Pfarrkirche Sankt Moritz, Ingolstadt, Gothic parish church in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Pfarrkirche Sankt Moritz in Ingolstadt is a Gothic church with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses that demonstrate the building techniques of that era. The interior is spacious and designed to accommodate a large congregation comfortably.
A church stood here by the 9th century, soon after Ingolstadt's founding; in 1148 it was still dedicated to the Saviour and Mary before taking the name of the city's patron, Saint Maurice. The present building dates to 1234, making it Ingolstadt's oldest surviving structure. It was the city's only church until Liebfrauenmünster was built in the early 15th century, after which it was called the Untere Pfarr. In 2004 its parish was merged with that of the Münster.
The church is also called Untere Pfarr (Lower Parish), since it was Ingolstadt's only parish church until the Liebfrauenmünster was built in the early 15th century. A parish school is documented here in 1328, the origin of schooling in the city. Since 2004 the parish has been merged with that of the Liebfrauenmünster.
You can reach the church most easily by taking public buses to the city center or by walking if you are nearby. Keep in mind that during services the church may have limited public access.
The church has only one tower, the one east of the nave with the tall spire; the second tower visible beside it is the city's Pfeifturm, built in the 14th–15th centuries, where a watchman lived until 1938 and had to report fires and dangers in the city.
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