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    July 2, 2025

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    The village is known in Alsace because the Ill River, which joins the Rhine a few kilometers north of Strasbourg, has its source here.
    The source of the Ill, located east of Winkel at a place designated in 1591 as Illentsprung, meaning origin of the Ill, in an orchard on the slopes of the Glaserberg. Its current powered the waterwheels of sawmills and mills.
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    Small town at the source of the Ill.
    More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winkel_(Haut-Rhin) and de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ill_(Elsass)
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    Location: Winkel, Altkirch, Alsace, France

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