Altdorf Abbey (Altorf)

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Former monastery church of St. Cyriak in Altdorf

The Altdorf Monastery was a former Benedictine monastery in Altorf in Alsace , not far from Strasbourg in France .

history

According to tradition, around 974 the first church of St. Cyriak was founded by Count Hugo von Dagsburg . The consecration was carried out by the Bishop of Strasbourg, Erckenbald . Also present was the abbot of Cluny, Majolus . Count Bruno von Egisheim-Dagsburg - the later Pope Leo IX. - brought the relics of St. Cyriacus to Altdorf in 1049. The monastery was under Strasbourg and Molsheim .

In 1789 the monastery was closed.

investment

Instead of the first church, a three-aisled basilica was built in the 12th century . The late Romanesque nave is still preserved, the choir and transept were renewed by Peter Thumb in 1725. Older parts of the furnishings have been preserved; the Silbermann organ is famous .

To the north of the church is the three-storey abbot's house from the 16th century, which today serves as a rectory. The gatehouse and the tithe barn west and northwest of the church are also preserved.

The church and its main altar, some facade elements of the abbot's house and the tithe barn are protected as monuments historiques .

literature

• Hans Haug, Robert Will: Alsace romane , Éditions Zodiaque (Collection “la nuit des temps” No. 22), 2nd edition, La Pierre-qui-Vire 1970, pp. 25-26.
• Karlheinz Ebert: Alsace. Signposts of European history and culture between the Upper Rhine and the Vosges . DuMont art travel guide, Cologne 1979. ISBN 3-7701-0852-3 .

See also

• Altenberg de Wolxheim vineyard , formerly also owned by the Altdorf monastery

Web links

Commons : Kloster Altdorf (Altorf)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Abbaye d'Altorf in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '22.6 "  N , 7 ° 31' 50.1"  E