Kirche, Church building in Rothausen, Germany

Kirche in Rothausen, a part of Höchheim in Bavaria, is a white-plastered hall church with a steep gable roof and a small round window on its facade. Its late-medieval choir tower was raised to three storeys and carries an eight-sided, slate-covered spire with a gold cross and orb.

The church was renewed in 1608, then burned to its foundations in the Thirty Years' War, leaving only the lower storeys of the late-medieval choir tower and sacristy. It was rebuilt in 1658, when the nave with three window bays was added to the choir tower. The tower was raised to three storeys and capped with an eight-sided, slate-covered spire.

The parish belongs to the Irmelshausen parish within the Bad Neustadt an der Saale deanery of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. Inside, a U-shaped gallery carries the 1722 organ by Hans Matthäus Obermüller, whose original Rococo facade with 13 registers on two manuals and pedal still stands above the congregation.

The church is located at coordinates 50.379362, 10.441417 and can be reached on foot from the village center. Visitors should expect the interior to be in use during service times and may find it accessible for viewing at other times.

The organ, built in 1722 by Hans Matthäus Obermüller, keeps its original Rococo case on the gallery and has 13 stops on two manuals and pedal. The crowning figure of the pulpit's sounding board, showing the Resurrection, was moved into the choir.