Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of Schmittviller

History

From the spiritual point of view, the Village is branch of the Paroisse of Rahling until in 1837, first of all in the archpriest of Bouquenom then in that of Rohrbach-lès-Bitche since 1802.

Building

The church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, replaces since 1866 small a high Chapelle in 1821.

Beside the modern sculptor in polychrome Wood white bought during the centuries at manufacturing the Tyrol iens, a Statue in Wood painted and D Or E of second half of the 18th century would come from old the Chapelle. This beautiful Virgin with the Oval Face drawn in , with the Cou lengthened, with draped sticking and agitated is once again a representation of the Immaculate Conception, which is attached to a group of Statue S, undoubtedly of influence if not Alsatian origin .

Cemetery

In the Cemetery which still surrounds the church, draws up a Calvaire carved in the sandstone, set up in 1844 on the initiative of Johannes Miller, the former Master of school. It is him which, in 1837 already, made raise a cross on the Route of Kalhausen, to commemorate the arrival of the first Curé of the Paroisse. Isolated in the local production and preceding by a score from years the fashion by the lopped crosses, it gathers with the face of the Fût all the instruments of the Passion around the naive representation of the one of the three falls of the Christ. ----

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