Church Saint-Georges de Montbronn
The church Saint-Georges is located in the Commune Frenchwoman of Montbronn and the department of the the Moselle.
History
From the spiritual point of view, the Village of Montbronn is old a Paroisse of the archpriest of Hornbach last in that of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche in 1802.
Building
The church, dedicated to holy Georges, is formerly located in the middle of the Village. Raised in the current of the 18th century, it is raised on the last level of the turn in 1868 in the fields of the Architecte Schwartz of Sarreguemines. This church is replaced at the end of the 19th century by a very vast building builds a few tens of Mètre S more with the western, on plans of the Metz-native Architecte Rémy Jacquemin. Work is completed of 1893 with 1896 by the Noirez company of Lesse. During this work, the son of the contractor, Etienne, becomes acquainted with a girl of the village, Louise Schneider known as Matze Louise , which he marries. The couple is established with Lesse. Satisfied with the realization with Montbronn, Etienne, who took again the paternal company meanwhile, is charged to rebuild the church of his native village, Lesse. But report of finances available, the building will be three times smaller. It is about an almost exact counterpart of that of Montbronn. In 1917, the German requisition the bell S and the history is renewed in 1944.
Of standard basilical, the church dominates of its imposing mass the close dwellings, equipped with a projecting Transept. Contrary to the generally widespread practice in the years which precede, it borrows its references stylistics to the Romanesque architecture, as well in the structure as in rises or the Décor. The Chaire is established on the left.
The church contains a reliquary Vraie Cross, in fruit-bearing Bois with the imitation of ebony with a Décor in Laiton and Cuivre D Or be and money be. It is about a work near to the production to the goldsmith A. Laroche to Strasbourg, dating from first half of the 19th century. To the five wounds of the Christ, traditional Iconography in the area, is added the instruments of the Passion fixed at the face of the Pied, the Cœur of the cross being occupied by a radiant cloud , as on a Ostensoir. ----
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