Freinsheim – this large family was founded by a Heinrich Bruch. The family is well-documented in the church records of Freinsheim (Lutheran and Reformed) and Kallstadt.
Wachenheim – the Bruch family in Wachenheim was founded by Balthasar Bruch, a butcher. While records in Wachenheim itself extend only to the beginning of the 18th Century, the family is mentioned in the records of nearby Dürkheim.
Bruch Family History 