Église Saint-Pierre de Molsheim, Romanesque church in Molsheim, France

The église Saint-Pierre de Molsheim, known as Dompeter, is a Romanesque church measuring 25 by 13 metres, with a west tower as wide as the central nave and a nave of six bays separated by square stone pillars. The tower has a square base, an octagonal bell stage and a steep pyramidal spire; the nave has a red-tiled roof and small arched windows. The interior has a dark timber ceiling and a rounded apse arch leading to the 19th-century choir.

Pope Leo IX consecrated the building between 1049 and 1053, marking its religious significance during that period. Its foundations reveal even older construction from the 7th century, showing how long this site served religious purposes.

The church has served as a pilgrimage destination for scout movements since 1934, when French scouts completed its restoration the previous year. This regular visitor community shaped its role in scouting traditions.

The church stands in open fields south of Avolsheim, on Molsheim's land, and is reached on foot or by bike; a cemetery surrounds it. The interior can be visited, but after thefts in 1972 and 1978 the remaining furnishings were removed for safekeeping and the building is under video surveillance. The Lourdes grotto next to the church dates from 1946.

The three bells were cast in Strasbourg by the Edel foundry: bell 1 (D sharp) in 1806 by Mathieu III Edel, bell 2 (F sharp) in 1814 by Jean-Louis I Edel, and bell 3 (A sharp) in 1865 by Louis Edel. Bells 1 and 2 came from Strasbourg Cathedral, bell 3 from the church of Saint-Symphorien in Illkirch-Graffenstaden.