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.
