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 [[austria|🇦🇹]]

 * 1) Alpbach, Tyrol - Saint Oswald
 * 2) Bad Ischl, Upper Austria - Saint Nicholas
 * 3) Mayrhofen, Tyrol - church
 * 4) Oetz, Imst - Saints George & Nicholas
 * 5) Virgen, Lienz - church
 * 6) Wagrain, St. Johann im Pongau District - Saint Rupert
 * 7) Zell am Ziller, Schwaz - Saint Guy

Belgium [[belgium|🇧🇪]]

 * 1) Baelen, Liège - Saint Paul
 * 2) Herve, Liège Province - Saint John the Baptist
 * 3) Jalhay, Liège Province - Saint Michael
 * 4) Jodoigne, Walloon Brabant - Chapel of Notre Dame du Marche
 * 5) Lierneux, Liège Province - church
 * 6) Limbourg, Liège Province - Saint Lambert
 * 7) Leernes, Hainaut Province - Saint Martin
 * 8) Marchin, Liège Province - parish church
 * 9) Polleur, Theux - Saint Jacques
 * 10) Roosdaal, Flemish Brabant - xiiie siècle
 * 11) Sart-lez-Spa, Jalhay - Saint Lambert
 * 12) Verlaine, Liège Province - Saint Remy

Canada [[canada|🇨🇦]]

 * 1) Clarke's Head, Newfoundland and Labrador - Christ Church

Denmark [[denmark|🇩🇰]]

 * 1) Copenhagen - Stock Exchange
 * 2) Copenhagen - Church of Our Saviour

England [[england|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿]]

 * 1) Barnstaple, Devon - St. Peter's church
 * 2) Chesterfield, Derbyshire - Church of St Mary and All Saints
 * 3) Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire - St Mary's Church
 * 4) Clitheroe, Lancashire - Church of St Mary Magdalene
 * 5) Ermington, Devon - Church of St Peter and St Paul
 * 6) Ewhurst Green, East Sussex - St James's Church
 * 7) Hadleigh, Suffolk - Church of St Mary

France [[france|🇫🇷]]

 * 1) Aignay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or - Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
 * 2) Angiens, Seine-Maritime - church
 * 3) Attignat, Ain - Saint Loup
 * 4) Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher - tower
 * 5) Auppegard, Seine-Maritime - Church of St. Pierre
 * 6) Auxonne, Côte-d'Or - Notre Dame
 * 7) Barran, Gers - College of St Jean Baptiste
 * 8) Boësses, Loiret - church
 * 9) Boulancourt, Seine-et-Marne - Saint Denis
 * 10) Bourges, Cher - Bell tower
 * 11) Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, Haute-Marne - Saint George
 * 12) Bures-en-Bray, Seine-Maritime - Saint Aignan
 * 13) Ceyzériat, Ain - Saint Laurent
 * 14) Châteauroux, Indre - Lucarne
 * 15) Cheffes, Maine-et-Loire - church
 * 16) Chemiré-sur-Sarthe, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Jacques
 * 17) Courcelles-Chaussy, Lorraine - Tower
 * 18) Coussay-les-Bois, Vienne - Saint Martin
 * 19) Dinéault, Finistère - Arrow tower
 * 20) Distré, Maine-et-Loire - Church of Saint Julien
 * 21) Dohis, Aisne - church of the Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
 * 22) Drancy, Seine-Saint-Denis - tower
 * 23) Échirolles, Isère - construction on a building
 * 24) Étréaupont, Aisne - Saint Martin
 * 25) Étoges, Marne - church
 * 26) Fontaine-Guérin, Maine-et-Loire - Church of St Martin
 * 27) Fougere, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Etienne
 * 28) Gigny, Yonne - Saint Leger
 * 29) Hectomare, Eure - Saint Taurin
 * 30) Houville-la-Branche, Eure-et-Loir - church
 * 31) Jarzé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Cyr et Sainte Julitte
 * 32) Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert, Dordogne - Saint Etienne
 * 33) Labergement-lès-Seurre, Côte-d'Or - church
 * 34) La Tour-d'Auvergne, Auvergne - Saint Pardoux
 * 35) Le Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - Saint-Symphorien church
 * 36) Les Grands-Chézeaux, Haute-Vienne - Lantern on a roof of a house
 * 37) Malville, Loire-Atlantique - tower
 * 38) Marçon, Pays de la Loire - Church of Notre Dame
 * 39) Mervans, Saône-et-Loire - Saint-Maurice
 * 40) Meslay-du-Maine, Mayenne - Saint Pierre
 * 41) Mouliherne, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Germaine
 * 42) Naillat, Limousin - Saint Medard
 * 43) Niedermorschwihr, Haut-Rhin - Saint Gall and Saint Weldelin
 * 44) Nogent-sur-Vernisson, Loiret - construction on a house
 * 45) Nohant-en-Graçay, Cher - Saint Martin
 * 46) Offranville, Seine-Maritime - Church of St.Ouen
 * 47) Orléans, Loiret - Lantern roof on a house
 * 48) Payzac, Dordogne - Church of the Transfigeration
 * 49) Plougrescant, Brittany - Saint Gonery
 * 50) Pontigné, Maine-et-Loire - St Denis
 * 51) Puiseaux, Loiret - Notre Dame
 * 52) Québriac, Ille-et-Vilaine - Saint Pierre
 * 53) Reugny, Indre-et-Loire - Saint Medard
 * 54) Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne - Saint Saviours
 * 55) Rodelle, Aveyron - Church of Lagnac
 * 56) Saint-Aubin-sur-Gaillon, Eure - Saint Germain
 * 57) Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, l'Allier - Saint Bonnet
 * 58) Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Saint Come
 * 59) Saint-Outrille, Cher - College of Saint-Austrégésile de Saint-Outrille
 * 60) Saint-Côme-d'Olt, Aveyron - Church of Saint-Côme-d'Olt
 * 61) Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes, Deux-Sèvres - church
 * 62) Saint-Viâtre, Loir-et-Cher - Saint Viatre
 * 63) Saumur, Maine-et-Loire - Saint Pierre
 * 64) Sérignac-sur-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne - Notre Dame
 * 65) Treignac, Corrèze - Chapel of Notre Dame de la Paix
 * 66) Troyes, Aube - Saint Remy
 * 67) Verchin, Pas-de-Calais - St Omer church
 * 68) Vézelise, Meurthe-et-Moselle - Saint Côme et Damien
 * 69) Vieil-Baugé, Maine-et-Loire - church
 * 70) Vitteaux, Côte-d'Or - Saint Germain

