Step Into History
Walk Strasbourg in 1770
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Step Into History · City walk
Goethe's Strasbourg, 1770
Strasbourg in 1770 is a walled, river‑braided provincial capital recently annexed to France, where a tall Gothic Münster overlooks timber‑framed lanes, canals and star‑shaped bastions. The walk follows the Ill and the Grande Île from the Rhenish approach through the Ponts Couverts and La Petite France to the cathedral forecourt and the riverside mansions of the Rohan quarter.
35 scenes — 23 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Strasbourg as it stood in 1770 (“History of Strasbourg”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Kehl riverbank view
- 2. Bridge to Kehl
- 3. Barrage Vauban
- 4. Ponts Couverts
- ↳ Bridge Tower Guardroom · interior
- 5. La Petite France
- ↳ Tanner Quarter Winstub · interior
- 6. Petite France mills
- ↳ Miller's Canal House · interior
- 7. Quai des Bateliers
- 8. Vieux Marché aux Poissons
- ↳ Fishmarket Hall · interior
- 9. Cathedral forecourt
- ↳ North Tower Platform · interior
- 10. Maison Kammerzell
- ↳ Merchant's Parlor · interior
- 11. Rue Mercière
- ↳ Printer's Workshop · interior
- 12. Grande Rue
- 13. Rue du Dôme
- 14. Rue des Hallebardes
- 15. Hôtel de Hanau
- 16. Palais Rohan
- ↳ Grand Appartement d'État · interior
- ↳ Ceremonial Stair Hall · interior
- 17. Église Saint‑Thomas
- 18. Académie (University)
- ↳ Philosophy Lecture Hall · interior
- 19. Hôpital Civil
- ↳ Civil Hospital Ward · interior
- 20. Place d'Armes
- ↳ Garrison Officers' Mess · interior
- 21. Route des Romains
- 22. Ramparts and bastions
- 23. Star‑fort bastion view