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Peak in the Vosges Mountains
Brézouard
View of the Petit Brézouard on the left and the Grand Brézouard on the right.
Highest point
Elevation1,229 m (4,032 ft)
Coordinates48°11′22″N 7°09′00″E / 48.18944°N 7.15000°E / 48.18944; 7.15000
Geography
Brézouard is located in FranceBrézouardBrézouardFrance
LocationAlsace, France
Parent rangeVosges Mountains

The Brézouard (French pronunciation: [bʁezwaʁ]) is a summit in the Vosges Mountains, part of the canton of Lapoutroie. It is located eight kilometers from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, which can be reached by taking the small Échéry road.

Toponymy

The residents of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines prefer to call the summit of Brézouard by the name Brüschbückel, which means "the mountain covered with heather." On old maps, Brézouard may still appear under the name Bressoir.

Geography

Situation

From Échéry, the two banks of the Lièpvrette [fr] converge. More than half of its surface area belongs to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, with the remaining part belonging to the commune of Fréland. The Grand Brézouard, formerly known as the Ballon de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, reaches an altitude of 1,229 meters. The Petit Brézouard, its twin 400 meters to the northeast, only reaches an altitude of 1,203 meters.

Geology

The summit of the Brézouard is composed of two-mica granite.

See also

References

  1. IGN maps available on Géoportail
  2. Mündel, Curt (2021-12-20). Les Vosges: Guide du touriste en Alsace-Lorraine et dans les régions avoisinantes (in French). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-242514-5.
  3. "Circuit rando – grand et petit Brézouard, le château du Bonhomme - Visit Alsace". www.visit.alsace (in French). 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  4. Fluck, Pierre; von Eller, Jean-Paul (1971). "Contribution à l'étude tectonique des gneiss de Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Vosges)". Sciences Géologiques, bulletins et mémoires. 24 (2): 149–178. doi:10.3406/sgeol.1971.1390.
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