Ostwald

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Overview

Ostwald may refer to:Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, the physico-chemist Ostwald's rule of polymorphism: in general, the least stable polymorph crystallizes first The Ostwald Process, a synthesis method for making nitric acid from ammonia Ostwald ripening, a crystallization effect Ostwald color system Ostwald's law of dilutionWolfgang Ostwald, chemist and biologist, son of Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald. He studied colloids Martin Ostwald, a German-American classical scholar Ostwald (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon Ostwald, Bas-Rhin, a commune in the Bas-Rhin département in France

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Guillaume Schnaebelé

French police officer (1827–1900)

Charly Grosskost

French road bicycle racer (1944–2004)

René Hauss

French footballer (1927–2010)

E

Elisabeth von Grunelius

German teacher (1895–1989)

F

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber

French physician, botanist, and military officer (1830-1903)

H

Helene Grunelius

(1897-1936)

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Sergius Heitz

French priest (1908-1998)

J

Jean-Jacques Marx

French association football player

M

Maxime Alexandre

Alsatian poet and author from France (1899-1976)

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

French chef

Albert Thumann

French pharmacist (1856-1938)

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Alphonse Kahn

French businessman

A

Antoine Hertrich

French association football player (1929-1982)

G

Gustave Bloch

French historian (1848-1923)

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Jérôme Christ

French basketball player (1938–2023)

Lazar Meyer

French painter (1847-1935)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Grand Est

• Entzheim
  3.4 mi away · pop. 2,520
• Geispolsheim
  3.6 mi away · pop. 7,603
• Fegersheim
  3.9 mi away · pop. 5,777
• Oberschaeffolsheim
  4.1 mi away · pop. 2,592
• Hangenbieten
  4.5 mi away · pop. 1,740
• Mittelhausbergen
  5 mi away · pop. 2,094
• Niederhausbergen
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,673
• Breuschwickersheim
  5.6 mi away · pop. 1,337
• Hœnheim
  5.8 mi away · pop. 11,469
• Duttlenheim
  6.7 mi away · pop. 2,903
• Osthoffen
  7.7 mi away · pop. 802
• Krautergersheim
  7.9 mi away · pop. 1,745

Browse all places in Grand Est →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

greater plantain

Plantago major

Seen 2026-09-16

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-09-16

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Spangle Gall Wasp

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

Seen 2026-09-15

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-09-15

Hairy Beech Gall

Hartigiola annulipes

Seen 2026-09-15

Marmalade Hover Fly

Episyrphus balteatus

Seen 2026-09-15

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-14

Girdled Snail

Hygromia cinctella

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers