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When France lost the [[Franco-Prussian war]] to Prussia in 1871 the entire Koechlin family decided to become citizens of Switzerland and thus dropped French citizenship. After the defeat of the [[German Empire]] in 1918, however, the Koechlin family again applied for French citizenship.<ref>[http://drelsassblogfumernest-emile.hautetfort.com/search/koechlin drelsassblogfumernest-emile] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130809225558/http://drelsassblogfumernest-emile.hautetfort.com/search/koechlin |date=2013-08-09 }} at hautetfort.com, retrieved 2013-08-09 (in French)</ref>
Maurice attended the lycée in [[Mulhouse]], then between 1873 and 1877 studied [[civil engineering]] at the [[ETH Zurich|Polytechnikum Zürich]] under [[Carl Culmann]]. In 1876 he became a citizen of Zurich ("''Zürcher Bürger''")<ref>Bergier, J.-F., Fabre-Koechlin, M., Dubas, P. [http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:605/eth-605-01.pdf "Dipl.Ing. Maurice Koechlin und der Eiffelturm"], ''Schriftenreihe der ETH-Bibliothek'', '''27''' (1990): p.20, retrieved 2013-08-11 (in German and French)</ref> Between 1877 and 1879 he worked for the French railway company "''Chemin de Fer de l'Est''".
Much of his work was done for [[Gustave Eiffel]]'s "Compagnie des établissements Eiffel", which Koechlin joined in 1879. In 1886 Maurice married Emma Rossier (1867-1965). They had six children: three sons and three daughters. Maurice and Emma were lifelong members of the [[Plymouth Brethren]].
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