Guebwiller

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.

Geography

Climate

Guebwiller has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Guebwiller is 11.2 C. The average annual rainfall is 941.7 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.2 C, and lowest in January, at around 2.1 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Guebwiller was 39.9 C on 13 August 2003; the lowest temperature ever recorded was -16.3 C on 20 December 2009. |Jan record high C = 20.2 |Feb record high C = 22.5 |Mar record high C = 26.9 |Apr record high C = 29.2 |May record high C = 33.2 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jul record high C = 37.0 |Aug record high C = 39.9 |Sep record high C = 34.5 |Oct record high C = 28.8 |Nov record high C = 23.7 |Dec record high C = 17.0 |year record high C = 39.9 |Jan record low C = -13.5 |Feb record low C = -14.6 |Mar record low C = -12.3 |Apr record low C = -3.3 |May record low C = 0.6 |Jun record low C = 4.1 |Jul record low C = 7.0 |Aug record low C = 5.3 |Sep record low C = 2.0 |Oct record low C = -4.2 |Nov record low C = -9.9 |Dec record low C = -16.3 |year record low C = -16.3

Population

|graph-pos = right |1968 |10842 |1975 |11076 |1982 |10693 |1990 |10944 |1999 |11525 |2007 |11658 |2012 |11440 |2017 |11094 |2023 |11243

People

Guebwiller was the birthplace of

• Ignace Ritter (1732-1813), architect François Joseph Rudler (1757-1837)--
• Émile Keller (1820-1909)
• Niklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899), engineer
• Théodore Deck (1823-1891), ceramist
• Gustave Schlumberger (1844-1929), historian, Byzantinist, numismatist
• Jeanne Bucher (1872-1946)
• Prosper Merklen (1874-1939), physician--
• 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
• Sonia Pelletier-Gautier (1958-), historian and writer--
• Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin

Twin towns

Guebwiller is twinned with:

• SUI Lucerne (Switzerland)
• ITA Castelfiorentino (Italy)

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

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2014/12/29/2014-1720/jo/texte Décret n° 2014-1720 du 29 décembre 2014 portant suppression des arrondissements de Guebwiller et de Ribeauvillé (département du Haut-Rhin)]
3. "Comparateur de territoire: UU Guebwiller (68401)". INSEE.
4. {{EB1911
5. "Normales et records pour Guebwiller (68)". Meteociel.
6. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-68112#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE
7. "Partnerstädte der Stadt Luzern". Stadt Luzern.