Pulpit (Ammerschwihr)

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Pulpit in Ammerschwihr

The pulpit in the Catholic Church of St-Martin in Ammerschwihr , a French parish in the Haut-Rhin department of the Grand Est region , was created in 1888. In 1982 the neo-Gothic pulpit was classified as a monument historique .

The stone and wood pulpit was created by the sculptor Théophile Klem. The four evangelists are depicted with their symbols on the pulpit made of sandstone .

The sound cover in the form of a Gothic pinnacle has a wooden figure of Christ inside .

The inscription: “Th. Klem fecit ”and the year 1888. The semicircular staircase has a railing in the form of a tracery .

Web links

Commons : Kanzel St-Martin (Ammerschwihr)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chaire à prêcher in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. Chaire à prêcher in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 54 ″  E