Temple Neuf, Strasbourg
The Dominican convent had been built in 1260 and in 1538 the Jean Sturm Gymnasium was attached. When Strasbourg became Protestant in 1590, the library of the Protestant seminary was transferred to the convent building.
The current church building was built from 1874 to 1877 in pink sandstone and a Neo-Romanesque style. The architect was Emile Salomon. The name "Temple Neuf" is a translation of the German name "Neue Kirche" that the former Dominican Church had carried since 1681, when, with the annexation of Strasbourg by Louis XIV of France, the Protestants had to leave Strasbourg Cathedral.
The Church contains the tombstone of Johannes Tauler, the famous Dominicain mystic and preacher.
The 1877 organ is by the famous German organ maker Joseph Merklin.
References
- ^ "History of the BNU". BNU (National University Library of Strasbourg). Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ^ "Strasbourg, paroisse luthérienne du Temple Neuf". Wiki protestants.org. 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-09.