Bracht (Burg-Reuland)

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State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Liege
District :	Verviers
Coordinates :	50 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 9' E Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ' N , 6 ° 9' E
Residents:	99 pop.
Height:	400 m
Post Code:	4790
Prefix:	080
Website:	Brings

Bracht is a village in the Belgian Eifel with 99 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2014), which belongs to the municipality of Burg-Reuland in the German-speaking Community .

geography

Bracht Castle

Bracht chapel

Bracht is located not far from the Our between Maspelt and the village of Burg-Reuland .

history

The history of the place can be traced back to the year 1330, when a "Hugo de Brait" is mentioned in documents. A first chapel was built in Bracht in 1695 at the instigation of the then Burg-Reuländer pastor Mathias Breitfeld. In 1865 this chapel was replaced by a new building due to its dilapidation.

Attractions

Bracht Castle , listed from 1782 to 1785 by order of Georg Friedrich August Ferrand von Montigny.

Web links

Information on the village of Bracht at Burg-Reuland.be
Bracht village community

Individual evidence

^ Population statistics
↑ Information on the village of Bracht
↑ Bracht Castle. In: Heribert Reiners (arrangement and ed.) With the collaboration of Heinrich Neu : Die Kunstdenkmäler von Eupen-Malmedy. L. Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1935 (reprint of Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-590-32117-2 ), p. 214 f.

[1] Population statistics

[info-2] Information on the village of Bracht

[Kd-3] Bracht Castle. In: Heribert Reiners (arrangement and ed.) With the collaboration of Heinrich Neu : Die Kunstdenkmäler von Eupen-Malmedy. L. Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1935 (reprint of Pädagogischer Verlag Schwann, Düsseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-590-32117-2 ), p. 214 f.