Kléberplatz
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The Kléberplatz ( French : Place Kléber ) is one of the central squares in Strasbourg .
history
Originally “Barefoot Square” (because of an adjoining Franciscan monastery ), then “Arms Square” in the 17th century and finally “Kléber Square” since 1840, it takes its name from General Jean-Baptiste Kléber , who came from Strasbourg . On June 24th of this year the monument in the middle of the square was inaugurated. It shows him standing upright, in his hand the letter in which the British Admiral Keith asked in vain to surrender the French troops in 1800. Under the memorial there is a crypt that housed Kléber's coffin in 1838, two years before the memorial was inaugurated.
The square is bordered to the north by the Aubette , the former main guard built by Blondel in the neoclassical style of the 18th century . The building houses a former leisure complex , which was furnished in 1928 by the artists Theo van Doesburg , Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp and is sometimes referred to as the “ Sistine Chapel of Contemporary Art”.
Kléberplatz was the central hub of the former tram from 1886 to 1960 , when it became a large car park before being redesigned in 1994 by the architect Guy Clapot . The square, which has become a pedestrian zone , is affected on the western edge by lines A and D of the newly introduced tram .
The place is often used for large rallies. It plays a central role not only for the people of Strasbourg, but for the entire metropolitan area.
Attack on the Christkindelsmärik 2018
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On December 11, 2018, there was an Islamist attack at the Christkindelsmärik (Christmas market) on Kléberplatz, in which the 29-year-old perpetrator Chérif Chekatt killed five people and injured another thirteen. The criminal, with a previous conviction and classified as dangerous , was shot by a soldier as part of the Sentinelle operation and, after a 48-hour escape, shot by a special police unit in the Neudorf district of Strasbourg on December 13, 2018 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alleged Strasbourg attacker killed , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, accessed on February 27, 2019
Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 44 ′ 46 ″ E