Grandfontaine (Bas-Rhin)
Grand Fontaine ( German Michel Brunn ) is a commune with 416 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region. In the local Alsatian German locality " Grosbrun " is called. The community is located west-northwest from the cantonal capital Schirmeck in the Vosges Mountains, bordering Lorraine. Next to the main settlement It also includes the hamlets of skin - Fourneau, les Minières, Framont, skin Donon and Bas- Donon. The highest point is 1,008 m above sea level Donon, followed by the Tête des Roches Blanches at 916 m, the Corbeille to 899 m, the Maxes at 863 m, the Rond Perthuis to 849 m, the Tête Mathis at 838 m and the Haut de la Charaille to 758 m.
The Lorraine community Raon- lès- Leau calls from Grand Fontaine still a 1000 hectare forest area back, which had been struck at the instigation of Bismarck's Germany in 1871 in order to control the strategically important Donon can.