Gueberschwihr
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Thann-Guebwiller | |
| Canton | Wintzenheim | |
| Community association | Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 ′ N , 7 ° 17 ′ E | |
| height | 197-873 m | |
| surface | 8.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 837 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 94 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68420 | |
| INSEE code | 68111 | |
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Gueberschwihr (Alsatian Gàwerschwihr , German Geberschweier ) is a French commune with 837 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
geography
Gueberschwihr lies at the foot of the Vosges in the middle of vineyards on the Alsace Wine Route . Viticulture is also the main industry. Able Goldert are Grand Cru -wines grown. The municipality is part of the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park .
The place is characterized by a medieval townscape with half-timbered houses and arches as well as cobblestones in narrow streets.
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Gueberschwihr belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the Gebweiler district in the Upper Alsace district .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2016 |
| Residents | 884 | 840 | 779 | 727 | 703 | 816 | 836 | 837 |
Attractions
The Sankt-Pantaleon church looks a bit big for the place. Only the impressive 36 meter high bell tower with a typical Alsatian gable roof is still there from the Romanesque building that was commissioned in the 12th century by the knight Burkhard von Gueberschwihr, the founder of the Abbey of Marbach. The rest of the church was later destroyed and only rebuilt in the 19th century by Jean-Baptiste Schacre in the style of the tower buildings of Murbach and Saint Sebastian in Soultzmatt, slightly shifted to one side in the neo-Romanesque style. As a result, the imposing Romanesque tower with the initially paired, later three-part open window arches almost looks like a campanile .
Personalities
- Joseph Heinrich (1860–1948), German politician (center) and member of the state parliament of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 1001-1004.
