St.-Kilian-Kirche, Romanesque church in Bad Lausick, Germany

St.-Kilian-Kirche is a Romanesque basilica with three naves, begun in 1105 under Count Wiprecht von Groitzsch and supervised by the Benedictine monastery of Pegau. It was built without a tower; a tower was added after 1523 and replaced in the 18th century, when the interior was painted in Baroque style and the side aisles given cross-ribbed vaults. The west portal is made of porphyry from Rochlitz.

Construction of St.-Kilian-Kirche began in 1105 under Count Wiprecht von Groitzsch, as a three-aisled Romanesque basilica supervised by the Benedictine monastery of Pegau and initially built without a tower. In 1523 the congregation chose an Evangelical pastor and soon added a tower, which was replaced in the 18th century when the interior was painted in Baroque style and the side aisles received cross-ribbed vaults. A winged altar from 1490, brought in 1920 from the abandoned church of Witznitz, and the restoration of 1955–1957 further shaped the building.

The church is named after Saint Kilian, patron saint of the Franconian settlers for whom it was built as a central church. Since 1523 the congregation has chosen its own Protestant pastor. In 1920 a winged altar from 1490, rescued from the abandoned village church of Witznitz near Borna before brown coal mining, was installed here.

The church stands in the centre of Bad Lausick, with war memorials for the fallen of 1870/71 and 1914–18 on its north side. The west portal, made of Rochlitz porphyry, is the main entrance to look for. The Silbermann-Trampeli organ is played in services, so time a visit around worship rather than during it.

The organ was built by Gottfried Silbermann in 1722 for the Johanniskirche in Chemnitz, enlarged in 1791 by Johann Gottlob Trampeli, sold to Auligk in 1879 and only moved to Bad Lausick in 1957. In 1988 the Eule firm of Bautzen largely restored its original choir-pitch tuning.