Neustadt (Strasbourg)

National and University Library (picture taken in 2015)
1893 houses on Boulevard de la Victoire (picture taken in 2015)
1904 Art Nouveau houses on Rue Sellénick (picture taken in 2015)

The Neustadt (English: New Town) is a district of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France.

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:

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

References

  1. ↑ "De la Grande-Île à la Neustadt, une scène urbaine européenne". unesco.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Literature

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Coordinates: 48°35′14″N 7°45′14″E / 48.5872°N 7.7538°E / 48.5872; 7.7538

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