Construction of the Bourg Hotel 1725-1731 (≈ 1728)
Residence of Marshal du Bourg, Regency style.
1789
Conversion into a court
Conversion into a court 1789 (≈ 1789)
After the French Revolution.
1870-1872
Post-seat reconstruction
Post-seat reconstruction 1870-1872 (≈ 1871)
Neoclassical facade by Winkler and Keil.
1897
Become a central police station
Become a central police station 1897 (≈ 1897)
After transferring the courthouse.
2002-2009
End of police use
End of police use 2002-2009 (≈ 2006)
Move to the new police hotel.
1937 et 2013
Historical monuments
Historical monuments 1937 et 2013 (≈ 2013)
Protection of facades and interiors.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Building on street (A): front façade on Rue de la Nuée-Bleue and roofs, living rooms on the first floor, covered passage leading to the courtyard on the ground floor; Building between courtyard and garden (D): the front façade on courtyard and its carved decoration, the posterior façade, the roofs; Rear building (E): the three facades of the old sitting room; Side wing (B): the façade on Rue du Fil (Box 68 256, 257, see plan annexed to the decree): inscription by order of 25 July 2013
Key figures
Léonor Marie du Maine du Bourg - Marshal of France
Hotel sponsor in the 18th century.
Winkler et Keil - Architects
Reconstruction of 1871-1872 after the siege.
Origin and history
The former central police station in Strasbourg, also called Hôtel du Bourg, was built between 1725 and 1731 for Marshal Léonor Marie du Maine du Bourg, on the site of a 15th century medieval hotel. This building, symbol of the royal authority in Alsace, illustrates the Regency style and housed the largest intramural garden in the city. After 1681, the site became the residence of the military governor of Strasbourg, marking the anchoring of French power in the region.
In 1789, after the Revolution, the building was transformed into a court. Damaged during the 1870 siege, it was rebuilt between 1871 and 1872 by architects Winkler and Keil, maintaining its interior façade of 1731. The street façade, inspired by antiquity, reflects this reconstruction. The building lost its judicial function in 1897 with the inauguration of the new courthouse, becoming the central police station until 2002.
Ranked a historic monument in 1937 (and then re-registered in 2013), the site also housed a demining antenna until 2009. After aborted projects (including a 5-star hotel), work began in 2018 to convert it into a Radisson Blu hotel, despite delays due to archaeological diagnoses and legal remedies. The adjacent street, Rue du Tribunal, continues its judicial legacy.
The architecture of the building combines two periods: the neoclassical facade of 1872 on the street side and the inner courtyard with its Regency facade of 1731. The living rooms on the first floor and the sitting room (at the back) are protected. Owned by the city of Strasbourg, the building embodies the political and urban changes of Alsace, from the Old Regime to the present day.
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