St-Adelphe
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Sainte-Adelphe is a church building of the Lutheran Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne in the French department of Bas-Rhin . The late Romanesque building is protected as a monument historique . The church is dedicated to St. Dedicated to Adelphus .
history
After his death, the Metz bishop Adelphus was buried in the crypt of the abbey church of St. Clemens in Metz. In 826 or 836 his bones were transferred to the Benedictine Abbey of Neuwiller on the instructions of the Metz bishop Drogo . This made the place a popular pilgrimage destination. St-Adelphe is first mentioned as a collegiate church in 1147 and was originally associated with the abbey as the parish church of St. John the Baptist. Later the church was united with the Adelphistift. Around 1220 the relics of St. Adelphus brought to the Saint Pierre et Paul church.
In the Gothic period the north side apse was torn down and replaced by a sacristy. In the 14th century, the remains of the three-apse choir were torn down and a three-aisled choir with a three-quarter end was built. In 1431 the church received a new bell. The “Big Bell”, also known as the “Citizen Bell”, cast by Johann Grempp from Strasbourg, was inaugurated.
In 1545 Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg enforced the Reformation on his territory . At first the Protestants still used the Saint-Grégoire chapel, but it soon became too small. On March 7, 1562 Protestants invaded the church and expelled the canons . A year later, however, the count gave in to the urging of the Catholic residents. From then on, Catholics were allowed to use the transept for their services. This made Sainte-Adelphe one of the first simultaneous churches in Alsace. Tensions between Protestants and Catholics increased again during the Thirty Years' War . In 1683, Louis XIV had to intervene to arbitrate. During a visit to Bouxwiller, the king regulated the use of the church: Catholics were allowed to use the choir and transept alone, and a wall separated the area from the nave. Both denominations were allowed to use the large civic bell, the other bells were reserved for Protestants.
In 1800 the Catholics finally received the abbey church as a new place of worship. The orphaned transept of St-Adelphe became a syringe house. In 1835 the dividing wall was torn down and the Protestants got the entire church back.
In 1819 the tower was demolished, in 1822 the choir partially collapsed and was finally also demolished. In 1845 the church was then extensively renovated and changed again. Under the direction of the architect Aloyse Vincent Maestlé, the north transept received a door. In addition, a gallery was created for a new organ from the Stiehr-Mockers company .
architecture
The three-aisled pillar basilica has a nave with six bays and a broad transept. Only remnants of the former choir can be seen externally. Inside the church today closes smoothly in line with the eastern wall of the transept. Above the crossing sits a mighty tower with an almost square floor plan. The gable portal was emphasized, in which the central nave protrudes over the side aisles. Two round towers pushed into the facade flank this risalit . There is a rose window above the entrance. Arch friezes adorn the exterior of the church made of red sandstone. The strong vault structure inside is supported by arcades that rest on octagonal beveled pillars. Simple ridge vaults predominate in the side aisles.
organ
The organ comes from the Stiehr and Mockers family of organ builders and was built in 1850. Between 1888 and 1952 the instrument was expanded and rebuilt several times. In 1985 the organ builder Gaston Kern from Strasbourg extensively restored the organ.
literature
- Alphonse Wollbrett (et al.): Les Églises de Neuwiller-lès-Saverne. Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Saverne et environs, Saverne, 1959
- Walter Hotz: Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1976, p. 175f
- Antoine Pfeiffer: Protestants d'Alsace et de Moselle: lieux de mémoire et de vie. SAEP, Ingersheim; Oberlin, Strasbourg, 2006, p. 13
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ The Orgle of St-Adelphe in Neuwiller-lès-Saverne ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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, accessed September 7, 2016
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 27.8 " N , 7 ° 24 ′ 23" E