Saint-Paul church of Strasbourg

The church Saint-Paul (also called German Paulskirche in ) is a church of worship reformed, located place of the General-Eisenhower at Strasbourg, at the edge of the channel of the False-Rampart and the Ill. Built at the end of the 19th century in the Style neogothic and assigned from now on to the worship reformed, it dominates the neighborhoods with its two arrows culminating with nearly eighty meters height.

History

The church is built between 1892 and 1897, in vast the Plan of Urbanisme of the German city, by the Architecte Louis Müller, on the model of the Holy-Elisabeth church of Marbourg, in Hesse. Inaugurated the May 9th 1897, it is drawn up on the small island Sainte-Hélène, with the junction of the Ill and the Aar. The site is selected in order to allow a perspective in break point on the Ill from the old city, as well as a joint prospect with the arrow for the cathedral Notre-Dame since the place Brant, center of the new German districts .

Intended for the origin with the German Garnison of Protestant religion stationed with Strasbourg under the Second Reich, the church presents a very significant number of Porte S on all its circumference, which was to give access of the Soldat S, according to their Grade, to gain the places being allotted them. The church becomes after 1918 the seat of the second Paroisse reformed of Strasbourg, depend on the Protestant Église reformed of Alsace-Lorraine.

Structure

Measuring soixante-seize meters height, the church Saint-Paul, of Style neogothic, is one of highest of the city. The twin arrows are particularly frayed, in order to accentuate this impression of Height and verticality, conferring to him a Gothic aspect of Cathédrale .

Being able to accommodate close to 3 000 faithful, the building is connected with a church-market in central plan in Greek cross. The Nef is thus shortened in order to fulfill the requirements of the Culte protesting and of the Tribune S are installed above the collateral Nef S, dividing them into two - what allows the installation of 2 000 audible places.

Organ of transept

The church also has a more modest Orgue, installed in the Transept in 1976 by Marc Garnier, with the site of the old imperial cabin. It is about a Scandinavian Orgue of Style , inspired of the Instrument S of the 17th century and in particular adapted to the accompaniment of the Chant. It is at the time of its Construction true a Précurseur, in this which it is the first Orgue mesotonic Modern times. The Orgue resembles much that of the Triforium of the cathedral of Metz, carried out by the same artist a little later, and taking again many choices Esthétique S and techniques initiated in Saint-Paul.

Many a Concert S from now on is organized on both Orgue S of the church.

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