Pfetterhouse (French pronunciation: (listen); Alemannic German: Pfatterhüse; German: Pfetterhausen) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. Pfetterhouse is located in Jura Alsatian foothills, just in the border of Switzerland and the Territoire de Belfort. The first mention of this village is dated from 732 AD and comes from Latin: Petrosa "the rocky one". An explanation of this origin could be the fact that stone from Pfetterhouse's quarry was used to build a Roman station not far from Petrosa or the presence of a Roman paved road. It explains the use of the French variant form Pérouse. The Alemannic form is already mentioned as Phetterhusen in a 1296 document. The spelling ph in Old High German notes pf in Modern German. More information...
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