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Ancien couvent de Luppach

Bouxwiller, Haut-Rhin, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Caveau sépulcral (cad. 5 23) : inscription par arrêté du 22 décembre 1981
Protection dates
1981/12/22 : inscrit MH
Type
couvent
Main period of construction
milieu 17e siècle
Later work
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1652, 1904
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Commune
Bouxwiller
Département
Haut-Rhin
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
47.50665, 7.33128
Mérimée reference
PA00085354

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1765 map "165 Bale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Couvent reconstruit en 1652 sur un ancien édifice par des Récollets. Il comporte un cloître, une cinquantaine de cellules et une nouvelle église avec crypte servant de caveau funéraire pour les moines. En 1789, suppression du couvent. En 1834, démolition de l'église et du cloître. Le caveau, seul vestige du couvent, restauré en 1904, est construit en pierres sèches et comporte trois travées dans un espace rectangulaire sans fenêtres et 46 niches.

English translation

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Convent rebuilt in 1652 on an older building by Recollects. It comprises a cloister, about fifty cells and a new church with crypt serving as a funeral vault for the monks. In 1789, suppression of the convent. In 1834, demolition of the church and cloister. The vault, sole vestige of the convent, restored in 1904, is built of dry stone and comprises three bays in a rectangular space without windows and 46 niches.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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