St-Martin (Rustroff)

Saint-Martin in Rustroff

Pietà from the 16th century

The Catholic parish church of Saint-Martin in Rustroff , a French parish in the Moselle department in the historic Lorraine region , was originally built at the end of the 13th century. The church has a stained glass window from the 15th century.

history

A church in Rustroff has been handed down as early as the 10th century. In a document dated December 22, 1158, Duke Matthias I of Lorraine left the church to the Abbey of Bouzonville . The Gothic church was built between 1270 and 1320, of which the choir and the tympanum of the portal are still preserved. The two side chapels, Saint Eloi in the north and Notre-Dame in the south, were built between 1431 and 1435. The nave was renewed in the neo-Gothic style in the middle of the 19th century and the bell tower was built in 1870/71 .

Furnishing

• polychrome Pietà made of wood, late 16th century
• Carved altar from the beginning of the 16th century

Leaded glass window

Two-pane windows from the 15th century

When the church was rebuilt in the 19th century, the preserved windows from the 15th century were built into the western window of the Saint Eloi chapel. The two panes represent the Visitation of Mary (above) and the Annunciation of the Lord (below). Above them are the coats of arms of René I , who donated the two side chapels.

The 20th century windows were made from boxes by local artist Jean Engel in the stained glass workshops “Frères Linster” ( Mondorf ) and “Vitraux d'art de Lorraine” ( Nancy ).

organ

The organ was installed in 1901 by Franz Staudt in Puttelange . The instrument was last restored in 1990 by the organ builder Michel Gaillard. It has stops on two manuals and a pedal. The actions are pneumatic.

I Grand Orgue C-g 3 1. Bourdon 16 ′ 2. Montre 8th' 3. Bourdon 8th' 4th Flûte harmonique 8th' 5. Gamba 8th' 6th Octav 4 ′ 7th Duplicate 2 ′

II Récit expressif C – g 3 8th. Flûte bouchée 8th' 9. Salicional 8th' 10. Vox coelestis 8th' 11. Flûte octaviante 4 ′ 12. Trompette harmonique 8th'

Pedale C – d 1 13. Soubass 16 ′ 14th Octavbass 8th'

• Coupling II / I (as normal, sub- and super-octave coupling); I / P, II / P

literature

• Jacques Carel: L'église Saint Martin de Rustroff. (not evaluated)
• Rustroff. Église paroissiale Saint Martin. (four-page leaflet available in the church)

Web links

Commons : St-Martin (Rustroff)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• To the church of Rustroff
• St-Martin (Rustroff) Description in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ. Retrieved November 22, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 33.5 "  N , 6 ° 22 ′ 20.5"  E