Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin

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, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the

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and

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borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace after

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

. Mulhouse is famous for its museums, especially the (also known as the , 'National Museum of the Automobile') and the (also known as , 'French Museum of the Railway'), respectively the largest automobile and railway museums in the world. An industrial town nicknamed "the French Manchester", Mulhouse is also the main seat of the Upper Alsace University, where the secretariat of the European Physical Society is found.

Administration

Mulhouse is a commune with a population of 108,312 in 2019.Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
INSEE This commune is part of an urban unit also named Mulhouse with 247,065 inhabitants in 2018. Additionally Mulhouse commune is the principal commune of the 39 communes which make up the of (m2A, population 280,000 in 2020). Mulhouse commune is a subprefecture, the administrative centre of the Arrondissement of Mulhouse. It is one of the most populated sub-prefectures in France.

History

Mulhouse within Alsace 1798 to 1898, obverse

Mulhouse within Alsace 1798 to 1898, reverse

In 58 BC a battle took place west of Mulhouse and opposed the Roman army of

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by a coalition of Germans led by

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. The first written records of the town date from the twelfth century. It was part of the southern Alsatian county of

Sundgau Sundgau ( or ; ) is a geographical territory in the southern Alsace region (Haut Rhin and Belfort), on the eastern edge of France. The name is derived from Alemannic German ''Sunt- gowe'' ("South shire"), denoting an Alemannic county in the Old Hi ...

in the Holy Roman Empire. From 1354 to 1515, Mulhouse was part of the

Décapole The Décapole (''Dekapolis'' or german: Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. It was disbanded in 1679. In 1354 Emperor Charles IV of Luxemb ...

, an association of ten Free Imperial Cities in Alsace. The city joined the Swiss Confederation as an associate in 1515 and was therefore not annexed by France in the

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in 1648 like the rest of the Sundgau. An enclave in Alsace, it was a free and independent Calvinist republic, known as ''Stadtrepublik Mülhausen'', associated with the Swiss Confederation until, after a vote by its citizens on 4 January 1798, it became a part of France in the

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signed on 28 January 1798, during the

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period of the French Revolution. Starting in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Koechlin family pioneered cotton cloth manufacturing; Mulhouse became one of France's leading textile centers in the nineteenth century. André Koechlin (1789–1875) built machinery and started making railroad equipment in 1842. The firm in 1839 already employed 1,800 people. It was one of the six large French locomotive constructors until the merger with Elsässische Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Grafenstaden in 1872, when the company became Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques. After the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Mulhouse was annexed to the

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as part of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine (1871–1918). The city was briefly occupied by French troops on 8 August 1914 at the start of World War I, but they were forced to withdraw two days later in the

Battle of Mulhouse The Battle of Mulhouse (german: Mülhausen), also called the Battle of Alsace (french: Bataille d'Alsace), which began on 7 August 1914, was the opening attack of the First World War by the French Army against Germany. The battle was part of a ...

. Alsatians who celebrated the appearance of the French army were left to face German reprisals, with several citizens sentenced to death. After World War I ended in 1918, French troops entered Alsace, and Germany ceded the region to France under the Treaty of Versailles. After the

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in 1940, it was occupied by German forces until its return to French control at the end of World War II in May 1945. The town's development was stimulated first by the expansion of the textile industry and tanning, and subsequently by chemical and Engineering industries from the mid 18th century. Mulhouse was for a long time called the French Manchester. Consequently, the town has enduring links with Louisiana, from which it imported cotton, and also with the Levant. The town's history also explains why its centre is relatively small.

Geography

Two rivers run through Mulhouse, the Doller and the

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, both tributaries of the Rhine. Mulhouse is approximately from

and Zürich; it is from Milan and about from Frankfurt. It lies close enough to Basel, Switzerland and Freiburg, Germany to share the

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international airport with these two cities.

Districts

Medieval Mulhouse consists essentially of a lower and an upper town. *The lower town was formerly the inner city district of merchants and craftsmen. It developed around the Place de la Réunion (which commemorates its reunion with France). Nowadays this area is pedestrianised. *The upper town developed from the eighteenth century on. Previously, several monastic orders were established there, notably the Franciscans,

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, Poor Clares and

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. *The ''Nouveau Quartier'' (New District) is the best example of urban planning in Mulhouse, and was developed from 1826 on, after the town walls had been torn down (as they were in many towns in France). It is focused around the ''Place de la République''. Its network of streets and its triangular shape are a good demonstration of the town's desire for a planned layout. The planning was undertaken by the architects

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and

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. This inner city district was occupied by rich families and the owners of local industries, who tended to be liberal and republican in their opinions. *The Rebberg district consists of grand houses inspired by the colonnaded residences of Louisiana cotton planters. Originally, this was the town's vineyard (the word ''Rebe'' meaning '' vine'' in German). The houses here were built as terraces in the English style, a result of the town's close relationship with Manchester, where the sons of industrialists were often sent to study.

