Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Romanesque church in Rosheim, France

The église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul is a Romanesque church of yellow and pink sandstone, built from about 1145 to 1167. Its square crossing tower rises behind the nave, topped by an octagonal stage with a clock face and finial. The nave and transept have steep orange-red tiled roofs, round-arched windows and a round-arched doorway at their corner, above a broad flight of pale steps.

The present church was built from about 1145 to 1167 as one of two parish churches of the free imperial city of Rosheim, probably together with the neighbouring Meierhof of Hohenburg Abbey. Work began with the three-windowed apse, which carries the richest sculpture. The crossing tower was rebuilt after a fire in 1286 and given its Gothic top after 1385; the church was dedicated to Saint Peter from the start, with Saint Paul added in the 17th century.

The church was dedicated to Saint Peter from the start; Saint Paul was added in the 17th century. The south side portal is framed by richly carved columns whose capitals carry a frieze of small blocks. Around the central east window of the choir, reliefs of the four Evangelist symbols were once arranged; that of Matthew was struck off during the French Revolution.

The church sits at approximately 195 meters elevation and forms part of the Northern Alsace Romanesque Route. The nearest train station is about two kilometers away, making it accessible by public transportation.

The organ was built in 1733 by Andreas Silbermann as his last instrument, with 25 stops on three manuals. In 1859 Joseph Stiehr moved the case and windchests to Waldolwisheim, but the pipes stayed in Rosheim; since 1863 they have been hidden in a wall opening on the south side of the choir, and the organ now has 20 stops.