Notre-Dame Chapel

The Notre-Dame Chapel in Molsheim, an architectural masterpiece of the Second Empire, is distinguished by its ceiling comparable to that of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

Located on the Alsace wine route, about twenty kilometers from Strasbourg, it is steeped in rich historical heritage. After housing Marshal Kellermann's Senatorial residence and then the Petite Sorbonne, it became a boarding school run by the Regular Canonesses of Saint Augustine from 1836 until 1954. The building, designed by the Lorraine architect Vautrin between 1864 and 1867, features a neo-medieval style with a cruciform plan, large rose windows on the façade and transept, and a portal with small columns. After decades of abandonment, it was restored for worship in 1984 thanks to the association Les Amis de la chapelle Notre-Dame.

Inside, two statues restored by Pascal Meyer, Best Craftsman of France, depict Saint Fourier, founder of the order in 1597, and Saint Augustine. In the former boarding school park remains an oratory once called the Chapel of the Children of Mary.