Guebwiller
Guebwiller (French: Guebwiller, pronounced [ɡebvilɛʁ]; Alsatian: Gàwiller [ˈkaːviləʁ]; German: Gebweiler) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France.
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Location of Guebwiller 
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| Coordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Grand Est |
| Department | Haut-Rhin |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
| Canton | Guebwiller |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la région de Guebwiller |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Francis Kleitz |
| Area 1 | 9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 11,094 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 68112 /68500 |
| Elevation | 254–620 m (833–2,034 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It is situated 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km (5.0 mi) to the west of the town.
In 2015, Guebwiller had a population of 11,319[2] and its metropolitan area had a population of 30,506.[3]
People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Casimir de Rathsamhausen (1698-1786)
- Ignace Ritter (1732-1813), architect
- François Joseph Rudler (1757-1837)
- Émile Keller (1820-1909)
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
- Frédéric Ritter (1819-1893)
- Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
- Joseph Guerber (1824-1909), writer and journalist
- Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Andreas Bauer (1866-1900) missionary Franciscan friar, martyr in China
- Jeanne Bucher (1872-1946)
- Prosper Merklen (1874-1939), physician
- Jean Schlumberger (1877-1968), publisher and writer
- Francois Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Charles Hueber (1883-1943), politician
- Emile Henry Marcel Schlumberger (1884-1953), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Louis Gava (1891-1965), conductor
- Joseph Storck (1897-1989)
- Alfred Kastler (1902-1984), physicist
- Émile Baas (1906-1984), essayist
- Pierre Lévy (1907-2002), industrialist
- Armand Walter (1908-1995)
- Robert Schilling (historian) (1913–2004),
- Pierre Ritz (1922-2009), conductor and composer
- Roland Hodel (1943-), prefect and politician
- Sonia Pelletier-Gautier (1958-), historian and writer
Points of interest
Notre-Dame Church
- Romanesque and early gothic church Église Saint-Léger
- Gothic former Dominican abbey Les Dominicains, now used as a cultural center.
- Early Renaissance townhall ( Hôtel de ville)
- Neoclassical church Église Notre-Dame, largest Neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
- Synagogue of Guebwiller
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- "Populations légales 2015Commune de Guebwiller (68112)". INSEE. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- "Aire urbaine de Guebwiller (198)". INSEE. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External links
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Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Guebwiller. |
- Official website (in French)
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame (in French)
- The Florivaliens homepage
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