Climate

Mulhouse's climate is temperate oceanic ( Köppen: Cfb), but its location further away from the ocean gives the city colder winters with some snow, and often hot and humid summers, in comparison with the rest of France.

Population

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Mulhouse proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Mulhouse absorbed the former commune of Dornach in 1914 and

Bourtzwiller Bourtzwiller (; german: Burzweiler; Alsatian: ''Burtzwiller'') is the most populated quarter of Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of F ...

in 1947.

Main sights

* Hôtel de Ville (1552). The town hall was built in 1553 in the

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Renaissance style.

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described it as a "palais magnifique et tout doré" ("splendid golden palace") in 1580. It is known for its '' trompe-l'œil'' paintings, and its pictures of allegories representing the vices and virtues. * Workers' quarter (mid 19th century), inspired workers' quarters in many other industrial towns.Scheurer, Marie-Philippe; Lehni, Roger; Menninger, Claude: ''Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin − Images du Patrimoine'', Le Verger, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, 1990, * ''Place de la Bourse'' and the building of the ''Société Industrielle de Mulhouse'', in the ''Nouveau Quartier'' (19th century) * Cité de l'Automobile (featuring the Schlumpf collection) * Cité du Train successor to Musée Français du Chemin de Fer (French National Railway Museum)
Museum of Electricity (Electropolis)
* '' Musée des Beaux-Arts'' (Fine Arts Museum) * '' Musée historique'' (History Museum, located in th Hôtel de Ville * Museum of Printed Textiles (''Musée de l'impression sur étoffes'') * The '' Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse'' ( botanical garden and zoo) * Saint-Steffen Calvinist temple (1859–1869), by

Jean-Baptiste Schacre Jean-Baptiste Schacre (1808–1876) was a French architect. Life Born in Delle in 1808, Jean-Baptiste Schacre began his career in 1826 as a draftsman in the Ponts et Chaussées services. During that period he drew many sketches and watercol ...

Principal economic activities

As early as the mid-19th century, Mulhouse was known as "the industrial capital of Alsace", the "city with a hundred chimneys" (''cité aux cent cheminées'') and "the French Manchester". * Automobile industry ( Peugeot's Mulhouse factory is the largest employer in Alsace) * Chemical industry (ICMD) * Electronics (Clemessy) * Engineering (SACM – Wärtsilä) Between 1909 and 1914 there was an aircraft manufacturer, Aviatik, in Mulhouse.

Education

The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Mulhouse, the first school of Chemistry in France, is located in the city.

Transport

Air

Mulhouse is served by

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg IATA airport 3-letter codes for the French area, the Swiss area, and the metropolitan area, french: Aéroport de Bâle-Mulhouse-Fribourg, it, Aeroporto di Basilea-Mulhouse-Friburgo, rm, Eroport da Basilea-Mu ...

, located south of the town.

Rail

Gare de Mulhouse is well connected with the rest of France by train, including major destinations such as Paris, Dijon, Besançon, Belfort,

, Lyon, Marseille,

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and Lille. Some trains operate to destinations in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, in particular proximity Basel,

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and Zürich. There is also a train service to Frankfurt am Main in Germany, and a

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service that connects Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Basel calls at Mulhouse. Regional services connect Mulhouse to

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

, Strasbourg, Basel, Belfort,

Kruth Kruth (; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Its railway station is the terminus of a TER service to Mulhouse. Geography Climate Kruth has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ...

and

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Urban transport

Transport within Mulhouse is provided by

Soléa Soléa is a public transport operator in the French city of Mulhouse. Under contract to the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, it operates the city's bus network and three of the lines of the city's tram network. It also jointly operates, with the ...

and comprises a network of buses together with the city's tram network, which opened on 13 May 2006. The tramway now consists of three tram lines and one tram-train line. * Line 1 from Nouveau Bassin to Coteaux * Line 2 from Gare Centrale to Châtaignier * Line 3 from Gare Centrale to

Lutterbach Lutterbach () is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Lutterbach is served by the , ...

* Tram-train line from Gare Centrale to Thann via Lutterbach

Road

Motorway A36 is the main axis connecting the city with the west of the country, to cities such as Dijon, Paris and Lyon. The A35 is the main north–south axis, connecting cities such as

and Basel.

