Assumption of Mary (Rosenwiller)
Assumption of Mary ( French Assomption-de-la-Vierge ) is a Roman Catholic church in the Alsatian municipality of Rosenwiller . The church is listed as a monument historique .
history
The oldest part of today's church is the choir tower from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century. In the 14th century, the choir got its vault, was painted and a polygonal closure was added. The nave was expanded in the 15th and 17th centuries. In 1862, the architect ringsisen finally built today's nave using parts of the older building. So he used some window openings from the 18th century. On the gable facade, he integrated a late Gothic portal with a tympanum from the 14th century.
architecture
The three-aisled basilica ends with a vaulted ⅝ choir with a front yoke. Above the front yoke sits a bell tower with an almost square floor plan. The nave is vaulted with rib vaults that sit on wall services without capitals. Pointed arches on round columns separate the center and side aisles. Tracery windows illuminate the interior of the church. The three-storey choir tower ends with four clock gables, which are surmounted by a bent helmet. The Gothic portal is formed by a keel arch with pinnacles . In the center of the tympanum there is a figure of Our Lady. A sacristy adjoins the southern side of the choir.
Furnishing
The most valuable furnishings of the church include several wall paintings framed by wide ornamental strips from the 14th century in the choir with the story of the birth of Christ, the death of the Virgin and the Last Judgment. The Gothic furnishings also include a holy water basin and a lavabo . In addition, there is a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in a rectangular wall niche with eyelashes in the church . The illustration shows the three Marys in the niche at the empty tomb, the resurrection on the gable. The grave dates from the 14th century. The stained glass windows of the choir date from around 1360 and show scenes from the life of Christ in the northern window. Scenes of the resurrection can be seen in the southern window.
The altars date from the Baroque period, the high altar stands on a Gothic cafeteria. A statue of the Seated Mother of God, which was made around 1500, stands here between winding columns. The side altars are of St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Consecrated to Sebastian . The latter comes from the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Rosheim .
The organ of the church comes from Marc Garnier and was built between 1995 and 1998.
literature
- Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1973, p. 7214f
- Dominique Toursel-Harster, Jean-Pierre Beck, Guy Bronner: Alsace. Dictionnaire des monuments historiques . La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 1995, pp. 355f
Web links
- The church near the municipality of Rosenwiller (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA00084907 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ History of the Organ of the Assumption of Mary ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , A la découverte de l'Orgue, Orgues d'Alsace, accessed November 12, 2016
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 21.9 ″ N , 7 ° 26 ′ 25.5 ″ E