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St. Bernard of Menthon Church

St. Bernard of Menthon Church

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St. Bernard of Menthon Church

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Location: Pfirt, Altkirch, Alsace, France

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WanderMicha

July 9, 2021

The church of Ferrette is one of the oldest churches in Alsace, remodeled and enlarged several times.
The base of the large tower could date back to Roman times, a first priory founded by monks of the Great Saint Bernard is attested for the year 1053.
In the 13th century the Gothic choir was opened, this part of the building is still preserved today. The old nave, on the other hand, was demolished in 1912 to be replaced by a new, taller and longer nave in neo-Gothic style, inaugurated in July 1914 - just on the eve of the First World War...

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Matto

May 30, 2025

In 1913 and 1914, following the ideas of Johann Knauth, architect of Strasbourg Cathedral and curator of the M.H., the nave, the side chapel of the Sacré-Coeur, the Saint-Joseph Chapel in the basement, and the sacristy were rebuilt in the Gothic style by the architect Alexandre Louvat from Mulhouse. The old Gothic nave, remodeled in the 18th century, was decorated with murals dating from 1491. To the south of the choir was a small chapel dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, with cross-ribbed vaults on consoles. To the north were the remains of the old priory cloister. On the site of the present Sacred Heart Chapel was the 18th-century Mount of Olives, the rood screen of which was removed in 1861.

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St. Bernard of Menthon Church

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