# 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 - xiiie siècle
* 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
* 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
* 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".
* Spire Brewery is named for Chesterfield's landmark twisted spire.
* "Crooked Spire" Pubs exist at Chesterfield and Ermington
* Architects have been inspired to create twisted buildings such as the Turning Torso