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Jewish city story of Bouxwiller

Bouxwiller is a very old town located within the Saverne arrondissement about 34 kilometers (21 mi) northwest of Strasbourg and has been occupied since Roman times. The Jews have been living in Bouxwiller since the early 1300s. During the Protestant Reformation, Prince of Hanau-Lichtenberg had the capital in Bouxwiller, but was very tolerant of the Jews in hopes of becoming an "enlightened spirit."

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Ingwiller Synagogue

It is to this location, at the foot of the Northern Vosges and on the edge of an agricultural plain, that Ingwiller undoubtedly owes its origin and probably its commercial vocation. Thus, Ingwiller was elevated to the rank of town on 11 May 1345 and was thus able to hold a market and surround itself with ramparts. Until the end of the 19th century, Ingwiller remained a rural and artisanal town of weavers, laundry workers, and brewers. Photo credit: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons; GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons; GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Jewish Alsatian Museum

"Artifacts and places recount history better than books." This sentence welcomes you as you arrive at the Jewish Alsatian Museum, a museum unlike any other. It displays the culture of the Jews of Alsace, evoking day to day life along with their Christian neighbours. As soon as you enter, a Jewish candlestick is lit at the window of a half-timbered house. A narrow-vaulted passage gives access to a "rue des Juifs". It is along an ascending gallery that one can follow and discover the slow progress "from slavery to freedom" of these Jews, serfs of the Crown until the French Revolution. Elsewhere, a sloping street lined with stores informs the visitor about the social progress of the last century. A turning point, a dark rotunda: the Shoah... The path is lined with mannequins, ceramic models meticulously showing, in three dimensions, scenes of daily life inspired by engravings, costumed dolls, and architectural models. And here, as the rooms go by, these miserable rural people, peddlers or wholesale butchers, living among poor peasants, appear as rich in tradition, in quiet faith, in conviviality, in biblical knowledge, and in hope. Image credit: Musée judeo alsacien de Bouxwiller © Association des musées d'Alsace

Reichshoffen Synagoge

This building, dating back to the very end of the Second Republic (1852), is the successor to an ancient schüle" (house of study and prayer in Judeo-Alsatian) of the 18th century which had become too small. This large synagogue has not been used as such since the death of its last cantor in 1967. Its architecture, the work of Albert Haas, is a rare and unique example in Alsace of the transition between the old hidden synagogues of the Ancien Régime (Kingdom of France) and the more ostentatious buildings that became the markers of the emancipation and integration of the Jews during the 19th century. Image credit: Ikar.us, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

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Visit The Jewish Alsatian Museum

"Artefacts and places recount history better than books" - this sentence welcomes you as you arrive at the Jewish Alsatian Museum. Located in the former 19th-century synagogue of Bouxwiller, the museum is unique in its kind. It highlights the culture of Jews in Alsace and recounts their history, telling of everyday life through the ages with their Christian neighbours. Visitors follow a trail around the museum with its original, varied presentations ranging from the reconstitution of life-size scenes and miniaturised tableaux using new technology. Ceramic models, architectural models, life-size figures, dolls in period costume and video films alternate with antique artefacts, which are all the more rare as much of the Jewish heritage disappeared during the Holocaust.

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Le Festin des Sultans

Restaurant with a large capacity of reception, on the menu different Turkish specialties. With a seminar room, parties, weddings, private or themed evenings (karaoke, etc ...)

Au Charme du Passé

Your Tea Room and Antique Shop specializing in Alsatian folk art , located in Bouxwiller, in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region. For 10 years, your Tea Room and Antique Shop "Au Charme du Passé" has been welcoming you for a gourmet and old-fashioned moment. Specializing in Alsatian folk art , we offer you an estimate of your goods such as pottery, crockery, textiles, old fabrics, silverware, military curiosity, furniture, but also old jewelry. Our Tea Room awaits you, in order to share moments of pleasure around a tea, a cappuccino or a chocolate, accompanied by delicate homemade pastries and cakes, and for the most part from Alsatian recipes.

La Fontaine de Hanau

La Fontaine de Hanau is an authentic French restaurant popular amongst tourists and the locals.

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The Jewish Story of Bouxwiller, France

Bouxwiller is a very old town located within the Saverne arrondissement about 34 kilometers (21 mi) northwest of Strasbourg and has been occupied since Roman times. The Jews have been living in Bouxwiller since the early 1300s. During the Protestant Reformation, Prince of Hanau-Lichtenberg had the capital in Bouxwiller, but was very tolerant of the Jews in hopes of becoming an "enlightened spirit." [caption id="attachment_39120" align="alignnone" width="1600"] The town of Bouxwiller[/caption] The Hanau-Lichtenberg administration allowed the presence of a yeshiva (religious Jewish school) and the beth din (Jewish court) which lasted from the 1760s until the French Revolution. There were also two Jewish cemeteries in the town established in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. [caption id="attachment_39121" align="alignnone" width="1599"] Ingwiler Synagogue in France[/caption] A large synagogue was built in Bouxwiller in 1844. It was defaced and damaged during the Second World War and the building now houses the Judeo-Alsatian Museum of Bouxwiller, dedicated to the history of Jews in Alsace. The city has preserved many witnesses to this rich past, which are highlighted by several discovery trails and two museums. The Pays de Hanau Museum and Jewish Alsatian Museum have spectacular displays of artifacts and 3D models that recount the Jewish history and culture of Jews in Bouxwiller.

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Hotels in Bouxwiller

B&B La Chambre de Marie

Offering free WiFi, B&B La Chambre de Marie provides a guest room in a typical Alsatian house, located in Bouxwiller among the region’s cycling trails. A continental breakfast including fresh pastries and deli meats is served daily. Decorated with antiques and vintage toys, the guest room here features a seating area and a flat-screen TV. With a garden view, the room also has a terrace and a private bathroom, complete with a hairdryer. Breakfast is served in the kitchen at this B&B. It can be taken on the terrace overlooking the garden during sunny weather. Barbecue facilities are provided for al fresco dining during summer. The cabaret Royal Palace of Kirrwiller is located at 3.5 km from the property Popular activities in this region include hiking in the Northern Vosges Regional Park, which is 20 km away. Free private parking is possible on site and Strasbourg is 35 minutes away by car. - Booking.com

La Cour du Tonnelier

Our Hotel is located in the Pays de Hanau, on the outskirts of the Northern Vosges. Village with multiple assets, industry, commerce and tourism water streets. Proud of our museums, we will also offer you other attractions, the most surprising being the Royal Palace! The hotel is open from Monday to Friday, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The bar (bar symbol) is a unit of pressure measurement equivalent to 100,000 pascals. The bar has the advantage of being close to the atmosphere (average atmospheric pressure at the surface of the sea).

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