Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church

The Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune Protestant Church (Église protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune)

• The oldest part of the church is the small lower church used as a burial crypt, which is the remains of a Columban church erected in the 7th century.
• Three of the four arched galleries of the cloister date from the 11th century, the fourth arched gallery is from the 14th century.^[2]
• The
  choir screen
  , now unique in Alsace, which have also been maintained.
• In 1780, the now nationally famous choir organ of Johann Andreas Silbermann was built (restored in 1948 and 1966 according to the rules of the Organ reform movement). Helmut Walcha recorded a large part of his performances of Bach's organ works here. The pulpit also dates from the same century, as well as another altar.
• Between 1897 and 1901, the church, which had fallen into disrepair, was fundamentally overhauled by the
  Hortus Deliciarum.^[7] The life-sized baptismal angel statue, along with the chapel and the choir glass windows,^[8]
  also date from this time.

• 
  Close-up of the pipe organ
• 
  The choir
• 
  Baptismal fonts
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  Angel stoup
• 
  The cloister
• 
  Inside the cloister

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Église Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune protestant (Strasbourg).

• The parish. History, ground plan, photographs (in French)
• The choir screen organ of Johann Andreas Silbermann (in French and English)
• The organ of the Catholic part, today in Soultz-les-Bains (in French)

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