St. Mauritius, Catholic church in Willenhofen, Parsberg, Germany
St. Mauritius is a Catholic hall church in Willenhofen, built in 1735 with a nave and a recessed, three-sided closed choir. In 1904–06 the nave was lengthened and a neo-baroque facade tower was set into its northwest corner beside the scrolled gable. The tower's octagonal top floor holds the clock and three bells beneath a green onion dome; the interior has a flat ceiling and a high altar showing St. Mauritius.
St. Mauritius was built in 1735 as a hall church with a nave and a recessed, three-sided choir to the east. In 1904–06 the nave was lengthened and a neo-baroque facade tower was fitted into its northwest corner beside the scrolled-gable facade. The tower's octagonal top storey holds the clock and a belfry with three bells.
The church is dedicated to Saint Maurice, shown on the high altar retable; the parish belongs to the Diocese of Regensburg. The ceiling paintings are attributed to Otto Gebhard. The 1912 organ by Willibald Siemann, his op. 287, has eight registers on one manual and pedal.
St. Mauritius stands in Willenhofen, a district of Parsberg in the Upper Palatinate, in the Diocese of Regensburg. The nave was extended and the neo-baroque facade tower added in 1904–06, so the entrance is on the northwest corner beside the scrolled gable. The sacristy is on the south wall of the nave.
The church is listed as monument D-3-73-151-46 in Bavaria's heritage register. Its 1912 organ, opus 287 by Willibald Siemann, has eight stops on one manual and pedal. The ceiling paintings are attributed to Otto Gebhard.
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