# Brunstatt
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{{Short description|Commune in Haut-Rhin, France}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Brunstatt
|native name = Brunstatt / Brunscht
|image =
|image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Brunstatt (68).svg
|arrondissement = Mulhouse
|canton = Brunstatt-Didenheim
|commune = Brunstatt-Didenheim
|INSEE = 68056
|postal code = 68350
|coordinates = {{coord|47.7239|7.3233|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 245
|elevation min m = 240
|elevation max m = 329
|area km2 = 9.66
|population = 6376
|population date = 2022
|population footnotes = [{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8290591/ensemble.pdf|title=Populations de référence 2022|language=fr|trans-title=Reference populations 2022|publisher=[INSEE](/source/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_%C3%A9tudes_%C3%A9conomiques)|date=December 2024}}]
}}
'''Brunstatt''' ({{IPA|fr|bʁunʃtat}}; [Alsatian](/source/Alsatian_language): ''Brunscht'') is a former ''[commune](/source/Communes_of_France)'' in the [Haut-Rhin](/source/Haut-Rhin) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in north-eastern [France](/source/France). On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune [Brunstatt-Didenheim](/source/Brunstatt-Didenheim).[[http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000031741123 Arrêté] 11 December 2015 {{in lang|fr}}]
It is one of the southern suburbs of the city of [Mulhouse](/source/Mulhouse), and forms part of the [Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération](/source/Mulhouse_Alsace_Agglom%C3%A9ration), the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation.[{{cite web | url = http://www.mulhouse-alsace.fr/ | title = Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération | publisher = Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération | accessdate = 2011-04-07}}]
== House of Besenval: A Swiss family, well conntected ==
[[File:Arms of alliance de Besenval and Bielińska.jpg|thumb|left|The [arms of alliance](/source/arms_of_alliance) of the families de Besenval (quartered shield) and Bieliński. The horseshoe represents the Barony of Brunstatt. The silver doe represents [Riedisheim](/source/Riedisheim) and the silver mermaid [Didenheim](/source/Didenheim), the two other possessions of the family de Besenval in the [Alsace](/source/Alsace). Engraving by [Ricardo de los Ríos](/source/Ricardo_de_los_R%C3%ADos).]]
The ''communes'' of Brunstatt, [Didenheim](/source/Didenheim) and [Riedisheim](/source/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](/source/Solothurn) had considerable influence at the royal court of France. A striking illustration of this is the elevation of the family de Besenval's possession of Brunstatt to a French [baron](/source/baron)y by the King of France on 11 August 1726, from which the family derived the title Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt.[Gabrielle Claerr Stamm: ''De Soleure à Paris : La saga de la famille de Besenval, seigneurs de Brunstatt, Riedisheim et Didenheim,'' Chapitre: Brunstatt devient une baronnie: ''Le 11 août 1726, Louis XV, roi de France, élève la terre de Brunstatt, propriété de la famille de Besenval, au rang de baronnie.'' Société d’Histoire du Sundgau, 2015, pp. 102–103]
=== Pierre Victor de Besenval de Brunstatt ===
One of the most prominent members of the family was [Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt](/source/Pierre_Victor%2C_baron_de_Besenval_de_Brunstatt), a Swiss military officer in French service and a [favorite](/source/Favourite) of Queen [Marie Antoinette](/source/Marie_Antoinette). The baron received [tout-Paris](/source/tout-Paris) at his residence on the Rue de Grenelle, the [Hôtel de Besenval](/source/H%C3%B4tel_de_Besenval). The ''[hôtel particulier](/source/h%C3%B4tel_particulier)'' was also the setting for the affair known as: [An Incident at the Opera Ball on Mardi Gras in 1778](/source/An_Incident_at_the_Opera_Ball_on_Mardi_Gras_in_1778). The Hôtel de Besenval has housed the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation since 1938.[Jean-Jacques Fiechter / Benno Schubiger: ''L’Ambassade de Suisse à Paris,'' Ambassade de Suisse, 2ème édition, août 1994, p. 11][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][Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval: ''Mémoires de M. Le Baron de Besenval,'' imprimerie de Jeunehomme, rue de Sorbonne no. 4, Paris, 1805 – chez F. Buisson, libraire, rue Hautefeuille no. 31, Paris, tome II, pp. 282–329]
==See also==
* [Communes of the Haut-Rhin department](/source/Communes_of_the_Haut-Rhin_department)
==References==
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== Further reading ==
In alphabetical order
* Andreas Affolter / Guillaume Poisson: ''Pierre-Victor de Besenval (1721–1791) – Une vie au service du roi de France,'' Société d'Histoire de la Suisse Romande (Fonds Butticaz) / Schloss Waldegg, 2024
* Gabrielle Claerr Stamm: ''De Soleure à Paris : La saga de la famille de Besenval, seigneurs de Brunstatt, [Riedisheim](/source/Riedisheim) et [Didenheim](/source/Didenheim),'' Société d'Histoire du Sundgau, 2015
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