Burckhardt

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The name Burckhardt ( pronounced Basle German : ˈbʊʁgət ) is a family name , especially of a Basel patrician family .

The Burckhardt family from Basel

The progenitor of the Basel patrician family was the cloth and silk merchant Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578) from the Münstertal in the Black Forest , who became a Basel citizen in 1523 and a member of the Grand Council in 1553 , in which the family remained uninterrupted until the 20th century was represented.

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  1. ^ Leonhard Burckhardt : Burckhardt. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. an article with numerous references can also be found in the Neue Deutsche Biographie , see article on the Basel family in the Neue Deutsche Biographie