Rouffach Medieval Synagogue

This church is from the 11th century, and its current transept with its high apsidioles is one of the purest specimens of Romanesque art of the Germanic emperors. Of the first Romanesque church, destroyed by fire in 1199, only the transept remains. The church was then rebuilt and became the first Gothic building in Alsace.

This late Romanesque parish church was built from 1182 to 1235 under the impulse of the Abbot of Murbach, replacing a chapel located in the same place. Several additions and modifications have taken place over the centuries, such as the five-sided apse, or the upper parts of the choir.

The archives of this church mention a parish church from 1128, built on an old Carolingian foundation and property of the Marmoutier convent. Part of the old Church collapsed on July 22, 1787 during an earthquake. It was therefore completely demolished in 1807, and rebuilt immediately. The new Church, without any particular style, was consecrated in 1809.