Parc Steinbach

The park is located on land between the old city ditches. In 1798, the manufacturer Blech, owner of the Maison Vetter, now the Musée des Beaux-Arts, acquired the land and filled in part of the ditches to create a garden that extended as far as rue du Sauvage. Its influence gradually diminished in favour of the construction of various establishments, such as the theatre and by filling in the Sinne ditch. Georges Steinbach bought the house and garden, which were bequeathed to the town when he died in 1893. The garden, which included production greenhouses, becomes public.