Guebwiller
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Guebwiller | |
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Coordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°ECoordinates: 47°54′30″N 7°12′39″E / 47.9083°N 7.2108°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Haut-Rhin |
Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller |
Canton | Guebwiller |
Intercommunality | CC de la région de Guebwiller |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Francis Kleitz[1] |
Area 1 | 9.68 km2 (3.74 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 11,022 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/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. |
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.
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[3] and its metropolitan area had a population of 30,506.[4]
People[]
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Casimir de Rathsamhausen (1698-1786)
- Ignace Ritter (1732-1813), architect
- (1757-1837)
- Émile Keller (1820-1909)
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
- (1819-1893)
- Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
- (1824-1909), writer and journalist
- Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Andreas Bauer (1866-1900) missionary Franciscan friar, martyr in China
- (1872-1946)
- (1874-1939), physician
- Jean Schlumberger (1877-1968), publisher and writer
- (1878-1936), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Charles Hueber (1883-1943), politician
- (1884-1953), co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- (1891-1965), conductor
- Al Weill (1893-1969), boxing manager
- (1897-1989)
- Alfred Kastler (1902-1984), physicist
- Émile Baas (1906-1984), essayist
- (1907-2002), industrialist
- Armand Walter (1908-1995)
- Robert Schilling (historian) (1913–2004),
- Pierre Ritz (1922-2009), conductor and composer
- (1943-), prefect and politician
- (1958-), historian and writer
Twin towns[]
Guebwiller is twinned with:
Lucerne (Switzerland)[5]
Castelfiorentino (Italy)
Points of interest[]
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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
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 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.
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- Official website (in French)
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame (in French)
- The Florivaliens homepage
Categories:
- Communes of Haut-Rhin
- Haut-Rhin geography stubs