Brézouard

Brézouard
View of the Petit Brézouard on the left and the Grand Brézouard on the right.
Highest point
Elevation	1,229 m (4,032 ft)[1]
Coordinates	48°11′22″N 7°09′00″E
Geography
Brézouard France
Location	Alsace, France
Parent range	Vosges 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."[2] 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.[3]

Geology

The summit of the Brézouard is composed of two-mica granite.[4]

See also

• Vosges Mountains

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.