User:A64User/Altstadt (Biel/Bienne)

The old town of Biel (french: Vieille ville) with its only 9 hectares, is in terms of area, the smallest of the 10 districts in Biel. The medieval old town is located offside the new town and therefore on the edge of today's town center.

Geography
The old town is a bit north of the center of the city It is located on and around a limestone ledge of the still existing roman spring on the Jura south foot which in compairson is a bit more elevated than the rest of the city.

The district extends itsself from the Zentralstrasse and the Jakob-Rosius-Strasse in the west all the way up to the Gerbergasse and Neumarktstrasse in the east and from the Schützengasse and Jurastrasse in the north all the way up to General-Dufour-Strasse in the south.

It's between the districts Neustadt-Nord and Rebberg.

History
This medieval part of Biel was founded between 1220 and 1230. You can see the age of the district mostly by the northern town wall, the Ober- and Untergasse, the Juravorstadt, the Castle as well as the Burggasse, the place called Ring and the Untergässli.

The present appearance of the old town corresponds largely to that of the 18th to the early 19th centuries, with the older traces and basic patterns of the houses and fortifications being visible. It is notable that the northern part of the Kanalgasse - except the Obergasse - largely traffic-free is and that there are neither major distributors nor chain shops to be found.

Weblinks
de:Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Quartiere der Stadt Bielde:Vorlage:Navigationsleiste Quartiere der Stadt Biel
 * Bieler Altstadt
 * Altstadtleist Biel
 * Bieler Altstadt des Tourismusbüros