Guebwiller - Eglise Saint-Léger

The construction of the church Saint-Léger (= Leodegar, Ludger) in Guebwiller started in 1182 and took about 100 years. The building, built from red local sandstone, is pretty huge and the style is between late romanesque and early gothic. I have the impression, that the architects of this church obviously spent a lot of time in Rosheim, studying the church Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, that is only about 30 years older.

Standing at the western end of the nave, looking to the choir. The structure of the nave differs clearly from the church in Rosheim. The nave here is still romanesque, the vaulting is early gothic style - and the far away choir, added to the church after 1336 is "very" gothic.