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Couvent d'Augustines Notre-Dame in Molsheim dans le Bas-Rhin

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Couvent
Bas-Rhin

Couvent d'Augustines Notre-Dame in Molsheim

    Rue Notre-Dame
    67120 Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Couvent dAugustines Notre-Dame à Molsheim
Crédit photo : © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1836
Installation of the Chanoisesses
1863-1867
Construction of church
1867
Church Consecration
1887
Completion of orphanage
1954
Closure of the establishment
2002
Registration historical monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The Church of the Sacred Heart or chapel Our Lady or chapel of the Chanoineses, in full (ca. 5 47): inscription by decree of 5 April 2002

Key figures

Claude-Léon Vautrin - Architect Designer of the Neo-Gothic Church (1863-1867).
Saint Pierre Fourier - Founder of the Congregation Co-founder of the Chanoinesses de Notre-Dame (1597).
Bienheureuse Alix Le Clerc - Congregation Co-founder Associated with Saint Pierre Fourier in 1597.

Origin and history

The Augustines Notre-Dame convent in Molsheim, located in the Bas-Rhin, is a historic monument listed in 2002. It consists of a neo-Gothic church on the Greek cross, a funeral chapel and an old orphanage transformed into a learning centre. The architectural ensemble, marked by dogid vaults and sandstone elements, reflects the religious and educational influence of the regular Chanoisesses of Saint-Augustin in the region in the nineteenth century.

The regular Chanoisesses of Saint-Augustin, from the Congregation of Our Lady founded in 1597 by Saint Pierre Fourier and Alix Le Clerc, settled in Molsheim in 1836. They acquire the former Jesuit college to establish a boarding school for young girls. Between 1863 and 1867, the architect Claude-Léon Vautrin built the Conventual Church dedicated to the Sacred Heart, of neo-Gothic style, blessed in 1867. In 1887, an orphanage was added to the south-east of the property, before its final closure in 1954.

The church, characterized by a nave with collaterals and a choir separated by a gate, also houses vaulted rooms for nuns. The cemetery chapel, now abandoned, and the orphanage – marked by a sandstone pediment and a campanile – complete the whole. The church bell tower, recently removed, illustrates the transformations suffered by the site. The convent, sold to the city of Molsheim after 1954, bears witness to the educational and spiritual heritage of the Augustines in Alsace.

The site, located avenue de la Gare and rue Notre-Dame, is a remarkable example of 19th-century religious architecture. Its inscription in historical monuments in 2002 highlights its heritage value, linked to the history of the women's congregations and the urban planning of Molsheim. The panel of the chapter hall and the vaults of the basement recall the craftsmanship of the time.

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