Église protestante de Balbronn
Appearance
Église protestante de Balbronn is a Lutheran church (EPCAAL) in Balbronn, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Originally dated to the 12th century, it became a registered Monument historique in 1990.[1] It contains the prosthetic hand and arm of Knight Hans von Mittelhausen.
Registered objects
[edit]The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
- A Bronze Bell (1552)[2]
- A Bronze Bell (2) (1846)[3]
- A Prosthetic Hand and Arm (copy) (1552)[4]
- The Furniture in the Church[5]
- An Organ (1747)[6]
- A Chalice with Paten and Protestant Host Box (1895)[7]
- A Protestant Chalice with Paten (19th century)[8]
- 2 Communion Ewers (18th century)[9]
- A Baptismal Basin and Ewer (1887)[10]
- A Protestant Begging Trunk (15th century)[11]
- A Pastoral Chair (20th century)[12]
- A Stained glass window: Frédéric Barberousse (1908)[13]
- A Stained glass window: Christ in Glory (1908)[14]
- A Funeral Monument for Euphrosine von Schauwenburg (1605)[15]
- A Funeral Monument for Catharina Muller (1828)[16]
- A Funeral Monument for Anna Maria Fasco (1773)[17]
- A Funeral Monument for Pastor Johannes Haüss (17th century)[18]
- A Pilaster (12th century)[19]
- Culots (Ornamental Strips) (12th century)[20]
Gallery
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The Church
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The Entrance
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The Nave
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The Organ
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The Culots
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The Pastoral Chair
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A Stained glass window
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The reconstructed prosthetic arm of Hans von Mittelhausen
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The original hand in the Strasbourg Museum
References
[edit]- ^ Base Mérimée: Église protestante de Balbronn, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM67000573IM67010324 Bronze Bell (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010325 Bronze Bell (2) (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67011498 Prosthtic Hand and Arm (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010327 Furniture in the Church (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010326 Organ PM67000984 Cabinet PM67000983 Cabinet (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010323 Chalice with Paten and Protestant Host Box (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010322 Protestant Chalice with Paten (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010321 2 Communion Ewers (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010320 Baptismal Basin and Ewer (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010319 TrunkPM67000816 Begging Trunk (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010318 Pastoral Chair (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010317 Stained glass window: Frédéric Barberousse (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010316 Stained glass window: Christ in Glory (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010315 Funeral Monument for Euphrosine von Schauwenburg (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010314 Funeral Monument for Catharina Muller (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010313 Funeral Monument for Anna Maria Fasco (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010312 Funeral Monument for Pastor Johannes Haüss (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010311 Pilaster (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM67010310 Culots (in French)
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