List of twisted spires

A crooked spire (also known as a twisted spire) is a tower that, through accident or design, contains a twist or does not point perfectly straight upwards. There are about a hundred bell towers of this type in Europe.

Austria

• Alpbach, Tyrol – Saint Oswald
• Bad Ischl, Upper Austria – Saint Nicholas
• Mayrhofen, Tyrol – church
• Oetz, Imst – Saints George & Nicholas
• Virgen, Lienz – church
• Wagrain, St. Johann im Pongau District – Saint Rupert
• Zell am Ziller, Schwaz – Saint Guy

Belgium

• Baelen, Liège – Saint Paul
• Herve, Liège Province – Saint John the Baptist
• Jalhay, Liège Province – Saint Michael
• Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant – Chapel of Notre Dame du Marche
• Lierneux, Liège Province – church
• Limbourg, Liège Province – Saint Lambert
• Leernes, Hainaut Province – Saint Martin
• Marchin, Liège Province – parish church
• Polleur, Theux – Saint Jacques
• Roosdaal, Flemish Brabant – 13th century
• Sart-lez-Spa, Jalhay – Saint Lambert
• Verlaine, Liège Province – Saint Remy

Canada

• Clarke's Head, Newfoundland and Labrador – Christ Church

Denmark

• Copenhagen – Stock Exchange
• Copenhagen – Church of Our Saviour

England

• Barnstaple, Devon – St. Peter's church
• Chesterfield, Derbyshire – Church of St Mary and All Saints
• Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire – St Mary's Church
• Clitheroe, Lancashire – Church of St Mary Magdalene
• Ermington, Devon – Church of St Peter and St Paul^[1]
• Ewhurst Green, East Sussex – St James's Church
• Hadleigh, Suffolk – Church of St Mary
• Wolstanton, Staffordshire – St Margaret's Church

France

• Aignay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or – Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
• Angiens, Seine-Maritime – church
• Attignat, Ain – Saint Loup
• Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher – tower
• Auppegard, Seine-Maritime – Church of St. Pierre
• Auxonne, Côte-d'Or – Notre Dame
• Barran, Gers – College of St Jean Baptiste
• Boësses, Loiret – church
• Boulancourt, Seine-et-Marne – Saint Denis
• Bourges, Cher – Bell tower
• Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne – Saint George
• Bures-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime – Saint Aignan
• Ceyzériat, Ain – Saint Laurent
• Châteauroux, Indre – Lucarne
• Cheffes, Maine-et-Loire – church
• Chemiré-sur-Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire – Church of Saint Jacques
• Courcelles-Chaussy, Lorraine – Tower
• Coussay-les-Bois, Vienne – Saint Martin
• Dinéault, Finistère – Arrow tower
• Distré, Maine-et-Loire – Church of Saint Julien
• Dohis, Aisne – church of the Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
• Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis – tower
• Échirolles, Isère – construction on a building
• Étréaupont, Aisne – Saint Martin
• Étoges, Marne – church
• Fontaine-Guérin, Maine-et-Loire – Church of St Martin
• Fougere, Maine-et-Loire – Saint Etienne
• Gigny, Yonne – Saint Leger
• Hectomare, Eure – Saint Taurin
• Houville-la-Branche, Eure-et-Loir – church
• Jarzé, Maine-et-Loire – Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte
• Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, Dordogne – Saint Etienne
• Labergement-lès-Seurre, Côte-d'Or – church
• La Tour-d'Auvergne, Auvergne – Saint Pardoux
• Le Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire – Saint-Symphorien church
• Les Grands-Chézeaux, Haute-Vienne – Lantern on a roof of a house
• Malville, Loire-Atlantique – tower
• Marçon, Pays de la Loire – Church of Notre Dame
• Mervans, Saône-et-Loire – Saint-Maurice
• Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne – Saint Pierre
• Mouliherne, Maine-et-Loire – Saint Germaine
• Naillat, Limousin – Saint Medard
• Niedermorschwihr, Haut-Rhin – Saint Gall and Saint Weldelin
• Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret – construction on a house
• Nohant-en-Graçay, Cher – Saint Martin
• Offranville, Seine-Maritime – Church of St.Ouen
• Orléans, Loiret – Lantern roof on a house
• Payzac, Dordogne – Church of the Transfigeration
• Plougrescant, Brittany – Saint Gonery
• Pontigné, Maine-et-Loire – St Denis
• Puiseaux, Loiret – Notre Dame
• Québriac, Ille-et-Vilaine – Saint Pierre
• Reugny, Indre-et-Loire – Saint Medard
• Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne – Saint Saviours
• Rodelle, Aveyron – Church of Lagnac
• Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, Eure – Saint Germain
• Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, l'Allier – Saint Bonnet
• Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron – Saint Come
• Saint-Outrille, Cher – College of Saint-Austrégésile de Saint-Outrille
• Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron – Church of Saint-Côme-d'Olt
• Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes, Deux-Sèvres – church
• Saint-Viâtre, Loir-et-Cher – Saint Viatre
• Saumur, Maine-et-Loire – Saint Pierre
• Sérignac-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne – Notre Dame
• Treignac, Corrèze – Chapel of Notre Dame de la Paix
• Troyes, Aube – Saint Remy
• Verchin, Pas-de-Calais – St Omer church
• Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle – Saint Côme et Damien
• Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire – church
• Vitteaux, Côte-d'Or – Saint Germain

Germany

• Ballstädt, Gotha (district) – church
• Barntrup, North Rhine-Westphalia – church
• Breidenbach, Hesse –
• Burgwedel, Lower Saxony – Saint Pierre
• Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia – Saint-Jean-Baptiste
• Duderstadt, Lower Saxony – Town gatehouse
• Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia – St Lambertus
• Grötzingen, Karlsruhe – Evangelical church

1. Hardthausen am Kocher, Baden-Wuerttemberg – Protestant Church Gochsen

• Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia – Saint-Georges
• Kaisersesch, Rhineland-Palatinate – Saint Pancrase
• Lage, Lippe – Saint Peter & Saint Paul
• Lemgo, Lippe – Saint Nicholas
• Lüneburg, Lower Saxony – St John's Church
• Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate – Church of St Clemens
• Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia – Saint Pierre
• Münzenberg, Hesse – church
• Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate – Sainte Marguerite
• Northeim, Lower Saxony – Saint Sixt
• Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate – Notre Dame
• Ochsenfurt, Lower Franconia – Maria Schnee
• Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke – church
• Sandstedt, Lower Saxony – Saint Jean
• Stolzenau, Lower Saxony – Saint Jacques
• Uslar, Lower Saxony – Saint Jean

Italy

• Rome – Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza

Scotland

• Cupar, Fife – Church of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit
• Inverness, – Town Steeple

Switzerland

• Davos, Canton of Grisons – Saint Johann
• Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft – Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
• Payerne, Canton of Vaud – Payerne Priory
• Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen – St. George

United States of America

• Setauket, New York – Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Other crooked or twisted spires

• Hobsons Brewery, Shropshire, produces a beer named "Twisted Spire".^[2]
• Spire Brewery is named for Chesterfield's landmark twisted spire.
• "Crooked Spire" Pubs exist at Chesterfield ^[3] and Ermington ^[4]
• Architects have been inspired to create twisted buildings such as the Turning Torso

See also

• List of twisted buildings
• Crooked spire
• Spire

External links

• l’Association des Clochers Tors d’Europe (A.C.T.E.)

References