Sports

Mulhouse is one of the nation's hubs for women's volleyball.

ASPTT Mulhouse ASPTT Mulhouse is a French women's volleyball club based in Mulhouse and playing in the Ligue AF. History The club was established in 1974 and has various women's teams (girls, juniors, senior) participating in local, regional and national compet ...

won multiple titles at the National level. The team plays its home games at the Palais des Sports.

People

Mulhouse was the birthplace of: *

Maurice Achener Maurice Achener (17 September 1881– 19 April 1963) was a French illustrator, painter, and print maker. Biography Maurice Achener was an Alsatian from Mulhouse, born September 17, 1881. The artist studied at a fine arts school in Strausber ...

(1881–1963), French illustrator, painter, and print maker * Jean de Beaugrand (1584–1640),

lineographer Lineography is the art of drawing without lifting the pen, pencil, or paintbrush that is being used. The practice originated in France in the seventeenth century. It fell into disuse by the early nineteenth century. Lineography experienced a res ...

and mathematician * (born 1955), composer and synthesist * Bernard Bloch (born 1949), actor and director *

Samir Bourouina Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

(born 1978), professional footballer *

Jean Brenner Jean Brenner (23 April 1937 – February 2009) was a painter from Mulhouse, France. Life and work Brenner came from an artist family from Alsace; his father Joseph was the professor of textile drawings. In 1956, Jean Brenner began his studies a ...

(1937–2009), painter * Karl Brandt (1904–1948), German Nazi personal physician to Adolf Hitler and head administrator of the

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, executed for war crimes *

David Cage David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969), known by his pseudonym David Cage, is a French video game designer, writer and musician. He is the founder of the game development studio Quantic Dream. Cage both wrote and directed the video games ''Heavy ...

(born 1969), French video game designer, writer and musician. Born in Mulhouse, Cage was the first game developer to receive the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration granted in France. *

Pierre Chambon Pierre Chambon (born 7 February 1931 in Mulhouse, France) was the founder of the in Strasbourg, France. He was one of the leading molecular biologists who utilized gene cloning and sequencing technology to first decipher the structure of eukaryot ...

(born 1931),

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in ...

Cléopatre Darleux Cléopatre Darleux (; born 1 July 1989) is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic title in the history of France's national tea ...

(born 1989),

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goalkeeper *

Mireille Delunsch Mireille Delunsch (born 2 November 1962) is a French soprano. She was born in Mulhouse, and studied musicology and voice at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. Her debut was at the Opéra national du Rhin in Mulhouse, in Mussorgsky's '' Boris Godun ...

(born 1962),

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* Tom Dillmann (born 1989), racing driver *

Artur Dinter Artur Dinter (27 June 1876 – 21 May 1948) was a German writer and Nazism, Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Thuringia. Biography Dinter was born in Mulhouse, in Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (now France) to Josef Dinter, a c ...

(1876–1948), writer and Nazi politician *

Dorian Diring Dorian Diring (born 11 April 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, an ...

(born 1992), footballer *

Adrien Dollfus Adrien Frédéric Jules Dollfus (21 March 1858, in Mulhouse-Dornach – 19 November 1921, in Paris) was a French carcinologist known for his work with terrestrial isopods, including crustaceans and trilobites. Life and career Adrien Dollfus was th ...

(1858–1921), French zoologist and

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* Jean Dollfus (1800–1887), French industrialist * Jean Dorst (1924–2001), ornithologist *

Alfred Dreyfus Alfred Dreyfus ( , also , ; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history. ...

(1859–1935), French military officer best known for being the focus of the Dreyfus affair * Huguette Dreyfus (1928–2016), harpsichordist *

Léon Ehrhart Léon Ehrhart (11 May 1854 – 4 October 1875) was a French composer. Life Born in Mulhouse (Alsace), Ehrhart had his first music lessons in his hometown with Joseph Heyberger. He then became an organ student of Charles-Alexis Chauvet in Paris an ...

(1854–1875), composer * Yann Ehrlacher (born 1996), racing driver *

Nusch Éluard Nusch Éluard (born Maria Benz; 21 June 1906 – 28 November 1946) was a French performer, model and surrealist artist. Born Maria Benz in Mulhouse (then part of the German Empire), she met Swiss architect and artist Max Bill in the Odeon Café ...

(1906–1946), performer, model and surrealist artist *

François Florent François Florent, stage name of François Eichholtzer (30 April 1937 – 27 September 2021) was a French theater actor. He was the founder of the eponymous drama school Cours Florent, the alumni of which include Isabelle Adjani and Audrey Tatou ...

