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Eglise simultanée Saint-Etienne

Wangen, Bas-Rhin, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Tympan sculpté de 1214 ; inscription commémorative de 1581 (cad. D 169) : inscription par arrêté du 6 décembre 1999
Protection dates
1999/12/06 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
1er quart 13e siècle, 4e quart 16e siècle
Later work
2e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1214, 1581, 1831
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Wangen
Département
Bas-Rhin
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
48.61707, 7.46468
Mérimée reference
PA67000035

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Alsatia Inferior" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église primitive remonte au 13e siècle ; elle aurait été élevée en 1214 sous le règne de Frédéric II de Hohenstaufen comme le précise un tympan en grès sculpté de l'Agneau de Dieu, vestige le plus ancien conservé. Un fragment de vitrail gothique représentant un Christ trônant a été inséré dans la verrière du portail d'entrée de l'édifice actuel, reconstruit en 1831. Dans le mur occidental de la nef, une longue inscription en langue allemande commémore un agrandissement antérieur de l'église sous l'abbesse Odile de Dürmentz en 1581.

English translation

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The original church dates back to the 13th century; it is said to have been erected in 1214 during the reign of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen as specified by a sculpted sandstone tympanum of the Lamb of God, the oldest surviving vestige. A fragment of a Gothic stained-glass window representing a Christ in majesty was inserted into the glazing of the entrance portal of the current building, rebuilt in 1831. In the western wall of the nave, a long inscription in the German language commemorates an earlier enlargement of the church under the abbess Odile de Dürmentz in 1581.

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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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