St. Peter und Paul, Gothic church building in Pilsach, Germany.
St. Peter und Paul is a Gothic hall church on the cemetery of Pilsach, with a saddle-roofed nave extended westward in 1926 and a square choir tower to the east topped by an eight-sided bent helm. The tower's top floor holds the clock and a belfry with five bells; inside, the nave has a coved ceiling and the choir under the tower a barrel vault, with a neo-baroque high altar showing Peter and Paul.
The Gothic hall church was rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, keeping its Gothic structure. In 1926 the nave was extended westward. The building is listed as a Bavarian monument under the number D-3-73-153-1 and belongs to the deanery of Habsberg in the Diocese of Eichstätt.
The parish belongs to the Deanery of Habsberg in the Diocese of Eichstätt, and the church stands on the village cemetery, so graves surround it. The high altar is neo-Baroque, and its retable shows the two patron saints, Peter and Paul, after whom the church is named.
The church stands on the cemetery of Pilsach, in the district of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. It is a parish church of the Diocese of Eichstätt, Deanery Habsberg. Visitors reach it on foot from the village; the graveyard setting means quiet and respect are expected.
The church is listed as a Bavarian monument under the code D-3-73-153-1, not D-4-75-120-1. Its five bells hang in the choir tower, and the organ on the gallery was built by Mathis Orgelbau in 1999.
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