Neustadt (Strasbourg)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
The Neustadt (English: New Town) is a district of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France.
Contents
Description
The Neustadt district was created by the Germans during the Reichsland period (1871–1918) to serve as a new city center. As opposed to the old town on the Grande Île, which in 1871 had more narrow and crooked streets and less squares than today, the new town was conceived along monumental boulevards and broad, rectilinear streets that were seen as modern, healthy and easy to police. Many architectural styles were used, mostly on a grand scale: Baroque Revival, Renaissance Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, often a mixture of several or all of these styles (Historicism). At the end of the 19th century, at the same time as a new building material, reinforced concrete, a new and better defined style appeared as well: Art Nouveau.
The Neustadt comprises a number of public buildings and monuments that are today classified as Monuments historiques, such as:
- Palais du Rhin, former palace of the German Emperors
- University Palace (also the observatory, the zoological museum, the botanical garden etc.)
- National and University Library
- National Theatre of Strasbourg, the former Parliament building of Alsace-Lorraine
- Palais de Justice
- Palais des Fêtes
- St Paul's Church
- Strasbourg railway station
- Hôtel Brion
- Villa Schutzenberger
In 2015, the municipality of Strasbourg has submitted an official candidacy to UNESCO for the election of the Neustadt as a World Heritage Site.[1]
Notable architects of the Neustadt
- Fritz Beblo
- Jean Geoffroy Conrath
- Hermann Eggert
- August Hartel
- Johann Eduard Jacobsthal
- Ludwig Levy
- Skjold Neckelmann
- August Orth
- Otto Warth
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- La Neustadt : quartier impérial et université on strasbourg.eu
- La Neustadt on patrimoine-neustadt-strasbourg.fr
- Le quartier impérial allemand (1870–1918) on otstrasbourg.fr
Literature
- Recht, Roland; Foessel, Georges; Klein, Jean-Pierre: Connaître Strasbourg, 1988, ISBN 2-7032-0185-0, pages 253–272
- Bengel, Sabine; Jordan, Benoît; Nohlen, Klaus; Werlé, Maxime et al.: Strasbourg, de la Grande Île à la Neustadt, un patrimoine urbain exceptionnel, 2013, ISBN 9782362190797
- Rapetti, Rodolphe et al.: Strasbourg 1900, naissance d'une capitale, 2000, ISBN 9782850563874
- Befort, Paul-André; Daul Léon; Kontzler Chantal; Lery Pierre: Strasbourg 1900, carrefour des arts nouveaux, 2010, ISBN 9782355780646
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neustadt (Strasbourg). |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
.JPG){kind=link}
