’Ambassade de Suisse à Paris, Ambassade de Suisse, 2ème édition, août 1994, p. 11
  5. ↑ Gabrielle Claerr Stamm: De Soleure à Paris : La saga de la famille de Besenval, seigneurs de Brunstatt, Riedisheim et Didenheim, Société d’Histoire du Sundgau, 2015, p. 139
  6. ↑ Gabrielle Claerr Stamm: De Soleure à Paris : La saga de la famille de Besenval, seigneurs de Brunstatt, Riedisheim et Didenheim, Société d’Histoire du Sundgau, 2015, pp. 102–103
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