Old man-Brisach
Old man-Brisach (in German Breisach amndt Rhein ) is a strengthened German city of the Pays of Bade, located on the the Rhine. The French call it " Old man-Brisach" in opposition to the Alsatian city of Neuf-Brisach built by Vauban with XVIIe S. on French bank of the Rhine. It is twinned with Saint-Louis in the Haut-Rhin, in Alsace. Member of the Network of the major sites of Vauban
History
This rock made it possible to the Romans to build there a Oppidum into 260 in order to defend their border on the Rhine against the Alamans. It bore then the name of Mons Brisiacus and was flourishing.
With 11th and 12th centuries the strengthened hill then the village which set up there were the stronghold of évêché of Basle.
At the 17th century the city became the core of a system of fortifications which counted among most frightening of Europe. Its very exposed situation been worth to him to be sometimes a French head of bridge, sometimes an outpost of the Empire. It is in particular besieged by Vauban in 1703.
In September 1793, Old man-Brisach undergoes an important bombardment by the French revolutionary troops during five days.
In 1945 the city was damaged once again.
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