Logo Musée du Patrimoine

All French heritage classified by regions, departments and cities

Saint Louis de la Robertsau Church dans le Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

Saint Louis de la Robertsau Church

    12 Rue Auguste Kern
    67000 Strasbourg

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1863
Installation of Stiehr organ
1869
Fonte de la belle *Saint-Fiacre*
1917
Requisition of bells
1921
Make four new bells
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Saint Louis - Church patron Dedication of the religious building.
Jeanne d'Arc - Honoured Figure Name of a bell and adjacent place.
Saint Léon IX - Represented in stained glass windows Local religious figure illustrated.
Saint Arbogast - Represented in stained glass windows Saint Alsatian honored in the choir.

Origin and history

Saint-Louis de la Robertsau Church is a Catholic church located in the Robertsau district of Strasbourg, Place Jeanne d'Arc. She shares her dedication in Saint Louis with another church in the city centre. Its imposing dimensions (62 metres long by 20 metres wide) and its facade marked by a portal surmounted by a central bell tower make it a remarkable monument to the local religious landscape. It should be noted that several priests in the parish are buried in a collective burial at the cemetery of Saint-Louis de la Robertsau.

The bell tower houses a ring of five electrified bells, four of which were melted in 1921 by the Annecy Paccard foundry. The smallest, named Saint-Fiacre, dating back to 1869, was the only survivor of the five original bells, which were taken by the Germans in 1917. These bells bear evocative names such as Sacred Heart of Jesus (2,145 kg) or Saint John of Arc (463 kg), reflecting the local devotion and religious figures honored in the building.

The stained glass windows of the church, distributed among the lower side, the transept and the choir, illustrate major themes of the Christian faith: the fourteen stations of the Way of the Cross, scenes of the life of the Virgin Mary, as well as the representations of Saint Leo IX, Saint Louis and Saint Arbogast. These artistic works, combined with the Stiehr organ of 1863 in the narthex, highlight the cultural and spiritual role of the building in the Strasbourg community.

External links