St-Jean (Goxwiller)

Church of Saint-Jean at Goxwiller

View of the Gothic choir

Saint-Jean (actually: Saint-Jean-à-la-Porte-Latine ; German St. John in front of the Latin gate ) is a church building of the Lutheran Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine in Goxwiller ( Bas-Rhin department ) in France . The chapel in the choir tower is used for Roman Catholic worship. The church is inscribed on the register of cultural heritage in France.

history

The church was first mentioned in 1371, the Gothic choir tower dates from around 1400. The choir contains frescoes from the 15th century depicting Saints Anthony and Christophorus. The tower was raised in the 19th century. The nave dates from the 18th century. In 1554 the Reformation was introduced to the church . By order of the French government under Louis XIV, the chapel in the basement of the tower has been used by Lutherans and Catholics as a simultaneum since 1685 . The church has a Johann Conrad Sauer organ from 1811, which is registered as a monument historique.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Saint-Jean in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ [1] culture.gouv.fr
3. ↑ [2] sb.fr
4. ↑ History and disposition of the organ ( Memento of the original from February 14, 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. 
5. ^ Organ in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean (Goxwiller)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• paroisse luthérienne
• Image of the Gothic choir arch

Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 7 ° 29 ′ 6.5 ″  E