Bouxwiller (Bas-Rhin)

Bouxwiller (German Buchsweiler ) is a commune with 3994 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Bas- Rhin in the Alsace region.

History

In the vicinity of Bouxwiller can prove settlement remains from the Roman period. Already in the 18th century remains of a Roman bath have been found.

Is first mentioned in writing Bouxwiller in a deed from the year 724, were paid as goods in Puxuwilare the monastery White Castle.

Bouxwiller was next to the castle of Lichtenberg, the center of the domain Lichtenberg, after the transition to Hanau -Lichtenberg in 1480 one of the main places of the county. As a result Bouxwiller flourished and became a town. Thus, a hospital was built in 1528 and 1612, the Latin School. 1545 Bouxwiller was reformed. During the French Revolution many buildings were destroyed. From the 19th century to the mid 20th century, mining was carried out in the neighborhood, which brought the city a modest prosperity.

Bouxwiller is through the variety of its half-timbered buildings, some still in the 17th century, one of the most picturesque places of Alsace.

Incorporations

On 1 March 1973 Bouxwiller merged with the municipality Imbsheim. This place has the character of a round village, although Rundlinge in Alsace are not common. The Rue de Fossé is a county road that serves as a driveway. Through the village center leads the Department of Road D6.

The villages Riedheim and Griesbach, like Imbsheim are in the south of the municipality, merged on the same date with Bouxwiller.

Demographics

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bouxwiller (Bas -Rhin)

• Musée de Bouxwiller et du Pays de Hanau
• The Judeo- Alsatian Museum ( Musée judéo - alsacien ) in the former synagogue Bouxwiller ( Here is also the dialect " Alsatian Yiddish " recalls. )
• The Silbermann organ from 1778 in the Lutheran Church of Bouxwiller
• House Pflüger, half-timbered house dating from the 17th century ( Monument historique )
• House Siegler, half-timbered house dating from the 17th century ( Monument historique )

Partnership

Bouxwiller is twinned with Babenhausen in Hesse; recalled a street in Bouxwiller and a street sign in Babenhausen.

Personalities

• John Anglicus (1502-1577), Protestant theologian and hymn composer
• Charlotte of Hanau- Lichtenberg (1700-1726), wife of Landgrave Ludwig VIII of Hesse- Darmstadt
• Christoph Wilhelm von Koch (1737-1813), professor of constitutional law and history, writer and politician in Alsace
• Conrad Reinhard Ritter von Koch (1738-1821), diplomat
• Caroline of Hesse -Darmstadt (* 1746, † 1821), by marriage Countess of Hesse- Homburg.
• Christian of Hesse- Darmstadt (1763-1830), Landgrave of Hesse -Darmstadt and the house of Dutch General
• Ludwig Heinrich von Bojanus (1776-1827), German veterinary surgeon and comparative anatomist, Professor in Vilnius
• Marie Hart ( di Kurr Marie, nee Hartmann, 1856-1924 ), Alsatian dialect writer and poet
• Pierre Meyer (1900-1964), French Forstmann
• Michael Ertz (1921-2002), born in Imbsheim, pastor, author and local historian