Church of the Holy Cross, Baroque parish church in Gerlachsheim, Germany.

The Church of the Holy Cross is a baroque pillar basilica in Gerlachsheim with a nave, transept, two aisles and a dome topped by a lantern. Its west facade has a two-storey arrangement: the 1740 double-leaf portal, carved by Anton Grimmbach, is flanked by yellow sandstone statues of Saint Sebastian and Saint Clement by Ferdinand Dietz, with a large crucifix in a niche above. Two 54-metre towers with lantern-crowned onion domes flank the choir.

A Premonstratensian nunnery was first mentioned around 1129. It was devastated in the Peasants' War of 1525 and dissolved in 1563 by the Bishop of Würzburg, after which the Oberzell monastery founded a priory. The present church was built from 1723 to 1730 by Father Sebaldus Appelmann under Abbot Sigismund Hauck on the foundations of the Romanesque predecessor, and was consecrated on 17 September 1730. In 1803 the complex passed to the Prince of Salm-Reifferscheid-Bedburg during secularisation.

The church keeps eight baroque altars. The high altar, made in 1730 by Melchior and Johann Georg Paulus of Bad Mergentheim, shows the Trinity, with Saints Norbert and Augustine on the gable. The Sebastian altar of 1742 by Ferdinand Tietz is counted among the church's most important works. The Marian altar holds a glass sarcophagus with a relic of Saint Clement.

The building is open to visitors and sits along the Tauber Valley Cycle Path, connecting it to other local destinations. Regular services take place during the week, so check opening times in advance.

The building's bells come from different time periods: several bronze bells were cast in the mid-20th century, while a small baptismal bell is at least 600 years older. Seeing such a span of time in a single collection is rare and shows how long this place has endured.