Grand'Rue

Around the Hop Market and along the Grand’Rue, several remarkable houses showcase 18th-century architecture. Among them, the Cassina House at No. 111 is named after Giuseppe Cassina, a wealthy Italian merchant. Here, the traditional balcony of townhouses is replaced by a niche housing a statue of Saint Joseph with the child, the patron of the commissioner. At No. 142, the former hotel of the Koenigsbrück Abbey, a village near Haguenau, retains only a balcony adorned with a rococo cartouche. Before the French Revolution, this residence served as lodging for the tithe collector and as a pied-à-terre for the abbey’s nuns during their stays in town. No. 127 stands out as the only example of Renaissance style on the street. Finally, at No. 157, a very old house was restored in the 18th century by the Italian merchant Joseph Paganetto, whose initials appear in the ironwork above the front door.