St-Pierre-St-Paul (Sigolsheim)
St-Pierre-St-Paul (Eng. St.-Peter-und-Paul ) is a Roman Catholic church in the Alsatian municipality of Sigolsheim . It is under monument protection as a monument historique .
history
The current church was built in the 1190s. During excavations in 1948, the remains of a Carolingian church were found. which was founded in 884 by the Etival Abbey and a chapel from the Ottonian period. The church was restored in the 15th century after it was probably damaged in a fire in 1466. The tower received its Gothic windows.
In 1836/37 the church was extended to the west by one and a half double bays by the architect Félix Griois. The original portal facade was retained. In addition, the portal in the south arm of the transept was moved to the south aisle. In 1865 the choir was rebuilt in the neo-Romanesque style by the architect Jean-Baptiste Schacre and a sacristy was added to the south.
In the winter of 1944/45, the village of Sigolsheim was almost completely destroyed during fighting. The church was also badly damaged in the bombing on Christmas Eve 1944. The upper floors of the tower burned down. In the 1950s, the building was rebuilt by the architect Charles-Henri Arnhold. Many changes of the last centuries were reversed. The choir was reduced to its original size and eastern extensions from the 19th century were demolished.
architecture
The Romanesque Peter and Paul Church is a three-aisled basilica . The nave with three and a half double bays is connected to a transept that does not protrude beyond the line of the aisles. This is followed by a high, semicircular choir . On the crossing sits a tall square tower with a gable roof and coupled Gothic windows on two floors. Arched windows illuminate the nave. There are ogival windows in the front. Corner blocks, pilaster strips and arched friezes made of sandstone decorate the plastered building.
The portal in the western front jumps back three times. The cover consists of round beads and chamfered edges with balls. In the recesses sit narrow round columns with figurative capitals with masks and animals. A Romanesque frieze with tendril and braided patterns on the slightly protruding front of the central nave continues here as a combat stone with a vegetable ornament. In the lintel, the four symbols for the Evangelists and an Agnus Dei sit in round medallions . In the arched tympanum you can see Christ in the center, next to the apostles Peter and Paul. The scene is flanked by two kneeling men with a bag and a barrel. The portal in the south aisle is much simpler, but takes on the shape and shape of the main portal.
The central and side aisles are separated by arched arcades. These are supported by mighty square pillars, the corners of which are chamfered by round bars . In front of every other pillar there is a wide template with round pillars inserted at the corners, on which belt and shield arches and the ribs of the vaults sit. Arcades and upper cladding are separated by a cube frieze.
Furnishing
The current interior of the church dates from 1910/11 and was created by Théophile Klem . The sacred art of the church includes a St. Anna with two angels. The wooden sculptures date from the 16th century. In addition, there is an 81 cm high wooden painted Pietà from the 14th century in the church .
The first known organ in the church was made by the organ builder Jean-Frédéric Verschneider in 1863. It was destroyed in a bombardment in the winter of 1944. Today's organ was created by Curt Schwenkedel in 1960 and slightly modified by Hartwig Späth in 1997 .
literature
- Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1973, p. 248f
- Dominique Toursel-Harster, Jean-Pierre Beck, Guy Bronner: Alsace. Dictionnaire des monuments historiques. La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 1995, p. 423f
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA00085675 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 4.3 " N , 7 ° 18 ′ 3.1" E