Geudertheim is a commune in the

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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 Haguenau (; or ; ; historical ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Département in France, department of France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture. It is second in size in the Bas-Rhin only to Strasbourg ...

and

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. The

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and the German frontier are to the east. Neighbouring villages are

Hœrdt Hœrdt (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Hœrdt is positioned between Strasbourg and Haguenau, a short distance to the south-east of Brumath. The commune is traversed by department ...

to the south, Bietlenheim to the east,

Brumath Brumath (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. History Brumath occupies the site of the Roman '' Brocomagus''. Maria Christina of Saxony, aunt of Louis XVI, died in the château in the city. The b ...

to the west and

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to the north.

Population

Notable people

* General

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, who played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair, 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

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