Neustadt (Strasbourg)

National and University Library on Place de la République (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 (German for 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] In 2017, the heart of the Neustadt district was confirmed as a World Heritage Site.[2]

Notable architects of the Neustadt

References

  1. ↑ "De la Grande-Île à la Neustadt, une scène urbaine européenne". unesco.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Strasbourg: from Grande-île to Neustadt, a European urban scene". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

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

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

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