Geudertheim is a

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in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

department in

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in north-eastern

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Geography

Geudertheim is a village in the Basse Zorn district, in the heart of the Alsace

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Country, positioned halfway between Haguenau and Strasbourg. The

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and the German frontier are to the east. Neighbouring villages are Hœrdt to the south,

Bietlenheim Bietlenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Bas-Rhin department The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. The comm ...

to the east, Brumath to the west and Weitbruch to the north.

Notable people

* General

Georges Picquart Marie-Georges Picquart (6 September 1854 – 19 January 1914) was a French Army officer and Minister of War. He is best known for his role in the Dreyfus affair, in which he played a key role in uncovering the real culprit. Early career Picqua ...

, who played a key role in the

Dreyfus Affair The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...

, spent his early childhood in Geudertheim. On 13 July 2006, almost a century after the exoneration of Dreyfus, the Place de la Mairie was renamed Place General Picquart in his honour. * Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg, (also spelled Schauenbourg), (born in

Hellimer Hellimer is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Notable people * Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg, (also spelled Schauenbourg), was born in Hellimer on 31 July 1748 and died in Geudertheim on 1 Septemb ...

on 31 July 1748) died in Geudertheim on 1 September 1831) was a French general who served in the wars of the

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and the

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Landmarks

* The Protestant church dates from 1842: the church tower is from the twelfth century, however. * The Roman Catholic Church dates from 1900. Attached to it is the fifteenth-century funerary chapel of the Schauenbourg family along with a fifteenth-century tabernacle considered one of the most beautiful in Alsace. * Castle Schauenbourg. * A

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on the river Zorn.