(born François Eichholtzer, 1937), actor, founder of the Cours Florent *

Georges Friedel Georges Friedel (19 July 1865 – 11 December 1933) was a French Mineralogy, mineralogist and Crystallography, crystallographer. Life Georges was the son of the chemist Charles Friedel. Georges' grandfather was Georges Louis Duvernoy, Louis Geor ...

(1865–1933), mineralogist, son of Charles Friedel * Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895),

specializing on

ichthyology Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ...

and

herpetology Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...

Jean-Gaspard Heilmann Jean-Gaspard Heilmann (c. 1718 – 27 September 1760) was an 18th-century French painter, author of popular landscapes, historical scenes and fine portraits. He was the first Mulhouse painter who enjoyed a certain notoriety in Paris. Biograph ...

(1718–1760), painter * (1822–1859), photographer * (1898–1964), diplomat *

Daniel Jelensperger Daniel Jelensperger (1 April 1799 – 30 May 1831) was a French musicologist. Life Born in Mulhouse, Jelensperger studied with Anton Reicha at the Conservatoire de Paris where he later taught counterpoint and musical composition. In 1830 he pub ...

(1799–1831), musicologist *

Katia and Maurice Krafft Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft (née Conrad; April 17, 1942 – June 3, 1991) and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft (March 25, 1946 – June 3, 1991), were French volcanologists who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, in Japan, on June ...

, volcanologists * Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), mathematician, physicist and astronomer *

Joffrey Lauvergne Joffrey Lauvergne (born 30 September 1991) is a French professional basketball player for ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague.. He was drafted 55th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2013 NBA draft, who then traded his rights ...

(born 1991), basketball player *

Friedrich Wilhelm Levi Friedrich Wilhelm Daniel Levi (February 6, 1888 – January 1, 1966) was a German mathematician known for his work in abstract algebra, especially torsion-free abelian groups. He also worked in geometry, topology, set theory, and analysis. Early ...

(1888–1966), mathematician *

François Loeser François Loeser (born August 25, 1958) is a French mathematician. He is Professor of Mathematics at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in Paris. From 2000 to 2010 he was Professor at École Normale Supérieure. Since 2015, he is a senior member ...

(born 1958), mathematician * Paul Meyer (born 1965), clarinetist *

Hervé Milazzo Hervé Milazzo (born April 26, 1975 in Mulhouse) is a retired French professional football player and manager, currently in charge of Illzach. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for FC Mulhouse and Grenoble Foot 38. Coaching care ...

(born 1975), professional footballer *

Véronique North-Minca Véronique North-Minca (born December 4, 1953, Mulhouse) is a diplomat from France. She served as the first Secretary of the French Embassy, Chişinău (2006-2010). Awards * The Order of Honour, Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially th ...

(born 1953), diplomat *

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French Handball, handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and ...

(born 1976),

goalkeeper *

Marc Pfertzel Marc Pfertzel (born 21 May 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right winger or right wing-back, and manager of French club FU Narbonne. Career France Born in Mulhouse, Pfertzel started his career in the youth team ...

(born 1981),

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player *

Rémy Pflimlin Rémy Pflimlin (; 17 February 1954 – 3 December 2016) was a French media executive. He served as the CEO of France 3 from 1999 to 2005, the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne (later known as Presstalis) from 2006 to 2010, and France ...

(1954–2016), CEO of France Télévisions from 2010 to 2015 *

Pierre Probst Pierre Probst (December 6, 1913 - April 12, 2007) was a French cartoonist. He was known for his creation of the ''Caroline'' character, a heroine for children books. Probst was born in Mulhouse, then part of Germany, to a family that manufacture ...

(1913–2007), comic and children book artist *

Napoléon Henri Reber Napoléon Henri Reber (21 October 1807 – 24 November 1880) was a French composer. Life and career Reber was born in Mulhouse, Alsace, and studied with Anton Reicha and Jean François Lesueur, wrote chamber music, and set to music works of Fr ...

(1807–1880), composer *

Claire Roman Claire Roman (born Claire-Henrietta Emilia Chambaud, 25 March 1906 – 8 August 1941) was a French aviator. In the 1930s she participated in speed races and broke world records for altitude and speed, and completed a long-distance flight to India. ...

(1906–1941),

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pilot in World War II * Daniel Roth (born 1942), organist, composer and pedagogue *

Franz Eugen Schlachter Franz Eugen Schlachter (28 July 1859 – 12 January 1911) was a revivalist preacher, classical scholar and the translator of the German language Schlachter Bible. He was the son of Joseph Franz Schlachter, a business man from Mühlhausen/Alsace ...

