Gresswiller

Gresswiller (German: Greßweiler or Gressweiler) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

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Commune
The town hall in Gresswiller
Coat of arms
Location of Gresswiller
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Coordinates: 48°32′09″N 7°25′53″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Molsheim
Canton	Mutzig
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Thielen
Area ^1	9.27 km^2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,696
• Density	180/km^2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67168 /67190
Elevation	192–322 m (630–1,056 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Adjacent communes

Mollkirch, Rosenwiller, Dinsheim-sur-Bruche, Heiligenberg, and Mutzig.

Notable people

Auguste Dubois, painter and engraver (1892–1973) was born at Gresswiller. Between 1920 and 1922 he worked closely with Ettore Bugatti whose automobile factory was located at nearby Molsheim.

Landmarks

Mechanism for the Gresswiller planetarium

Unusually, Gresswiller has its own orrery.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. The Millenium Planetarium of Gresswiller