Sainte-Walburge Abbey Church

The history of this site begins in 1074 with the creation of a hermitage, now disappeared. In 1105, the current church was built under the initiative of Frederick, Duke of Swabia, and Peter, Count of Lutzelbourg. Only the lower parts of the nave walls remain from this period, as well as a southern side door whose two sculpted jambs, although incomplete, still bear witness to Romanesque art. In the 15th century, Abbot Burckhard de Mullenheim undertook a major construction campaign: rebuilding the choir, raising the nave walls, creating new openings in the west wall, and building an Angels' chapel, which now serves as the sacristy. The building was later marked by several occupations: after the Thirty Years' War, it housed the Strasbourg seminary run by the Jesuits. During the Revolution, the abbey was sold to private individuals, then the church was transferred to the commune of Walbourg in 1805 by Michel Pierre Saglio. Finally, in 1945, the church was damaged during air raids before being restored from 1949 onward.