St. George's Church, Sélestat
The St George's Church of Schlettstadt ( Église Saint -Georges de Sélestat ) is one of the largest and most imposing Gothic churches of the Lower Rhine (Bas -Rhin).
Description
The church was built from 1230 to 1490 from Strasbourg Dombaumeistern in the style of French cathedrals on foundations of an earlier building Carolingian and involving a Romanesque portal.
The building was externally and internally serious damage by the French Revolution and World War II thereof through which they forfeited numerous sculptures, stained glass windows and rood screen.
The church was restored several times and is currently in a satisfactory condition.
Dimensions
The known dimensions are as follows:
- Outside Length: 64.85 m
- Height of the nave: 20 m
- Interior Width overall: 18,70 m
- Length of the choir: 21,85 m
- Height of the facade tower: 60 m
Equipment
The equipment received ( early to late medieval stained glass windows in the choir, Gothic wall paintings and baroque pulpit with Samson as a carrier in the nave, large Rinkenbach organ from 1896 above the entrance ) is considered as a regional senior. The clock tower is the work of Jean -Baptiste Schwilgué. The bells consists of four bells from between 1879 and 1924 in the beat tones c1, e1, g1 and a1.
In St. George's Church is the burial site of the humanist Rhenanus whose private library can be admired today in the humanist library.
The organ was built in 1896 by organ builder Martin Rinckenbach. It replaced an instrument that had been built in 1768 by Andreas Silbermann, and was sold in 1896 to the Dominican church in Colmar. The organ originally had 43 registers ( with Barker machines in the Grand Orgue ). 1952, the disposition has been slightly modified by the organ builder George Schwenkedel. Finally, the instrument was restored by Alfred Kern.
- Couplers: II / I, III / I, I / P, II / P III / P