Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin Département, Grand Est, France
🇫🇷 Guebwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France. It is situated 20 km north-west of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies 8 km to the west of the town.
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.
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.
Europe/Paris/Haut-Rhin
Guebwiller has a population of over 11,020 people. Guebwiller also forms part of the wider Thann-Guebwiller Arrondissement which has a population of over 130,270 people. It is also a part of the larger Haut-Rhin Département. Guebwiller is situated near Thann.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Guebwiller has links with:
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🇩🇪 Bad Waldsee 47.917
🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar 47.919
🇺🇸 Grand Forks 47.924
🇺🇦 Krivoy-Rog 47.934
🇲🇳 Ulan Bator 47.942
🇦🇹 Neusiedl am See 47.949
🇦🇹 Kirchdorf an der Krems 47.9
🇩🇪 Kaufbeuren 47.881
🇩🇪 Traunstein 47.867
🇺🇦 Zaporizhzhya 47.85
🇦🇹 Eisenstadt 47.846
🇺🇦 Zaporizhzhia 47.833
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🇩🇪 Castrop-Rauxel 7.317
🇩🇪 Recklinghausen 7.193
🇩🇪 Sankt Augustin 7.191
🇩🇪 Birkenfeld 7.183
🇩🇪 Neunkirchen 7.18
🇩🇪 Sankt Wendel 7.167
Locations Near: Guebwiller 7.21078,47.9095
🇫🇷 Colmar 7.358,48.079 d: 21.8
🇫🇷 Altkirch 7.239,47.623 d: 31.9
🇫🇷 Ribeauvillé 7.32,48.2 d: 33.3
🇫🇷 Sélestat 7.451,48.261 d: 42.9
🇫🇷 Belfort 6.852,47.64 d: 40.2
🇫🇷 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 6.949,48.284 d: 45.9
Antipodal to: Guebwiller -172.789,-47.91
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🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16033.3
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🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12211.4
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