Lauterbourg

The main sight in Lauterbourg is this church. The existence of a parish church and its first certified mentioning is dating back to 1390. The actual chorus, which was vaulted, was finished by 1467, the date of its consecration by the bishop of Speyer, Matthias von Rammung (1417-1478). The sacristy and the staircase tower date back to about the same time. The nave was rebuilt or maybe only restored in 1683 and again rebuilt but bigger in 1716, by the architect Dominique Elmenreich (1674-1722), a native to the Vorarlberg. The date of its accomplishment (1716) is given by a chronogram on the portal: hIC sVM faVente Deo paCe et Vrbe (I am here by the favour of God, thanks to the peace and with the help of the city). It was consecrated in 1719 by the bishop Hugo von Schoenheim. Inside you can see a pulpit made of sandstone (1581) and colourful windows from the Parisian artist Jean Gaudin (1950). The organ body was made by the organ builder Ferdinand Stieffell from Rastatt.

The Town hall, constructed in 1731 has a very nice Renaissance portal with a wrought-iron gate. This remarkable wroughtiron work depicts two vases of flowers around which blooms a sumptuous vegetation of acanthus leaves.
Volutes and plant forms which ornament the door jamb, as well as the Corinthian capitals in bas-relief manifest the worry to enliven a rather strict facade. The same worry can be seen at the opposite school building where a corner is decorated with two twisted columns in oak.
To the left of the old town hall building is a new modern architecture extension.

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