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Guebwiller (Шаблон:IPA-fr; Alsatian: Gàwiller Шаблон:IPA-gsw; Шаблон:Lang-de) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin département in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France. It was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015.[1]
It is situated Шаблон:Convert northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies Шаблон: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 a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Guebwiller is Шаблон:Cvt. The average annual rainfall is Шаблон:Cvt with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around Шаблон:Cvt, and lowest in January, at around Шаблон:Cvt. The highest temperature ever recorded in Guebwiller was Шаблон:Cvt on 13 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was Шаблон:Cvt on 20 December 2009. Шаблон:Weather box
Population
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
Шаблон:See also Guebwiller is twinned with:
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
- Official website Шаблон:In lang
- Homepage of the Musée du Florival
- Wikipedia page for Église Notre Dame Шаблон:In lang
- The Florivaliens homepage
