Mauritius Church

The Romanesque tower, with a cross-ribbed vault inside, is the oldest part of the church. It is 45 m high, stands on 2-meter-thick foundations and served as a defensive tower. It stands asymmetrically to the nave and features Romanesque window reveals. Holzgerlingen is first mentioned in a document by Emperor Heinrich II in 1007, which may indicate the period of the tower's construction. South of the church tower, a barrel-vaulted ossuary (charnel house) from 1481 is built into the former churchyard wall. The church is recognizable today as a late Gothic building, which dates back to a renovation or new construction from 1473. The nave is closed with a flat ceiling. The net-ribbed vault of the choir features keystone reliefs depicting, among others, Mary with the Child, the church patron Mauritius, and an angel with a shield. The colors of Austria, white/red, and the Palatine lions were used.