FRANCISCAN STREET
From the to the century, this street was devoted to cloth printing
From the 18th to the 19th century, this street was dedicated to the cloth printing industry: the house now atno. 7 was part of the Kohler & Mantz factory, and the Loewenfels house atno. 42 was the home of Jean-Jacques Feer, financier of the first cloth printing factory in 1746.Nos. 11 to 15 feature a house and its outbuildings, which in the 18th century were leased to the Eck, Schwartz et Cie indiennage company. Jean-Michel Schartz bought the walls in 1773, setting up his residence in the main building and adding two manufacturing wings. The forecourt, used for unloading, was separated by massive chains, earning it its name, the "Cour des chaînes" ("Chain Yard"). Atno. 21 were the walls of a property belonging to a Lorraine man, Pierre Thierry (hence the name "Cour de Lorraine"). In 1753, Jean-Henri Dollfus, one of the three co-founders of the first cloth printing factory, bought the building and set up a new factory. The location was ideal for printing painted canvas, as the courtyard was close to the old Traenkbach moat. From the 1830s onwards, the factories established in the medieval core of the town left this area to set up outside, and the manufacturing complexes were transformed into apartment blocks.
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