Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois

Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois is the Catholic parish church of Châtenois, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. The current church was built from 1759 until 1761 by the local architect Martin Dorgler, but retains a Romanesque steeple from the 12th century, crowned with a spire from 1525. It became a registered Monument historique in 1901.[1][2]

Église Saint-Georges
LocationChâtenois, Bas-Rhin
CountryFrance
DenominationCatholic
Websitehttps://www.paroissesaintbenoit.com/Chatenois_r10.html
History
DedicationSaint George
Architecture
Heritage designationMonument historique
Designated22 August 1901 (Romanesque belltower)
30 October 1990 (Baroque church building)
StyleRomanesque
Baroque
Classical
Administration
ParishCommunauté de paroisses Saint Benoît
ArchdioceseStrasbourg

The church houses some notable works of art, classified as Monument historique, among which are two 16th-century polychrome wooden Renaissance reliefs of the Nativity and the Assumption of Mary,[3] and a 1765 pipe organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann.[4][5]

  • Main portal
  • Roof and spire
  • Inside, looking east
  • Inside, looking west
  • Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (17th century)
  • Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (18th century)

References
  1. Base Mérimée: Eglise catholique Saint-Georges, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  2. Base Mérimée: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. Base Palissy: 2 bas-reliefs : Naisance de la Vierge ; Assomption et Couronnement de la Vierge, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  4. "Châtenois, St Georges Jean-André SILBERMANN, 1765". À la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. Base Palissy: Orgue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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