The house of the treaty

It was in this building at 61 rue de Lorraine that the Treaty of Luneville was signed on 9 February 1801, which gave France the left bank of the Rhine. The final point of the conflict between Bonaparte, the first Consul, and Francis II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who was defeated by Bonaparte's Army in Marengo. Austria chose Luneville rather than Selestat, perhaps because of its Lorraine memories. The house, typical of the neoclassical style, with its long straight lines, mouldings, and decoration referring to Greek and French classical art, had been built twenty years earlier for the Royal Mayor of Lunéville, and resumed service during the Second World War, welcoming General Patch, Eisenhower, Devers and Patton, who then launched a major offensive to Austria.

The Treaty House is not open to the public.