Guebwiller
Guebwiller is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est currently in north-eastern France.
It is situated northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The Ballon de Guebwiller, the highest point in the Vosges, lies to the west of the town.
In 2015, Guebwiller had a population of 11,319 and its metropolitan area had a population of 30,506.People
Guebwiller was the birthplace of
- Casimir de Rathsamhausen
- Ignace Ritter, architect
- François Joseph Rudler
- Émile Keller
- Niklaus Riggenbach, engineer
- Frédéric Ritter
- Théodore Deck, ceramist
- Joseph Guerber, writer and journalist
- Gustave Schlumberger, historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
- Andreas Bauer missionary Franciscan friar, martyr in China
- Jeanne Bucher
- Prosper Merklen, physician
- Jean Schlumberger, publisher and writer
- Francois Conrad Schlumberger, co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Charles Hueber, politician
- Emile Henry Marcel Schlumberger, co-founder of Schlumberger. see Schlumberger Brothers
- Louis Gava, conductor
- Joseph Storck
- Alfred Kastler, physicist
- Émile Baas, essayist
- Pierre Lévy, industrialist
- Armand Walter
- Robert Schilling ,
- Pierre Ritz, conductor and composer
- Roland Hodel, prefect and politician
- Sonia Pelletier-Gautier, historian and writer
Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
