Neuf-Brisach in Alsace
Wednesday, 8 May 2019 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General , UNESCO World Heritage
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Town hall © Psu973/cc-by-sa-3.0
🔊 Listen to this Post
Neuf-Brisach is a
fortified town and
commune of the
department of Haut-Rhin in the
French region of Alsace . The fortified town was intended to guard the border between
France and the
Holy Roman Empire and, subsequently, the German states. It was built after the
Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that resulted in France losing the town of
Breisach , on the opposite bank of the
Rhine . The town’s name means
New Breisach . In 2008, the
ville neuve of Neuf-Brisach was listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site , as part of the
Fortifications of Vauban group.
Work began on the fortified town in 1698, to plans drawn by Vauban , a military engineer at the service of Louis XIV . Vauban died in 1707 and this, his last work, was completed by Louis de Cormontaigne . The city’s layout was that of an ‘ideal city’, as was popular at the time, with a regular square grid street pattern inside an octagonal fortification. Generous space was given to a central square across the four blocks at the middle, flanked by an impressive church. Individual blocks were offered for private development, either as affluent houses in private gardens, or as properties for commercial rent. Simpler housing was provided in long tenement blocks, built inside each curtain wall, which also had the effect of shielding the better houses from the risk of cannon fire. Access was provided by large gateways in the principal four curtain walls.
Porte de Strasbourg © Espirat/cc-by-sa-4.0
The fortifications are Vauban’s final work and the culmination of his
‘Third System’ . There are two lines of defence, an inner
enceinte de sûreté , the bastion wall around the city, and an outer
enceinte de combat , a system of concentric star-shaped earthworks. The curtain wall was largely octagonal, with each flank separated roughly into three and the outer bastion projecting slightly, so as to flank the centre of the walls. Each corner had a raised outwardly projecting pentagonal bastion tower, the highest points of the system. The outer earthworks were deep and occupied a greater area than the city itself. The inner walls were surrounded by
tenailles before the centres of the curtain walls and
counterguards before the bastions. In front of the centre of each curtain face was a large tetrahedral
ravelin , those in front of the gateways also being topped by a
reduit to the rear. Outside all of these earthworks was a
covered way .
The city suffered damage in
World War II , but still represents a very clear example of the latest in fortification work at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Read more on
Neuf-Brisach ,
Wikivoyage Neuf-Brisach and
Wikipedia Neuf-Brisach (
Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State -
Weather report by weather.com -
Johns Hopkins University & Medicine - Coronavirus Resource Center -
Global Passport Power Rank -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index -
UN Human Development Index -
Global Peace Index -
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index ). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at
comment@wingsch.net . Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.
VIDEO
Recommended posts:
[caption id="attachment_25869" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Harbor, Palais des Festival and Croisette © Mario Lassnig/cc-by-sa-2.0-at[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Cannes is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a busy tourist destination. The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Promenade de la Croisette is host of the annual Cannes Film Festival and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. It is as well host to the annual MIPIM in March, one of the largest real estate shows in the world, including an exhibiti...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_209840" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Crystal Cathedral © Ischa1[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Garden Grove< is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, located 34 miles (55 km) southeast of the city of Los Angeles in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The population is at about 176,000. State Route 22, also known as the Garden Grove Freeway, passes through the city in an east-west direction. The western portion of the city is known as West Garden Grove. Garden Grove was founded by Alo...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_209826" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Jewish Center Munich: Ohel Jakob Synagogue, Jewish Musuem and Jewish Community Center (from left to right)© Schlaier[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Ohel Jakob (from Hebrew: "Jacob's Tent") is a synagogue in Munich in Germany. It was built between 2004 and 2006 as the new main synagogue for the Jewish community in Munich and is located at the Sankt-Jakobs-Platz. The synagogue was inaugurated on 9 November 2006 on the 68th anniversary of the Kristallnacht. The building i...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_201425" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Peirce-Nichols House © Fletcher6/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Salem is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located in the North Shore region. It was one of the most significant seaports in early American history.
Salem is a residential and tourist area that is home to the famous House of Seven Gables, Salem State University, Pioneer Village, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, the Salem Willows Park, and the Peabody Ess...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_26744" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Tony Hisgett/cc-by-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in London. It was originally a private Palladian mansion, and was expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government. The main building is at the northern end of the courtyard and houses the Royal Academy, while five learned societies occupy the two wings on the east and west sides of the courtyard and the Piccadilly wing at the southern end...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_215987" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Changing skyline of Batumi © flickr.com - jagermesh/cc-by-sa-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the east by Azerbaijan, and to the south by Armenia and Turkey. The capital and largest city is Tbilisi. Georgia covers a territory of 69,700 square kilometres (26,911 sq mi), and its appr...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_164835" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Baloons representing the participant countries at the 2013 Maccabiah Games © Maor X/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Maccabiah Games first held in 1932, are an international Jewish multi-sport event now held quadrennially in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Maccabiah, which is organized by the Maccabi World Union, was declared a "Regional Sport Event" by, and under the auspices of and supervision of, the International Olympic Committee and international sports fede...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_160748" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Växjö Theatre © Mikael Ekbäck[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, with 60,887 inhabitants. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. The town is home to Linnaeus University. Växjö houses Sweden's National Glass Museum and claims to be the capital of the Kingdom of Crystal as well as of the "Kingdom of Furniture".
The Swedish Emigrant Institute was estab...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_150974" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Kitty Hawk Airfield © Wusel007/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, and is a part of what is known as North Carolina's Outer Banks. The population is at 3,300. It was established in the early 18th century as Chickahawk. The Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Kitty Hawk became world-famous after the Wright brothers made the first controlled pow...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_172132" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © lodhaworldtowers.in[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]World One is a supertall residential skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, India. It is located in Lower Parel, South Mumbai on the 7.1-hectare (17.5-acre) site of the defunct Shrinivas Mill. The site also houses two other towers—World View and World Crest. World One is being built at an estimated cost of over US$321 million. Construction began in 2011, and is expected to be completed in 2018. It will be the tal...
[ read more ]