Hôtel de Hanau
Hôtel de Hanau | |
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Hanauer Hof | |
File:Hôtel de ville de Strasbourg en octobre 2013.jpg
Place Broglie facade of the Hôtel de Hanau at dusk
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Hôtel de Hanau in relation to the city of Strasbourg
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Alternative names | Hôtel de ville de Strasbourg |
General information | |
Type | Civic |
Architectural style | Baroque |
Location | Strasbourg, France |
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Construction started | 1731 |
Completed | 1736 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Joseph Massol |
The Hôtel de Hanau, also known as the Hôtel de ville and (in German) as the Hanauer Hof, is a historic building located on Place Broglie on the Grande Île in the city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1921.[1]
History
The Hôtel de Hanau stands on a site originally owned by the rulers of Hanau-Lichtenberg, a county of the Holy Roman Empire. The current building, a typical hôtel particulier with a grand portal, a grand courtyard and two ornate façades, was commissioned by Johann Reinhard III, the last Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, in 1728. It was constructed between 1731 and 1736 by Joseph Massol, who was also the executive architect of Palais Rohan at roughly the same time. It became state-owned (bien public) in 1790 in the wake of the French Revolution.
Today the building is the Hôtel de ville or city hall for the city of Strasbourg, a role it has had since 1805 and the first visit of Napoleon, who bestowed propriety of the hôtel to the city.[2] It is now principally used for weddings, official receptions and banquets, whilst the administration of the city and the Strasbourg Eurométropole is run from the centre administratif (also known as mairie) near Parc de l'Étoile (built 1973-76). The city hall is not open for tourists apart on special days such as European Heritage Days.
Gallery
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Musée historique de Strasbourg-Sac de l'Hôtel de ville.jpg
Ransacking of the former hôtel de ville by French Revolutionaries on 21 July 1789 (painting in the Musée historique de Strasbourg)
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Strasbourg hotHanau-Lichtenberg08.JPG
Grand portal to the courtyard on Rue brûlée (detail)
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Straßburg, altes Rathaus, Innenhof.jpg
Center of the façade on the courtyard
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Strasbourg hotHanau-Lichtenberg26.jpg
Main reception room (current state). On the wall: 1790s Gobelins tapestry, copy after The Parnassus by Raphael
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Strasbourg hotHanau-Lichtenberg19.jpg
Wedding hall (current state)
References
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External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel de ville - place Broglie on archi-wiki.org (French)
Literature
- Recht, Roland; Foessel, Georges; Klein, Jean-Pierre: Connaître Strasbourg, 1988, ISBN 2-7032-0185-0, pages 116–119
See also
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- Buildings and structures in Strasbourg
- 18th-century architecture
- Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin
- Buildings and structures completed in 1736
- Baroque architecture
- Hôtels particuliers