Buhl, Haut-Rhin
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Location within Grand Est region
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| Coordinates: 47°55′43″N 7°11′14″E / 47.9286°N 7.1872°ECoordinates: 47°55′43″N 7°11′14″E / 47.9286°N 7.1872°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Guebwiller | |
| Intercommunality | Région de Guebwiller | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Fernand Doll | |
| Area1 | 8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 3,234 | |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68058 /68530 | |
| Elevation | 313–842 m (1,027–2,762 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Buhl (German: Bühl) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
It inhabitants are called Buhlois (male) or Buhloises (female).
Buhl is situated in the valley of the Lauch, at the foot of the Vosges Mountains and the Grand Ballon (1424 m) and surrounded by forests whose hills reach altitudes ranging from 395 to 860 metres. The village is crossed by the Lauch, a gentle stream with clear, limpid water, in the heart of the Florival valley, 3 km from Guebwiller.
Buhl owes it name to its picturesque site on the Bühele hill, from which the village and church dominate a large part of the valley. The commune covers an area of 880 hectares and extends into two confluent valleys.
The commune is crossed by three water courses, the Lauch, the Murbach and the Krebsbach. Buhl looks over several forested hills which border the village:
The presence of a vicar in Buhl is recorded since 1243.
Of the original 13th-century church, all that remains is the tower, whose two upper levels were remodelled in the 18th century (the date 1748 is visible). The nave and choir were also probably remodelled in the 18th century.
Following a large growth in population in the 19th century, a new church was built to replace the old shrine. With a population of 2000, the municipality had decided that the old church was too small. It was replaced by a vast Neo-Romanesque edifice. Between 1868 and 1870, the architect Langestein built a new nave perpendicular to the old one which served as a choir. The Franco-Prussian War in 1870 interrupted construction, so it was not until 1877 that the remainder of the old church was demolished and a new choir was built by the architect Hartmann.
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