Bouxwiller
Bouxwiller
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What visitors come from many different directions to Bouxwiller and three townships involved, as are Imbsheim Griesbach-le-Bastberg Riedheim and he is struck by the freshness of this green paradise that spreads to his eyes: the plots culturally diverse and expertly maintained, although the fat meadows on the hillsides with grazing ruminants peaceful, a few shreds of vines here, and there, all set against the dark tops of hills and forests of the Vosges in the horizon.
And just as calm and peaceful, beneficent and natural is the atmosphere in each locality, grouped around its church, encircled by a crown of orchard trees and ornamental variety.
Bouxwiller is one of the most beautiful cities in Northern Alsace known for its architectural and historical treasures. It has kept its charm of yesteryear with its timbered houses, its remarkable oriel windows, narrow streets which detours to hide more than a curiosity. Around the Castle Square, one can still admire the buildings that once were part of the Manorial Court.
The trade Bouxwiller remains active and attracts many tourists, especially during the summer and the Christmas fair in early December.
Bouxwiller is also known by the Bastberg hill overlooking the area, renowned for its geology and paleontology, but also for its many legends of witches.
The origin of Bouxwiller is very old and dates back to the Gallo Roman "Buxuwilare" is mentioned in a charter of donation to the abbey of Wissembourg 725. The fate of the city is linked with the history of the lords and counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt, which were until the Revolution of the German princes, vassals of the King of France in the land of Alsace.
Current capital of the Pays de Hanau Bouxwiller was once the administrative center of the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. The Habsburgs, to reward Lichtenberg lords who had always supported in their struggle for domination of the Holy Roman Empire, granting certain privileges to them, including franchises for their village Bouxwiller (circa 1291), franchises confirmed 1301 by the Emperor Albert 1er. That is why the place is called as oppidum in the first half of the 14th century, that is to say Bouxwiller became a walled village, we can consider, if you will, as a city. From double wall erected then, it remains significant portions on three sides. The counts are based hospital (1528), introduced the Reformation (1545) transformed the Latin School in College (1612) and in the Great Landgravine Carolina (1721-1774) the castle gardens deserve their reputation of a "small Versailles. A number of relics have persisted despite the vicissitudes of history and time. Within the enclosure are the bailey St. George's Chapel, probably the first contemporary castle and the Corn Exchange (Kornhalle) on the north side, beyond the wall, the medieval pond called Fischpfuhl.
- Do not miss the Museum of Country Bouxwiller in Hanau, the museum Judeo-Alsatian, the Protestant church, the Catholic Church, oriel windows, the historic city center, instead of the Grain Market and the Castle ...
- The guidebook "Tour of historic discovery" (paying) to discover, through panels, architectural treasures of the city available at Tourist Information Point and the Town Hall (Castle Square). This tour reveals the historic architecture of the city, its monuments and sights that lie within.
- The museum of Hanau Bouxwiller in Country:
- You are invited to discover the history and the social and cultural life of Hanau in the 19th century. In pushing its doors, you discover everyday objects, furniture, polychrome, traditional costumes and local customs, you also share the life of famous people who have the reputation of Bouxwiller as the visionary director of the chemical industry Charles-Henri Schattenmann or dialect novelist Mary Hart, who died in exile. The Museum is the subject of a major project to its transformation into an interpretive site territory. The collections currently on display are a foretaste of the new museum in Hanau country Bouxwiller which will develop the themes of society, history and natural wealth "Hanauerland" in the 19th century. Temporary thematic exhibitions related to a broad program of events punctuate the life of the museum.
- Tel: +33 3 88 70 99 15 - e-mail: musee.hanau @ museums-Vosges-nord.org
- The museum Judeo-Alsatian:
- Set in a synagogue saved from demolition, this museum depicts the culture and traces the history of the Jews of Alsace.
- Tel: +33 3 88 70 97 17.
- The town also makes available a number of sporting, cultural and other interests to occupy the leisure, such as gymnasium, soccer field, tennis court, the cultural center, two museums for permanent or temporary , a fishing pond, playgrounds ...
Alongside the many activities and events organized by many associations, the city offers summer and in December animations known and sought after for their quality and authenticity. The traditional Christmas market (or Christkindelsmärik) of Bouxwiller is the annual gathering of all lovers of ancient traditions in an authentic and warm. It takes place annually the second weekend of December. It is renowned for the quality of the exhibits (local products, crafts, snacks, local histories ...), but also for its animations that depict the traditions of Christmas authentically Alsatian, and which take place in the streets of the Old Town, Castle Square, at the Protestant church, and in the Corn Exchange.
 | Half-timbered house from 1623 |  |
| |  | Street View of Lords since the Cooper Street | |
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 | Street View for the Cooper Square Grain Market | |
| |  | View Bouxwiller | |
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 | View from the Hill Imbsheim Bastberg | |
| |  | City Hall | |
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 | Vivier lord called Fischpfuhl mentioned in 1656 | |
| |  | 14th century fortified enclosure, with battlements | |
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 | bailey Chapel St. George and Corn Exchange | |
| |  | Church Protestant square bell tower and powerful | |
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 | Oriel highlight of 1584 6 faces on red sandstone base | |
| |  | Renaissance Tower former stables stately | |
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 | Remains of the oldest in the city: two Gothic arches | |
| |  | Marche aux Grains: whole houses from the 17th century | |
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 | House of wealthy burghers of the second half of the 16th century | |
| |  | Fountain Platteschlecker | |
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| www.commune-bouxwiller.fr | City Bouxwiller |
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