Église protestante de Balbronn

Église protestante de Balbronn

Église protestante de Balbronn is a church 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

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

Coordinates: 48°35′05″N 7°26′16″E / 48.58472°N 7.43778°E / 48.58472; 7.43778