SAINT MARTIN CHURCH

SAINT MARTIN CHURCH

Collégiale Saint-Martin illuminée (Guy Wurth)
Collégiale Saint-Martin, détails (OT Colmar)
Détails de la collégiale Saint-Martin, détails (OT Colmar)
Détail de la Collégiale Saint-Martin (OT Colmar)
Détails de la collégiale Saint-Martin (Yannick Kuntz)
La collégiale Saint Martin de Colmar
Détails de la collégiale Saint-Martin (Yannick Kuntz)
Collégiale Saint-Martin (OT Colmar)
Collégiale Saint-Martin (OT Colmar)
Gravure ancienne collégiale Saint Martin (Archives municipales de Colmar)

Saint Martin Church - Colmar

Built between 1235 and 1365 the Saint Martin’s collegiate church is an important example of Gothic architecture in Alsace. Because of a fire in the south tower in 1572 the framework and all the roofs were destroyed. The tower was replaced three years later by the original lantern bulb (a construction on the top of the dome which has the form of a lantern) which gives the Church its characteristic silhouette. The church has been restored several times. In 1982 during the most recent restoration, foundations of a church from the year 1000 and traces of extensions from the 11th and the 12th centuries were found. The inhabitants of Colmar consider for a long time the Saint Martin’s collegiate church as their cathedral (in German “Münster”). But in fact it was really a cathedral only about ten years, from Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) to the Concordat of 1801. The two constitutional bishops who followed one another were not able to assert themselves and to organize a diocese, because it was in the two thirds still devoted to Rome.

Place de la Cathedrale
68000 Colmar

TEL 03 89 41 27 20
Fax : 03 89 24 55 48

Gare la plus proche
1,5

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Description

Animals accepted: No

Religious affiliation: Catholic site

Audience concerned: Couple, Families, Groups, Schools

Type of site to visit: Religious site

Prestations

Parking for vehicles: Free parking for cars, Paid parking for cars, Coach parking

Opening days

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday: 8.am - 6.pm - Saturday: 8 am - 7.pm - Sunday: 10am - 7pm except during services

A proximité (5 Km)

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