La Belle Alliance

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Belle- Alliance [ bɛl a.ljɑs ] is the name of a former guest house that Napoleon Bonaparte has served as headquarters at the Battle of Waterloo. In the Prussian and German history, the name " Battle of or Belle Alliance " was used until the 20th century. This is due to Blücher, who had already used this name in its reports on 21 June 1815.

Location and History

One finds the building today at the N 5 not far from Plancenoit. On the road from Paris to Brussels, it stands at a crossroads in the middle of the battlefield of Waterloo. The building is now used as a nightclub, but has not lost its historical name. This had been given because of the marriage of a young servant with an old widow in 1765 the pub.

Past event

The pub " Belle- Alliance " was at the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon's headquarters, from where the head of the battle. That Blücher and Wellington met in the evening of the battle there, is doubted, although pictorial representations of such a meeting there. The name of the village of Waterloo was used in the days before the battle of both Wellington and Napoleon for the description of the Allied position. In choosing a name, the Prussian Marshal therefore endeavor to have the Allied army equal to advantage, although he liked the ambiguity of the name. However, the name "Waterloo" prevailed internationally.

Squares and streets in Germany

How present the name " Belle Alliance " Once upon a time, illustrate the following examples of streets and squares in Berlin, which were named after the wars of liberation for outstanding events and battles of the years 1813 to 1815. Best known are the Pariser Platz at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the victorious invasion of Prussia in Paris, the Leipziger Platz for the Battle of Leipzig and the " Belle- Alliance-Platz " and the " Belle- Alliance -Straße " at the Halle Gate. The former Belle- Alliance-Platz and Strait were renamed in 1947 Mehringplatz and dam. Thus also the name of a metro station ( Belle- Alliance -Straße) in Berlin disappeared. On the Mehringplatz a small victory column with a Victoria is a reminder of the battle. In the vicinity are also the street "Waterloo shore ", " Gneisenaustraße " and " Blucher Street " with the " Blücherplatz ". This is located on Cross Mountain in Victoria Park National Monument, which commemorates those battles, in which the Prussian army was involved in the wars of liberation, bears the inscription " Belle Alliance the 18 June 1815 ".

Guest House 1880

Postcard

Plaque

The historic meeting