Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois

{{Infobox church

| name = Église Saint-Georges

| fullname =

| image = Châtenois StGeorges08.JPG

| location = Châtenois, Bas-Rhin

| country = France

| denomination = Catholic

| dedication = Saint George

| parish = Communauté de paroisses Saint Benoît

| archdiocese = Strasbourg

| website = https://www.paroissesaintbenoit.com/Chatenois_r10.html

| style = Romanesque
Baroque
Classical

| heritage designation = Monument historique

| designated date = 22 August 1901 (Romanesque belltower)
30 October 1990 (Baroque church building)

}}

Église Saint-Georges de Châtenois is the Catholic parish church of Châtenois, in the Bas-Rhin department of France. The current church was built from 1759 until 1761 by the local architect Martin Dorgler, but retains a Romanesque steeple from the 12th century, crowned with a spire from 1525. It became a registered Monument historique in 1901.{{Base Mérimée|PA00084665|Eglise catholique Saint-Georges}}{{Base Mérimée|IA00124434|Église paroissiale Saint-Georges}}

The church houses some notable works of art, classified as Monument historique, among which are two 16th-century polychrome wooden Renaissance reliefs of the Nativity and the Assumption of Mary,{{Base Palissy|PM67000037|2 bas-reliefs : Naisance de la Vierge; Assomption et Couronnement de la Vierge}} and a 1765 pipe organ by Johann Andreas Silbermann.{{cite web |title=Châtenois, St Georges Jean-André SILBERMANN, 1765 |url=http://decouverte.orgue.free.fr/orgues/chatenoi.htm#F670073001P02 |publisher=À la découverte de l'Orgue Orgues d'Alsace |accessdate=9 May 2019}}{{Base Palissy|IM67006679|Orgue}}

Gallery

Eglise saint Georges de Châtenois.jpg|Main portal

Châtenois, église Saint-Georges, sommet du clocher.jpg|Roof and spire

Châtenois StGeorges14.JPG|Inside, looking east

Châtenois StGeorges34.JPG|Inside, looking west

Châtenois StGeorges25.JPG|Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (17th century)

Châtenois StGeorges30.JPG|Statue of Saint George and the Dragon (18th century)

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Category:Churches in Bas-Rhin

Category:Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin

Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1761

Category:18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in France