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Église Saint-Maurice, Soultz-les-Bains

Coordinates: 48°34′17.04″N 7°29′09.76″E / 48.5714000°N 7.4860444°E / 48.5714000; 7.4860444
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Église Saint-Maurice
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LocationSoultz-les-Bains
CountryFrance
DenominationCatholic
History
Founded1165
DedicationSaint Maurice
Architecture
Heritage designationMonument historique
Designated10 April 1996
StyleRomanesque
Gothic
Gothic Revival
Completed1848
Administration
ArchdioceseStrasbourg
ParishCommunauté de paroisses Sainte Edith Stein

Église Saint-Maurice (Church of Saint Maurice) is the parish church of the village of Soultz-les-Bains, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It should not be confused with Église Saint-Maurice of Soultz-Haut-Rhin, in the neighbouring Haut-Rhin department.

The church is notable for its medieval tower and for being one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Alsace. It is classified as a Monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1996.[1]

The church was first mentioned in 1165.[1] The basis of the tower is Romanesque (late 12th-century). It is decorated with reliefs on the outside and with frescos on the inside.[2] The upper part of the tower is Gothic and dates from the end of the 15th-century. The rest of the church was rebuilt according to plans (1843, 1844) by the architect Charles Morin (1810–1897), and inaugurated in 1848.[3] In 1888, the nave was covered with a wooden barrel vault.[2]

The pipe organ is a 1762 work by Johann Andreas Silbermann. It was moved into this church from Old Saint Peter's Church, Strasbourg, in 1865.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "église paroissiale Saint-Maurice". Plateforme ouverte du patrimoine. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Fresques clocher Soultz-les-Bains". Fondation du patrimoine. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "L'Église Saint Maurice". Commune de Soultz-les-Bains. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Orgue de Soultz-les-Bains, St-Maurice". A la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

48°34′17.04″N 7°29′09.76″E / 48.5714000°N 7.4860444°E / 48.5714000; 7.4860444

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