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Nordhouse · 67
This building, mentioned as early as 1252, features a Romanesque choir tower topped with a bulb-shaped bell tower and decorated with fleur-de-lis. Destroyed during the Revolution, it was rebuilt in 1999 and is open to visitors daily until 6 PM.
Discover this placeBindernheim · 67
This church, with a chancel dating back to 1499 and a nave from 1724, was bombed in December 1944. It houses a monumental 18th-century painting of Saint Ulrich and side altar paintings restored in 2019.
Discover this placeStrasbourg · 67
Built in 1910, this church is notable for its half-timbered architecture, rare for a religious building of that era.
Discover this placeReipertswiller · 67
This 12th-century church, partly Romanesque, houses a 15th-century Gothic choir with a recumbent effigy of Jacques de Lichtenberg. Its stained glass, restored in 1970, depicts the Wedding at Cana, possibly honoring the count and his companion.
Discover this placeMunchhausen · 67
The church of Munchhausen, built in 1840 in an Italian Renaissance style, houses copies of Italian works such as paintings, sculptures, and decorative stained glass.
Discover this placeEschwiller · 67
Originally planned for Wolfskirchen in 1766, Stengel Church was ultimately built in Eschwiller, which had no religious building. Blessed in 1772, it became the place of worship for Catholics from neighboring villages.
Discover this placeLorentzen · 67
This sanctuary with a polygonal choir, similar to Eschwiller church, was designed by Stengel and directed by Dodel. Its remarkable portal, topped by a curvilinear pediment, is a masterpiece of stereotomy. Listed as a Historic Monument in 1985, it now houses the Stengel cultural hall.
Discover this placeWolfskirchen · 67
This church is distinguished from other Stengel churches in Alsace Bossue by a wider nave. Likely rebuilt on 16th-century foundations, it is attributed to Jean-Jacques Lautemann and is the last religious building erected by the Nassau Sarrbruck family under the 1766 convention.
Discover this placeBerg · 67
This building, classified as a Historic Monument since 1985, is one of the rare examples of a "Breitsaalkirche," a Protestant church where the pews form a horseshoe around the "Kanzelaltar."
Discover this placeHarskirchen · 67
Built in 1767 by architect Friedrich-Joachim Stengel, this church embodies the distinctive style of Stengel religious buildings in Alsace Bossue.
Discover this placeDiemeringen · 67
This Baroque church, designed by architect Friedrich Joachim Stengel, houses polychrome wooden frescoes uncovered and restored in the 20th century during renovation work.
Discover this placeHirschland · 67
This Protestant church in Alsace Bossue is a simple rectangular hall with a 16th-century belfry. It features a nave lit by two rows of openings: square windows below and arched bays above for the galleries.
Discover this placeWeyer · 67
Built in 1769 based on modified plans of the Harskirchen church, this church is notable for its nearly square nave and pointed octagonal bell tower.
Discover this placeDuttlenheim · 67
A 1705 south-facing sundial, restored around 1967, is visible on School Street in Duttlenheim. Carved from sandstone, it measures 70 cm wide by 80 cm high and features numbers oriented towards its center.
Discover this placeGresswiller · 67
The bell tower of Saint-Martin Church in Gresswiller houses one of Alsace's oldest sundials (1523), adorned with symbols like a blessing hand and a "W". A second, horizontal octagonal sundial is visible in the presbytery garden.
Discover this placeLauterbourg · 67
This majestic church dominates the town with its medieval bell tower, Gothic choir from 1467, and nave from 1716. Its stained glass, baptismal fonts, pulpit, and 1777 Stieffel organ, classified and restored in 1998, are worth seeing. The terrace offers a view of the artistic pavement in the streets.
Discover this placeLauterbourg · 67
Former 18th-century powder magazine converted into a Protestant temple in 1888 after its purchase by the community in 1887, restored in 1952.
Discover this placeVal-de-Moder · 67
The Protestant church of Niedermodern houses a contemporary altarpiece by Reinhard Dassler, gifted in 2000. This hyperrealistic work, inspired by the washing of the feet, engages with the sacraments and anchors itself in the modern world while drawing from the Renaissance.
Discover this placeSainte-Marie-aux-Mines · 68
The Val d’Argent, between Lorraine and Alsace, hosts 26 churches and chapels reflecting its 16th-17th century religious diversity. Lutherans, Anabaptists, and Catholics coexisted here, with the Amish movement born in 1693 at Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines.
Discover this placeUttenhoffen · 67
Uttenhoffen, a small Alsatian village, is home to the smallest half-timbered church in Alsace, a 16th-century Protestant temple with a remarkable choir. Its flower-lined streets and blue half-timbered farms offer a bucolic and picturesque setting.
Discover this placeWahlenheim · 67
Wahlenheim, a small flowering Alsatian village north of Strasbourg, features a church with a Baroque main altar from Marienthal, a gem of the 18th century. Its walls hold statues of saints and a full-centered diaphragm arch.
Discover this placeBlancherupt · 67
The smallest town in the department hosts a unique Way of the Cross, created in 2009 by 15 international artists in the St. Andrew's Church. A rare fusion of contemporary and sacred art to discover.
Discover this placeWidensolen · 68
Widensolen, an estate cleared in the 8th century by Wido, was shaped by the monks of Pairis until the Revolution. The village features a St. Nicholas church, a Lourdes grotto, a botanical trail, and an old mill.
Discover this placeZehnacker · 67
Zehnacker, an Alsatian village of 219 inhabitants, is mentioned as early as 739. Successively owned by Marmoutier Abbey then Strasbourg, it housed a simultaneum church from 1686 to 1852, symbolizing its Protestant history amid Catholic villages.
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