Located in the commune of Soultz-Haut-Rhin, in Alsace, 20 km north-west of Colmar, the Saint-Maurice church was built over several centuries.
The construction began in 1270 on the site of an earlier church.
In the 14th century, new works made it possible to endow the church with a transept and a central square.
During the fifteenth century, is added a large sacristy overlooks a very elaborate vault, following a plan of four stars with six branches. At the end of the XVth century, still, the church having become too small, the lord-bishop of Strasbourg makes add a bay on the side "west". It is here that a first organ is installed around 1600, which will be replaced by an organ from the Silbermann workshop in 1750.
Inside the pink sandstone building and neo-gothic style portal, the liturgical furniture is of quality and the works of sacred art are numerous. A pulpit to preach from the beginning of the seventeenth century, a remarkable masterpiece of cabinetmaking, a statue of the Virgin and Child of the sixteenth in the chapel "East" or a bas-relief depicting St. George slaying the dragon probably transferred from the chapel of the ancient village of Alswiller, and a fresco representing Sainte-Véronique (XIV), next to a 15th century Eucharistic tower (stone cupboard).
On the frescoes of the seventeenth century, finally, we can read the names of the saints who were the disciples of Saint Maurice, and were massacred for refusing to deny their faith.
The church and the Silbermann organs have been protected as historical monuments since 1920. The frescoes of the choir have been renovated.
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