City: the city that we are highlighting
here, Guebwiller, is situated in the North-East of France,
in the Alsace area. The earliest that this place was mentioned
in a document was in 774. In that document a certain Willarius
is shown making a donation to the Abbey of Murbach. In this
document Guebwiller is referred to in the primitive form 'villa
Gubinvillare'. It developed into a city around the 12th century.
The city walls were built between 1270 and 1287.
The city is situated at the foot of the Vosges mountains.
It is located between the vineyards and wooded slopes at the
entrance of the Vallée du Florival (Valley of flowers).
The 11980 inhabitants are called les Guebwillerois and Les
Guebwilleroises.
