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Religious Site Attractions In Wissembourg

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Wissembourg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the little River Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately 60 km north of Strasbourg and 35 km west of Karlsruhe. Wissembourg is a sub-prefecture of the department. The name Wissembourg is a Gallicized version of Weißenburg in German meaning white castle. The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is Sebusium.The town was annexed by France after 1648 but then incorporated into Germany in 1871. It was returned to France in 1919, but reincorporated back into Germany on 1940. After 1944 it again became ...
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Religious Site Attractions In Wissembourg

  • 1. St. Peter and St. Paul's Church Wissembourg
    St. Peter and St. Paul's Church of Wissembourg is frequently, but incorrectly, referred to as the second largest Gothic church of Alsace after Strasbourg Cathedral. However, the building, with its interior ground surface area of 1,320 square metres most probably is the second largest Gothic church in Bas-Rhin which is one of the two departments of the Alsace region. The former abbey church of Wissembourg's famous Benedictine abbey now serves as the main Roman Catholic parish church of the town. The church displays a Romanesque bell tower, the sole remain of the church built in the 11th century under the direction of abbot Samuel, and is thus a station on the Route Romane d'Alsace. The major part of the currently visible church is the work of builders under the command of abbot Edelin, in t...
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