This article is about the patrician family from Basel. For other uses, see Burckhardt (disambiguation).
Burckhardt
(de) Bourcard
Patrician family
Burckhardt family coat of arms on the opening map of the Hauenstein Pass
Etymology
derived from German given name Burkhard
Place of origin
Münstertal, Black Forest
Founded
Taking municipal citizenship 1523, Basel, Switzerland
501 years ago
Founder
Christoph-dit-Stoffel Burckhardt (1490-1548)
Titles
Grand Councilor
National Councilor
The Burckhardt family alternatively also (de) Bourcard (in French) is a family of the Basel patriciate, descended from Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578), a merchant in cloth and silk originally from Münstertal, Black Forest, who received Basel citizenship in 1523, and became a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 1553.
The family was represented in the Grand Council continuously from 1553 until the 20th century. In the 17th century and early 18th century, the family was the most powerful family of the canton of Basel.[1] Branches of the family were based in Nantes and in the Kingdom of Naples from the 18th century, where it was ennobled as de Bourcard. The family's famous members include the traveller and orientalist Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, the influential art historian Jacob Burckhardt and the international President of the Red Cross Carl Jacob Burckhardt. The surname is derived from the dithematic Germanic given name Burkhard, from burg "protection" and hard "brave, hardy".
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