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Maison des Tanneurs

One of the symbols of the Petite France

The Maison des Tanneurs sits perched along the waterside, its somewhat haphazard architecture reflecting its historical role as a house for tanning hides. The building has long been a favourite target for artists, who have usually depicted it in idealised way, highly attractive to visitors.

As the outstanding symbol of the old Millers and Tanners’ district in the Petite France, the Maison des Tanneurs, or Tanners’ house, owes much of its appeal to its location bordering one of the arms of the river Ill.

A panoramic restaurant in the old tannery

The building’s distinctive appearance comes from it being constructed in different parts from the Renaissance onwards. The oldest part comprises 2 corbelled timber-frame houses, adjoined by the gable and probably built by the tanner Christmann Roederer. The first, with its 2 floors, features a gable wall, open and overhanging the road. The second house, with one floor less, but more opulent, bears the date 1572 carved on a window frame. Its gable wall originally gave onto the waterway.

A spectacular transverse part was added, hiding this wall, at a later date, with 2 open galleries increasing the area for the air to circulate within the top levels of the 2 houses and providing optimum conditions for drying the hides.

The large basket-handle bays in the middle gallery have been filled with windows, to keep draughts away from the restaurant customers.

  • Tram A or D - Langstross-Grand'Rue
  • Maison des tanneurs
  • Maison des tanneurs
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42 rue du bain-aux-plantes
67000 Strasbourg