Hohengœft (; ) is a

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in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

department in

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in north-eastern

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Geography

Through the entire village runs the departmental road RD25, which cuts across the surrounding farmland. The highest point, the Goeftberg, rises to 397 meters above sea level. Adjacent communes are Rangen and Willgottheim in the north-east, Wintzenheim-Kochersberg to the east,

Kuttolsheim Kuttolsheim (; german: Küttolsheim; gsw-FR, Kettelse) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It has been built along an old Roman road leading from Strasbourg to Saverne. Geography Saverne is approxima ...

and Nordheim in the south-east,

Wasselonne Wasselonne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune based in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in north-eastern France, more precisely, in the Grand Est region. The oldest firm of unleavened bread in France: Etablissements René Neymann, ...

in the south-west,

Crastatt Crastatt () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. See also * Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The communes cooper ...

to the west and Zehnacker in the north-west.

Interesting sights

The beautiful Gœftberg hill, coated in well tended grass on a

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soil, is a defining feature of the village. The chapel of St Wendelin, constructed in 1666 as a thanksgiving after the village was spared from an outbreak of

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, can also be found here, along with a depiction of the Stations of the Cross dating from 1772. Each year on the Monday after Pentecost a pilgrimage mass is celebrated in front of the chapel. At the top of the Gœftberg is the 130 meter high Nordheim radio and television mast. Each June the grass on the hill is embellished with numerous wild orchids.