Guebwiller

French commune
nomcommune=Guebwiller
St. Léger Church in Guebwiller
région=Alsace
département=Haut-Rhin ("sous-préfecture")
arrondissement=Guebwiller
canton=Guebwiller (chief town)
insee=68112|cp=68500|maire=Daniel Weber|mandat=2001-2007
intercomm=Région de Guebwiller
longitude=7.21083333333
latitude=47.9083333333
alt moy=300 m|alt mini=254 m|alt maxi=620 m
hectares=968|km²=9.68
sans=11,525|date-sans=1999|dens=1,190

Guebwiller ( _fr. Guebwiller, pronounced|gebvilɛʁ; Alsatian: "Gàwiller", pronounced IPA| [ˈkaːviləʁ] ; _de. Gebweiler) is a commune of the Haut-Rhin "département", in Alsace, France. It is situated 20 km to the northwest 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.

Guebwiller was the birthplace of the physicist and Nobel laureate Alfred Kastler, of the Schlumberger brothers, and of the ceramicist Théodore Deck.

Sights

*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", largest neoclassical church in Alsace
*"Musée du Florival", largest museum in Haut-Rhin outside Colmar and Mulhouse

Twin towns

Guebwiller is twinned with:
*flagicon|Switzerland Lucerne (Switzerland)

External links

* [http://www.ville-guebwiller.fr/ Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.ville-guebwiller.fr/musee-florival/ Homepage of the Musée du Florival]