Murbach - Abbaye de Murbach

The church of the former Murbach Abbey was constructed around 1150 got consecrated 1216
and dedicated to Saint Léger. The naves got knocked down 1738, to give room for a baroque
church, that never got built. Since 1760 it serves as a parish church, what did not prevent it from
getting devasted by rioters during the French Revolution. So all that left is the transept - and the
choir. The place of the former naves, behind the facade, is a cemetery today.

Inside -looking to the choir. The two rows of windows (totalling 6 windows) is pretty uncommon
for this time. Seen behind the pulpit is an old sarcophag containing the relics of the seven martyrs, local monks killed by the Hungarians, when they raided the abbey in 926.