Famous Faces

These two murals, created by Fabio Reti, celebrate the iconic figures who shaped the history of Mulhouse. The artist drew inspiration from Delacroix's work to create the *Milhüserrwagges*, a Mulhouse Gavroche with a rogue's look, who mingles with local figures on a facade with blue shutters. At the center, the three founders of the first fabric printing factory in 1646, J. Henri Dollfus, Samuel Kœchlin, and J. Jacques Schmalzer, sit above the main window. To the left, Jean Mieg, an industrialist and artist, is depicted alongside Martin Brustlein, a 20th-century soldier in uniform. Higher up, André Kœchlin, former mayor and industrialist, occupies the roof dormer. On the other facade, mathematician J. Henri Lambert, inventor of Lambert projections in cartography, is positioned on the left. On the right, Nicolas Kœchlin, pioneer of the Strasbourg-Basel railway line, and Jean Dollfus, head of D.M.C and creator of the workers' housing estate, are immortalized. A touching scene shows Henriette Reber, born March 15, 1798, the day Mulhouse was annexed to France, sitting on a windowsill, held by her grandfather Josué Hofer. Finally, Captain Dreyfus, son of a Mulhouse industrialist, appears on the right, having chosen a military career after Alsace was annexed by the German Empire.