Multimedia library
Details
The building was built in 1783 at the city's expense, at the request of the Intendant of Alsace.
This building is in the Louis 16 style, characterized by straight, fine and well worked lines giving a beautiful impression of lightness and elegance.
It was to be a large hospital for both civilians and the military.
However, while the building was not yet completed, a royal ordinance abolished the regional military hospitals. It was nevertheless used as a military hospital during the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. It then served as a begging depot (the equivalent of our current social SAMU) in the Bas-Rhin department. In 1822 the building was transferred to the Ministry of Justice, which first installed a central house for women and then a prison for men until its closure in 1987.
The city bought the buildings back. In 1996, a University Institute of Technology (UTI) was set up on the right side / while a large Media Library was opened on the left side in 2001.
Finally, for the anecdote, before its transformation, this building was used as a setting for the filming of the helicopter escape scene from the film "La fille de l'air" with Béatrice Dalle.
Situation and access
List of places
24, Rue du Maire André Traband
67500 Haguenau
Languages used
English
German
