Bouxwiller, Bas-Rhin  Bouxwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Likely meaning "Bucco's land", Bouxwiller is the capital of the Bouxwiller canton and is located within the Saverne arrondissement about 34 kilometres (21 mi) northwest of Strasbourg. The earliest known mention of Bouxwiller dates to 724 AD. In the 13th century, the town came into possession of the Lichtenberg family, who constructed the Château de Bouxwiller here in the early 14th century. Bouxwiller was the capital of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg, and residence of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg, throughout its existence from 1480–1736. The Château de Bouxwiller was pillaged during the French Revolution and its remnants were gone by the early 19th century. In 1973, the villages of Griesbach-le-Bastberg, Imbsheim, and Riedheim were incorporated into the commune of Bouxwiller. "Puxuvilare" is the earliest spelling of the town, as mentioned in 724. In 737, "Buxwilari" and "Buxovillare" were used. Eventually, "Buchsweiler" became the standard German spelling. The spelling of the town is "Busswiller" in Alsatian. The current spelling of the town's name dates to the French Revolution. In 1792, the German spelling "Buchsweiler"—sometimes seen as "Bouxweiler"—was officially replaced with its French equivalent "Bouxwiller". During the German annexation of Alsace from 1871–1918 and German annexation between 1940 and 1944, the town reverted to its German spelling Buchsweiler. The name of the town is composed of two elements: Boux- and -willer. The suffix -willer is the French spelling of the German -weiler, which derives from the Medieval Old High German suffix -willer, which in turn is derived from the Low Latin word "villare" and means "agricultural land". The first element of the name, Boux-, is likely representative of the Germanic name "Bucco", as toponyms incorporating the suffix -willer was typically combined with a personal name as the first element.