Obernai No. 1 / Oberehnheim / Owernah

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: retable Saint Sépulcre (Veit Wagner, 1504) listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67000208]; Peter & Paul wall-mounted statues are 18th-19thC, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67000222] -- in the bottom left corner is the wooden font cover

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: this font and cover, like the church itself, neo-Gothic [cf. FontNotes]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: seen here to the right of the 1504 Saint Sépulcre (Veit Wagner, 1504) retable

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view of font cover

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view of stoup

Scene Description: a modern [19th-century?] holy-water stoup used as a planter in this church

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03578OBE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul, de la Vierge
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter, St. Paul & St. Mary
Church Location: 1965 rue Chanoine Gyss, 67210 Obernai, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D109-D322-D422-D426 crossroads, SW of Strasbourg, near Molsheim and Altorf, both with listed fonts of about the same period.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century / 19th century, Late Gothic? / Modern?
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00023930, PA00084850]: "Vocable Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul ; vestiges sculptés de la 1ère église romane du 11e ou 12e siècle remployés dans l'enclos ; remplacée au 15e siècle par une église gothique dont la nef est construite en 1447 ; et le choeur en 1465 (pierre de fondation) ; vitraux du choeur de la fin du 15e siècle par l'atelier de Peter Hemmel d'Andlau, partiellement conservés ; clocheton de croisée en 1570 ; l'édifice est agrandi et transformé au 17e siècle par Christophe Wamser et Georg Spranger et nouvellement consacré en 1617 ; extensions entre 1679 et 1681 ; en 1714 stalles du choeur et jubé ; démolie en 1867, porte remployée au château de la Leonardsau, divers éléments du mobilier conservés dans les collections de l'ancien musée d'Obernai ; nouvelle église projetée des 1843 ; projet par Antoine Ringeisen en 1844, entre 1864 et 1867, différents projets par Eugène Petiti, qui réalise l'édifice actuel de 1867 à 1869, inauguré en 1872 ; mobilier néo-gothique, peintures murales du choeur par Martin Feverstein, en 1897 ; dans l'enclos, monts des Oliviers datant de 1517 ; incorporé dans une chapelle (dédiée à la Vierge) construite en 1696 ; et chapelle funéraire construite en 1810."
Listed in Corblet (1881-1882) simply as a 15th-century font [NB: we have not been able to locate a 15th-century font in this church; the present font appears neo-Gothic]. There is also a late [19th-century?] stone holy-water stoup in this church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.463288, 7.481799
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 27′ 47.84″ N, 7° 28′ 54.47″ E
UTM: 32U 387768 5368908

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882