Église_Saint-Georges_de_Châtenois

Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois

Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois

Church in Bas-Rhin, France

Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois is the Catholic parish church of Châtenois, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. The current church was built from 1759 until 1761 by the local architect Martin Dorgler, but retains a Romanesque steeple from the 12th century, crowned with a spire from 1525. It became a registered Monument historique in 1901.[1][2]

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The church houses some notable works of art, classified as Monument historique, among which are two 16th-century polychrome wooden Renaissance reliefs of the Nativity and the Assumption of Mary,[3] and a 1765 pipe organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann.[4][5]

  • Main portal
  • Roof and spire
  • Inside, looking east
  • Inside, looking west
  • Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (17th century)
  • Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (18th century)

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    Base Mérimée: Eglise catholique Saint-Georges, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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    Base Mérimée: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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    Base Palissy: 2 bas-reliefs : Naisance de la Vierge ; Assomption et Couronnement de la Vierge, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  4. [4]
    "Châtenois, St Georges Jean-André SILBERMANN, 1765". À la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. [5]
    Base Palissy: Orgue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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