St-Christophe (Héricourt)

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St-Christophe, Héricourt
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St-Christophe belongs to a Lutheran congregation within the United Protestant Church of France in Héricourt in the Haute-Saône department ( Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region ). The church has been registered as a monument historique since 1995 .

history

The core of the Church of St-Christophe goes back to around 1200. The simple, single-nave and flat-roofed nave was extended in late Gothic forms in the 16th century to include a raised choir with a 5/8 end and two north side chapels.

After Héricourt came into the possession of the House of Württemberg , the Reformation was introduced at the church in 1562 and the congregation became Lutheran. After the French occupation of the city, the church served Lutherans and Catholics as a simultaneous church from May 1700 . The Simultaneum ended in 1887 after the town had its own Catholic church. The organ of the church was inaugurated on Palm Sunday 1923 by Albert Schweitzer .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St-Christophe in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ^ Héricourt: l'église luthérienne

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 33.6 "  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 31"  E