Old Church of St-André (Meistratzheim)

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St-André, look at the tower
Font and Romanesque tympanum

The Old Church of St-André (French: Ancienne Église Saint-André) is the former Roman Catholic parish church and today's cemetery chapel of Meistratzheim ( Département Bas-Rhin ) in France . The church has been classified as a Monument historique since 1924 .

history

The old parish church of St-André dates back to the 11th century. The basement of the tower, the square choir and a tympanum from the second half of the 12th century have been preserved from the simple Romanesque church . The church received a new nave between 1720 and 1722 and the tower was extended in 1724. After the larger new parish church of St-André was consecrated in 1922, the old church was partially demolished and the remains that have been preserved today were turned into a cemetery chapel.

literature

  • Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine . Darmstadt 1976, p. 132.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ancienne église catholique Saint-André in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Inventaire général in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Alte Kirche St-André (Meistratzheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '50.4 "  N , 7 ° 32' 27.6"  E