(1859–1911), revivalist preacher, classical scholar, and translator of the

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* Christiane Scrivener (born 1925), EU-Commissioner * Daniel Schlumberger (1904–1972), archaeologist and professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Strasbourg and later Princeton University * (born 1953), writer * Jean Schlumberger (1907–1987), jewelry designer at Tiffany & Co *

René Schützenberger René-Paul Schützenberger (29 July 1860 – 31 December 1916) was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Biography Born in Mulhouse, into an Alsatian family of famous brewers, he was the son of Paul Schützenberger (1829–1897), a Fr ...

(1860–1916), painter * Jules Siegfried born Mulhouse in 1837, industrialist and politician, French Minister of Commerce 1892-3 *

Rémy Stricker Rémy Stricker (3 January 1936 – 19 November 2019) was a French pianist, music educator, radio producer, musicologist and writer. Biography Born in Mulhouse, Rémy Stricker studied the piano with Yvonne Lefébure, then at the Conservatoire de ...

(1936–2019), musicologist *

Frank Ténot Frank Ténot (31 October 1925 – 8 January 2004) was a press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic. He managed a number of publications over the course of his long association with Daniel Filipacchi. He is best remembered as one of the founders o ...

(1925–2004), press agent, pataphysician and jazz critic *

Philippe Tondre Philippe Tondre (born in 1989) is a French-British classical oboist. He has served as Principal Oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 2020, and a professor of Oboe at the Curtis Institute of Music since 2022. Early days Born in Mulhouse, Phi ...

(born 1989), oboist * Vitaa (born 1983), singer * Pierre Weiss (1865–1940), physicist *

Alfred Werner Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration of ...

(1866–1919), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1913 *

Jules Auguste Wiernsberger Jean Jules Auguste Wiernsberger (5 July 1857 – 15 December 1925) was a French composer from Alsace. Life and music Wiernsberger was born in Mulhouse. He received his first music lessons from his father Jean Wiernsberger (1833–1890) and left Al ...

(1857–1925), composer and conductor * (1887–1951), photographer *

Robert Wyler Robert Wyler (September 25, 1900 – January 17, 1971) was a Swiss-American film producer and associate producer. He was the older brother of film director William Wyler and a nephew of Universal Studios head Carl Laemmle. Wyler was born in M� ...

(1900–1971), film producer * William Wyler (1902–1981), award-winning motion picture director *

Jean-Marc Savelli Jean-Marc Savelli (born 18 October 1955) is a French pianist known for his interpretations of works by Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, the classical repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the impressionist repertoire of ...

(born at Mulhouse in 1955), a

virtuoso A virtuoso (from Italian ''virtuoso'' or , "virtuous", Late Latin ''virtuosus'', Latin ''virtus'', "virtue", "excellence" or "skill") is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as ...

concert pianist *

Antar Yahia Antar Yahia ( ar, عنتر يحيى; born 21 March 1982) is a retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Yahia is a former French youth international having earned caps for both the under-16 and under-18 youth teams for a bri ...

(born 1982), football player *

Georges Zipélius Georges Zipélius (1808–1890) was a French illustrator who designed wallpaper. His work is preserved in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Deutsches Tapetenmuseum. The wallpaper ''El Dorado,'' in the collection ...

(1808–1890), illustrator Other residents include: *

Adolphe Braun Jean Adolphe Braun (13 June 1812 – 31 December 1877)John Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography', Vol. 1 (Routledge, 2007), pp. 204–205. was a French photographer, best known for his floral still lifes, Parisian street scenes ...

(1812–1877), photographer * Alfred de Glehn (1848–1936), designer of steam locomotives *

Armando Thiriet Koenig Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) (1970–1996), Chicago house producer * ''Armando'' (album), studio album by rapper Pit ...

(1882–1956), industrial engineer, Director of AEG Madrid in 1919, established an AEG subsidiary in Seville in the early 1920s

Twin towns—sister cities

Mulhouse is twinned with: * Walsall, England, since 1953 *

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

, Belgium, since 1956 *

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

, Germany, since 1965 *

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, Italy, since 1989 *

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

, Germany, since 1990 * Giv'atayim, Israel, since 1991 * Timișoara, Romania, since 1991 * Jining, China, since 1996

References

Bibliography

External links

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Official website of the Tourist Office of Mulhouse and its region

Official website of the Convention Bureau of Mulhouse and its region

The Mulhousian Ferret: High Resolution Video Guide of Mulhouse

MulhouseBienvenue.com City Guide Town of Mulhouse

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