posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The eight huge stained-glass windows (15 m height) of the choir were made by different workshops, roughly between 1423 and 1430.\u000a\u000aPilgrimage and parish church in Alsace. It contains an important assemblage of late medieval art. It is one of the most ornate Gothic churches in the whole Upper Rhenish region (Alsace, Baden, North-Western Switzerland, Palatinate). With the encouragement of the Habsburgs and a rise in pilgrimage in the 14th and 15th centuries, a large church was begun ca. 1330, becoming collegiate in 1442. The church shows the influence of the Parler workshop: it has no transept. The building was finished after 1490 by Remigius Faesch, who completed the fa\u00E7ade and added the main vault body and, in 1516, the openwork spire. In 1629-1631 the Gothic-style chapel of the Virgin was added on the south side.
History
Alt Title
Collégiale Saint-Thiébaut, Thann
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-06-30
Spatial Coverage
Thann|Thann, Alsace, France|+47.810833+7.101667
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Late Gothic
Rights Statement
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.