Église catholique Saint-Louis
Église catholique Saint-Louis stands in France with a restrained façade and neobaroque, neoclassical character. A Carmelite convent once occupied this French site. The first church appeared here in 1687, when Catholic life revived under Louis XIV. After the Revolution, a destructive fire in 1805 left the building serving as a tobacco warehouse.
Rebuilt between 1825 and 1827, the church combines neobaroque and neoclassical ideas. Simple walls surround an interior filled with devotional art. Three statues from 1893 show Saint Augustine, Saint Thérèse of Avila, and Saint Louis. Théophile Klem sculpted the pulpit, while oil paintings by Martin Feuerstein deepen the interior’s visual richness.
Stained glass made by the Ott brothers in the 1930s colours the light inside. Above you, an organ by Charles and Edgard Wetzel has sounded almost unchanged since 1896. Its neobaroque case is protected as a historic monument. Catholic worship includes both local and Tridentine liturgies.
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