Saint-Morand Priory

The priory is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 17 p.m. (a mass is celebrated on the last Sundays of the month, at 18 p.m.)

The first mention of the site dates from 1105, when Frederic, count of Ferrette, gives the priory to Hugues Sémur, abbot of Cluny. Saint Morand officiated there from 1106.

He was then responsible for establishing the Benedictine rule there. He traveled the region for ten years, multiplying conversions, healings and miracles.

When he died in 1115, he was buried in the center of the priory church which took his name. Saint-Morand was canonized at the end of the XXth century.

By venturing inside, you can still reflect in front of a recumbent figure representing Saint-Morand and a reliquary offered in 1428 by Archduke Frederick of Tyrol.

The priory was bought in 1828 by the city of Altkirch to make it a hospital. Today, the hospital still occupies the buildings thanks to restructuring and enlargements.