Guebwiller
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Guebwiller (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Alsatian: Gàwiller Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.[1]
It is situated Template:Convert northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies Template:Convert to the west of the town.
In 2018, Guebwiller had a population of 11,022 and its urban area had a population of 28,662.[2]
History
Guebweiler, as Gebweiler, is mentioned as early as 774. It belonged to the religious foundation of Murbach, and in 1759 the abbots chose it for their residence. In 1789, at the outbreak of the French Revolution, the monastic buildings were laid in ruins, and, though the archives were rescued and removed to Colmar, the library perished.[3]
Geography
Climate
Guebwiller has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Guebwiller is Template:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Template:Cvt with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around Template:Cvt, and lowest in January, at around Template:Cvt. The highest temperature ever recorded in Guebwiller was Template:Cvt on 13 August 2003; the lowest temperature ever recorded was Template:Cvt on 20 December 2009. Template:Weather box
Population
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People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Émile Keller (1820-1909)
- Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
- Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
- Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Jean Schlumberger (1877-1968), publisher and writer
- Conrad Schlumberger (1878-1936), co-founder of Schlumberger
- Charles Hueber (1883-1943), politician
- Marcel Schlumberger (1884-1953), co-founder of Schlumberger
- Al Weill (1893-1969), boxing manager
- Alfred Kastler (1902-1984), physicist
- Émile Baas (1906-1984), essayist
- Eugène Ehrhart (1906-2000), mathematician
- Armand Walter (1908-1995)
- Robert Schilling (historian) (1913–2004),
- Katia Krafft (1942-1991), volcanologist
- Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Twin towns
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Points of interest
- 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, the largest Neoclassical church in Alsace
- Musée Théodore Deck et des pays du Florival, the largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse
- Parc de la Marseillaise
- Synagogue of Guebwiller
See also
References
External links
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- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
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- The Florivaliens homepage
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)
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