St-Grégoire (Ribeauvillé)
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St-Grégoire (Eng. St. Gregory ) is a Roman Catholic church in the Alsatian municipality of Ribeauvillé . It is under monument protection as a monument historique .
history
St-Grégoire's architectural history spans almost two centuries. The oldest part are the three lower floors of the church tower, which was built from 1260. Construction of the choir began in 1282. The nave was finally built in the 14th century and completed in 1475. At the beginning of the 19th century the church was redesigned and there was a Marienkapelle on the north side for the image of Mary from the pilgrimage chapels in Dusenbach. In 1864 the church tower was raised by one storey. In 1876 Charles Winkler built a transept with a crossing in the old choir bay after the old choir had become dilapidated and the bay threatened to collapse. The choir was moved to the east.
In 1944 the south side of the church and the buttress of the seventh yoke were badly damaged in bombing raids. The damage was repaired in 1950.
The grave vault of the Lords of Rappoltstein under the crossing was profaned during the French Revolution and only restored in 1984 during renovation work.
architecture
Saint-Grégoire is a three-aisled basilica with an east-facing choir with a three-sided end. There is a church tower on the north side of the ship. The high ground floor and the two floors above date from the 13th century and are clearly influenced by the Gothic. Above it sits a projecting cornice on consoles. The top floor with an articulated helmet was added in the 19th century and has historicizing elements. On the opposite south side, the seven-bay nave is followed by a transept. Buttress holds the high walls of the central nave. Elaborate tracery defines the windows of the building.
Profiled pointed arches separate the central and side aisles. These are carried by alternating columns made of round columns and pillars. From these, semicircular services grow that support the ribbed vaults. Brackets support the vaults above the circular columns. On the western end there is a baroque wooden gallery with an organ.
The portal from around 1400 is on the west side. It is formed by a profiled drapery with a triple pointed arch. The tympanum is divided by a three-pass. In the upper part you can see a Mother of God, in the lower part a crucifixion scene. The three pass is accompanied by two angels. The door leaves with the iron fittings reminiscent of trees are striking. The sill cornice of a high tracery window extends over the entire gable side. In the gable area there is an ocular with tracery.
There is a sacristy to the south of the choir and a storage room to the north. A chapel with a semicircular apse sits west of the tower on the north side.
Furnishing
The furnishings of the church come mainly from the Gothic period in the 15th century. This includes the replica of a holy grave , as well as a statue of Our Lady made of linden wood. A processional cross and two wooden reliefs depicting the Annunciation and an Adoration of the Shepherds date from the 17th century. The neo-Gothic baptismal font dates from the last quarter of the 19th century and was created by Theophil Klem . The two neo-Gothic oak side altars dedicated to John the Baptist and Michael also come from him. Klem also created the neo-Gothic high altar with figures of saints and the choir stalls.
The large panel with the depiction of St. Gregory in the Vierung was created in 1803 by François-Ignace Hohr . The almost life-size figures of a depiction of the Mount of Olives made of sandstone, which were made around 1700, have also been preserved. A stone crucifix also dates from this period.
The organ and organ prospectus was built in 1701 by the Strasbourg organ builder Friedrich Ring (1666–1701) and completed by Claude Legros after Ring's death in 1702. In 1708 Andreas Silbermann changed the instrument. In 1917 part of the organ was confiscated by the German occupiers. In 1933 Adolphe Blanarsch repaired the organ, in 1955 the Roethinger company from Strasbourg and after a fire in 1975 the Alfred Kern & fils company .
literature
- Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1976, pp. 203f
- Dominique Toursel-Harster, Jean-Pierre Beck, Guy Bronner: Dictionnaire des Monuments historiques d'Alsace. La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 1995, p. 336
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA00085767 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Entry no.IM68009352 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 49.3 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E