Jean-Baptiste Schacre

Jean -Baptiste Schacre (* 1808 in Delle near Belfort, then Alsace, Franche- Comté today; † in Mulhouse 1876) was a French artist and architect and one of the first systematic representative of the Neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic on French soil. As a longtime city architect from Mulhouse ( 1844-1876 ), he coined especially its sacred landscape, in a way comparable to that of Christopher Wren in London.

Works (selection)

• Main synagogue Mulhouse ( 1849) - Neo-Romanesque and neo-classical
• Synagogue Dornach, suburb of Mulhouse ( 1851) - neuromanisch
• Catholic church of St. Stephen, Mulhouse (1855-1860) - Neo-Gothic
• Protestant church of St. Stephen, Mulhouse (1859-1866) - Neo-Gothic
• Central Cemetery Mulhouse ( 1872), 12 -acre resort
• Moritz Church Pfastatt, suburb of Mulhouse (1867-1876) - Neo-Romanesque
• Laurentius Church Zillisheim, suburb of Mulhouse (1867-1876) - Neo-Romanesque
• Pantaleon Church Sifnos, (1874-1877) - Neo-Romanesque
• Parish Jettingen, (1874-1877) - Neo-Romanesque

The neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Lawrence of Zillisheim.

Church of St. Pantaleon in Sifnos. Schacre built the Romanesque church new, while maintaining the original bell tower.

Apse of the synagogue in Mulhouse.