To the discovery of a parish complex with so-called glacis architecture

Name: À la découverte d'un ensemble paroissial à l'architecture dite de glacis
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Eglise Saint-Arbogast

Enjoy several activities near the church and the Foyer Saint-Arbogast, witnesses of the architecture called «glacis».

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

©J.-P. Meyer

Enjoy several activities near the church and the Foyer Saint-Arbogast, witnesses of the architecture called «glacis».

Guided tours: Saturday at 2.30pm and 3.30pm; Sunday at 10am, 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Concert: Saturday at 5pm in the foyer with the musical ensemble «Rhinwagges»
Exhibitions: at the church and foyer on the history of the parish of Saint-Arbogast and the faubourg de la Montagne-Verte.

À propos du lieu

Eglise Saint-Arbogast

8, rue des Mérovingiens, 67200 Strasbourg

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

The church was built in 1910 for the suburb "Montagne-Verte-Elsau" which has 57% of Catholics among its 4000 inhabitants. It is located in "the second radius of the fortifications", military zone where any building must be razed by its owner if the city is declared in a state of defense. For this reason, the architect Joseph Beck of Frankenthal designed a half-timbered church, made of wood and bricks. In six months, the church will be built in the middle of meadows, on land bordered by the Schirmeck road and the Grünewarthbaechel. Despite its precarious status, the church is worthy of interest with its facade housing the statue of the patron saint, bishop of Strasbourg in the 6th century, its triple nave ending with a straight choir and its bell tower 30 meters high. The wooden altar frescoes have disappeared; remain a carved wooden cross and some statues of the same workmanship including a remarkable "Pieta", work of the Moroder brothers of Offenburg, two hunts containing relics of Sa