Altorf

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Altorf
Altorf coat of arms
Altorf (France)
Altorf
region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement Molsheim
Canton Molsheim
Community association Region of Molsheim-Mutzig
Coordinates 48 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
height 162-186 m
surface 10.19 km 2
Residents 1,293 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 127 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 67120
INSEE code
Website http://www.altorf.fr/

St. Cyriak Abbey Church in Altorf

Altorf (German Altdorf ) is a French commune with 1293 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the canton of Molsheim in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ). She is a member of the Communauté de communes de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig .

population

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
0814 0796 0746 0883 0941 1100 1170 1293

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Altorf

The abbey church of St. Cyriak, originally from the end of the 10th century, was rebuilt at the end of the 12th century and had to be partially renewed after a fire in the 17th century. The nave is Romanesque , the choir and transept were rebuilt in the Baroque by Peter Thumb . In the church there is a wooden bust of St. Cyriak from the second half of the 12th century. The church also houses a listed organ by Andreas Silbermann from 1730. In the monastery garden there is a renaissance fountain made of red granite .

The former abbot house is now a school. The tithe barn Grange aux dîmes once belonged to the monastery.

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 693-697.
  • Henri Host: Parish Church - formerly Benedictine Abbey of St. Cyriac, Altdorf Unterelsass. 2nd edition, Schnell Kunstführer No. 840, Munich 1981.

Web links

Commons : Altorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. cassini.ehess.fr