Ste-Afre (Riedisheim)

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Sainte-Afre church

Sainte-Afre is a Catholic parish church in the Alsatian town of Riedisheim . It bears the patronage of the early Christian martyr Afra von Augsburg . The church is registered as a cultural monument in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel .

history

A first church was built in 1655. It was replaced by a new building, which was consecrated in 1759 and demolished in 1837.

The classicist church building on Rue du Maréchal Foch that exists today was created according to designs by the Mulhouse architect Jean Charles Dufau . It is marked above the portal with the year 1838. The church was repaired in 1968-1970.

Furnishing

A number of the church's furnishings are entered in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel :

  • a crucifix from the 17th century,
  • a reliquary from the first quarter of the 20th century,
  • an altarpiece, probably by a student of Martin Feuerstein ,
  • a Madonna and Child from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century
  • and a statue of Mary's Assumption from the late 18th century.

organ

The organ has also been classified as a monument historique since 1979 . The instrument was built in 1853 by the organ builder Joseph Stiehr . It has since been restored several times, including a. by Louis Mockers , and also changed, so in 1928 and 1952 by the organ building company Manufacture d'Orgues Muhleisen , and in 1979 by the organ builder Alfred Kern , who built a new organ case. Today the organ has 28 stops on two manuals and a pedal, 16 of which are still original Stiehr stops. The actions are mechanical. S.

I Positif de Dos C – f 3
1. Bourdon 8th'
2. Salicional 8th'
3. Montre 4 ′
4th Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Flageolet 2 ′
6th Tierce 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
7th Cymbals III
8th. Cromorne 8th'
Tremblant doux
II Grand Orgue C – f 3
9. Bourdon 16 ′
10. Montre 8th'
11. Bourdon 8th'
12. Viol 8th'
13. Prestant 4 ′
14th Flûte à cheminée 4 ′
15th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
16. Duplicate 2 ′
17th Cornet V D 8th'
18th Fittings IV
19th Trumpets 8th'
20th Clairon 4 ′
Pedale C – f 1
21st Principal 16 ′
22nd Soubasse 16 ′
23. Flute 8th'
24. Flute 4 ′
25th Flute 2 ′
26th Bombard 16 ′
27. Trumpets 8th'
28. Clairon 4 ′
  • Coupling: I / II, II / P

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée , accessed on December 16, 2010.
  2. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  3. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  4. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  5. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  7. ^ Entry in Base Palissy , accessed December 16, 2010.
  8. ↑ More information on the organ by Joseph Stiehr (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 56.2 "  N , 7 ° 22 ′ 0.5"  E