St. George's Church, Haguenau

St. George's Church, Haguenau
Église Saint-Georges de Haguenau
Location	Haguenau
Country	France
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Founded	1143
Architecture
Heritage designation	Monument historique
Designated	1848
Style	Romanesque architecture Gothic architecture
Completed	1611
Specifications
Length	67 m (220 ft)
Width	22 m (72 ft)

The Roman Catholic parish church St. George's Church (French: Église Saint-Georges) is the most important religious building of the city of Haguenau in Alsace, France.

A first church building, started in 1143, was replaced around 1200 by a flat-roofed basilica with columns., recalling the architecture of Hirsau Abbey, and the influence of the Romanesque architecture of Swabia rather than the Upper Rhine regions and Alsace where basilicas were predominantly domed. The exterior of the nave is divided by pilasters and archivolted friezes.

From 1250 to 1283, an expansion in Gothic style took place: a polygonal choir and transept, and an octagonal crossing tower were added to the Romanesque nave, which remained intact, and the aisles were covered with a cross-ribbed vault. The nave vault was built only in 1609–1611 in Survival Gothic forms (see Jesuit Church, Molsheim).

During the French Revolution and the fighting around the city in 1945, the church suffered losses in construction and decoration material. Several severed sculptures that initially decorated the Eastern part of the church, are kept today in the Musée historique de Haguenau. The church was restored until 1963.

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