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 The town hall in Goxwiller | |
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Location of Goxwiller  | |
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| Coordinates:48°26′01″N7°29′07″E / 48.4336°N 7.4853°E /48.4336; 7.4853 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Bas-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein |
| Canton | Obernai |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Suzanne Lotz[1] |
Area 1 | 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 835 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67164 /67210 |
| Elevation | 161–231 m (528–758 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Goxwiller (French pronunciation:[ɡɔksvilɛʁ]ⓘ;German:Goxweiler) is acommune in theBas-Rhindepartment inAlsace in north-easternFrance.[3]
Goxwiller is effectively a one-street village between flat arable land to one side and southward sloping vineyards to the other. It has become known forviticulture and for traditional artisanal trades such ascarpentry,clog making,leather tanning andbook binding.
In recent decades aspects of the village have been sensitively renovated in order to encourage the tourist trade: the eighteenth century former bakery, which had fallen into disrepair, has been acquired by the local commune and is once again able to bake bread andFlammkuchen, albeit only on special occasions.
From earliest times, Goxwiller and the neighbouring commune ofBourgheim comprised a single entity for administrative purposes both civil and ecclesiastical: the heraldic shield depicts two linked rings in order to symbolise this ancient union
First mentioned in 920 (initially as Getenesvillare, then as Gokesvilre, Gotesviller and finally as Goxwiller) the village was under the control of various abbeys during the medieval period, the last of these being theAbbey of Niedermunster to which Goxwiller was enfeoffed until 1522. From then until1789 Goxwiller, along with the entire Lordship ofBarr of which it by then formed a part, came under the authority of thecity of Strasbourg. The early modern period was one of much warring and destruction acrossAlsace, but the nineteenth century was one of relative tranquility and growing prosperity: Goxwiller was one of several communes to benefit from the growth ofviticulture during these years.
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