Rohan Palace

Cardinal Rohan narrates:

I found palatial respite in this building after my flight from the French Revolution .There is a more elegant building with the same name in Strasbourg. But this place is nothing like as homely as the Ettenheim building. On 16 February, 1803 I died here. The gable to the east, which can be seen from the market square, shows the crest ofthe builder Erasmus Schenk of Limburgand the year 1560. All that is left of the original are the foundations, on which the municipal offices have been built. A precious tapestry from my uncle Armand Gaston of Rohan-Soubise (1704 – 1749) and a Torah tapestry can be seen in the conference room on the second floor.