Germany [[germany|🇩🇪]]

 * 1) Ballstädt, Gotha (district)  - church
 * 2) Barntrup, North Rhine-Westphalia - church
 * 3) Breidenbach, Hesse -
 * 4) Burgwedel, Lower Saxony - Saint Pierre
 * 5) Delbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
 * 6) Duderstadt, Lower Saxony - Town gatehouse
 * 7) Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia -  St Lambertus
 * 8) Grötzingen, Karlsruhe - Evangelical church
 * 9) Hardthausen am Kocher, Baden-Wuerttemberg - Protestant Church Gochsen
 * 10) Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint-Georges
 * 11) Kaisersesch, Rhineland-Palatinate - Saint Pancrase
 * 12) Lage, Lippe - Saint Peter & Saint Paul
 * 13) Lemgo, Lippe - Saint Nicholas
 * 14) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony - St John's Church
 * 15) Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate - Church of St Clemens
 * 16) Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia - Saint Pierre
 * 17) Münzenberg, Hesse - church
 * 18) Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate - Sainte Marguerite
 * 19) Northeim, Lower Saxony - Saint Sixt
 * 20) Oberwesel, Rhineland-Palatinate - Notre Dame
 * 21) Ochsenfurt, Lower Franconia - Maria Schnee
 * 22) Porta Westfalica, Minden-Lübbecke - church
 * 23) Sandstedt, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean
 * 24) Stolzenau, Lower Saxony - Saint Jacques
 * 25) Uslar, Lower Saxony - Saint Jean

Italy [[italy|🇮🇹]]

 * 1) Rome - Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza

Scotland [[scotland|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿]]

 * 1) Cupar, Fife - Church of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit
 * 2) Inverness, - Town Steeple

Switzerland [[switzerland|🇨🇭]]

 * 1) Davos, Canton of Grisons - Saint Johann
 * 2) Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft - Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
 * 3) Payerne, Canton of Vaud - Payerne Priory
 * 4) Stein am Rhein, Canton of Schaffhausen - St. George

United States of America [[united states|🇺🇸]]

 * Setauket, New York - Caroline Church of Brookhaven

Other crooked or twisted spires

 * Hobsons Brewery, Worcestershire, 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