Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption, Rouffach

This church is from the 11th century, and its current transept with its high apsidioles is one of the purest specimens of Romanesque art of the Germanic emperors. Of the first Romanesque church, destroyed by fire in 1199, only the transept remains. The church was then rebuilt and became the first Gothic building in Alsace.

About this building

This original Romanesque church has been greatly modified over time and is presented with this curious mixture of Romanesque and Gothic style: Inside the church, the nave is of Gothic style of the 13th century, while the transept is, as for it, romance, vestige of the first Church of the XIth century. On the left side of the nave, a beautiful Virgin and Child, under a decorative stone set. A beautiful rosette with twenty lancets can be admired on the western massif.

Key Features

  • Architecture
  • Stained glass
  • Monuments
  • Links to national heritage

Visitors information

  • Ramp or level access available on request
  • Car park at the building
  • Café within 500m

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Rouffach Medieval Synagogue

The Medieval Synagogue in Rouffach was built in the 12th century. It is now in disrepair as only the front facade is visible.

Saint Leger Church, Guebwiller

This late Romanesque parish church was built from 1182 to 1235 under the impulse of the Abbot of Murbach, replacing a chapel located in the same place. Several additions and modifications have taken place over the centuries, such as the five-sided apse, or the upper parts of the choir.

Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Eguisheim

The archives of this church mention a parish church from 1128, built on an old Carolingian foundation and property of the Marmoutier convent. Part of the old Church collapsed on July 22, 1787 during an earthquake. It was therefore completely demolished in 1807, and rebuilt immediately. The new Church, without any particular style, was consecrated in 1809.