Saint Georges Church

This 1143th and XNUMXth century sanctuary harmoniously combines Romanesque and Gothic styles: Romanesque nave (early XNUMXth century) and Gothic choir (late XNUMXth century). The church of Saint George shortly followed the creation of the parish in XNUMX. It was built under Frederick II of Swabia, known as Borgne. Few remains remain.
The current church is the result of an enlargement of the nave in 1230 and a Romanesque restructuring of the choir in Gothic style in 1283. The latter is due to the sculptors of the Oeuvre Notre-Dame de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, was consecrated on September 5, 1283 by the Bishop of Basel. The juxtaposition of the two styles illustrates the change of power in our city: the nave decided by the nobles then later, the choir initiated by the bourgeois. In the XNUMXth century, two flamboyant style chapels were grafted onto the nave.
The stained glass windows are by Jacques le Chevalier-de-Fontenoy-Aux-Roses (1956-1970). The church also contains a Eucharistic Tower, known as the custodian, 11m high, dating from 1523, Christ on the cross by Clement of Baden (1488) and the altarpiece of the Last Judgment, from the 1496th century, incorporating the remains of an altarpiece executed for Saint-Georges (panels painted in XNUMX).
In 1945, the bombardments reduced the building to ruin: decapitated tower, smashed walls, collapsed vaults, blown stained glass windows.
The reconstruction will end in 1963 with the installation of a new high altar, carved in an imposing red sandstone stone, the work of Louis Rudloff.