page_title: Alteckendorf
section_title: Religious heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Alteckendorf / Culture and heritage / Religious heritage
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: représentation de l'église d'Eckendorf (Alteckendorf) vers 1765.
context_page_description: Alteckendorf is a French commune in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Alteckendorfois or Alteckendorfoises
context_section_description: The commune has two religious buildings that are registered as historical monuments:
  The Protestant Church of Saint-Arbogast (14th century). The Church has frescoes of the Passion of Christ. The oldest part is the tower-choir in Romanesque style which may date from the 14th century for its two lower levels. The last two levels were added in the 18th century after the reconstruction of the nave in 1765. The keystone of the choir bears the date of 1667 perhaps indicating the date of restoration. An Organ from 1898 by the Brothers Linck of Württemberg with a facade restored in 1928 by Roetinger, transformed in 1954 by Muhleisen, and repaired in 1991. Now the church of Eckendorf can be seen as it was after the reconstruction of the nave in 1765 – the tower has not been raised since and has remained the same through the 20th century. The church has many items that are registered as historical objects:
  The Furniture in the Church of Saint Arbogast
  A Protestant Chalice with Paten (1822)
  The Organ (1898)
  Monumental Paintings (14th century)
  A Pulpit (18th century)
  The Protestant Church of Saint-Martin (1775). The Church was completely rebuilt in 1775 to plans by the inspector of bridges and pathways of Lower Alsace, Charles Christiani for a total of 5,885 livres and paid for from another by the third Earl of Hessen-Hanau-Lichtenberg. The original polychrome decoration of the balustrade in the Alsatian folk art style with gray, yellow, and blue tones in harmony with yellow mottling columns were restored in 1976. The altar, dated 1776, shows a naive picture of a ewe, the body being too stretched over its legs and holding a banner. The window of the tower-choir represents Christ standing, clothed in red, exiting from his tomb into the clouds, blessing with his right hand and holding a banner with his left hand. The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  The Organ (1907)
  A Pulpit (18th century)
  A Protestant Altar (1776)
  The Furniture in the Church of Saint Martin
  All movable items in the Cemetery are registered as historical objects.
caption: The church at Eckendorf in 1765.
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