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Église catholique Saint-Sébastien

Obermorschwiller, Haut-Rhin, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. 1 57) : inscription par arrêté du 10 février 1999
Protection dates
1999/02/10 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 18e siècle
Later work
14e siècle
Dates
1778
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de l'Eglise
Commune
Obermorschwiller
Département
Haut-Rhin
Region
Grand Est
Country
France
Coordinates
47.64361, 7.30860
Mérimée reference
PA68000025

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "Volume 2. 1 er. Planche. Carte Topographique Du Cours Du Rhin Depuis Basle Jusqua Mayence" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église, située au sommet d'une butte, a été construite au 12e siècle (de cette époque date la tour, initialement clocher-choeur). Quelques remaniements à l'époque gothique. Principale transformation en 1778 : l'ancien choeur devient la sacristie, la nef devient le choeur, une nouvelle nef prolonge le sanctuaire vers l'ouest. A la base de l'ancien choeur, une peinture murale du 14e siècle, représentant une Vierge à l'Enfant accompagnée d'un personnage masculin, a été redécouverte à l'automne 1998 (mention de ces peintures en 1895).

English translation

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The church, situated at the top of a hill, was built in the 12th century (from this period dates the tower, originally a clocher-chevet). Some modifications in the Gothic period. Principal transformation in 1778: the former chevet becomes the sacristy, the nave becomes the chevet, a new nave extends the sanctuary towards the west. At the base of the former chevet, a 14th-century mural painting, representing a Virgin and Child accompanied by a male figure, was rediscovered in autumn 1998 (mention of these paintings in 1895).

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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