St. Laurentius, Catholic church in Hochspeyer, Germany

St. Laurentius is a Roman Catholic church on Hauptstraße in Hochspeyer, built in 1859 as a neo-Gothic hall church to plans by Baurat Tanera of Speyer and enlarged in 1912 by Rudolf von Perignon. Its red sandstone walls carry tall narrow arched windows beneath a band of small arches, with four dormer windows in the steep red tiled roof and a slender grey spire with a cross rising behind the ridge.

St. Laurentius was built in 1859 as a hall church in the neo-Gothic style, designed by Baurat Tanera of Speyer. In 1912 Rudolf von Perignon extended the building. Its organ history is documented in detail: an instrument by H. Voit & Söhne from around 1890 was moved in 1957 to St. Bartholomäus in Birkweiler, and in 1962 Paul Zimnol built a new organ as his Opus 6, with 18 stops on two manuals and pedal.

The church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, whose feast day on 10 August is observed by the parish. The building on Hauptstraße serves the local Catholic community, and its 1859 neo-Gothic design by Baurat Tanera of Speyer shapes how worship and gatherings are held inside the hall church.

St. Laurentius stands on the Hauptstraße in the centre of Hochspeyer, so it is easiest to reach on foot from the surrounding streets. The nave is a single hall entered from the street side, with the slender grey spire rising behind the roof ridge as a landmark. Visitors should check the parish's current service times before setting out, since the building is used for worship.

The 1962 Paul Zimnol organ, opus 6, had 18 stops on two manuals and pedal; its pedal Bassflöte stop was prepared but never built. In 2025 it was removed during a church conversion and sold through a second-hand organ dealer to Romania. Its predecessor, built around 1890 by H. Voit & Söhne with 10 stops, went to Birkweiler in 1957.