Dorfkirche Hausach, Medieval church in Hausach, Germany.
Dorfkirche Hausach is a Romanesque-core church on the cemetery of Hausach, with a white-walled nave under a flat wooden ceiling, a three-sided chancel supported by buttresses, and a square tower with a steep pyramidal roof at the south wall of the chancel. The chancel is vaulted with a star rib vault, and pointed-arch windows with dark stone tracery light the nave and polygonal chancel.
The church is first documented in 1148, when Friedrich von Wolfach donated "ecclesiam quae est apud Husen" for the salvation of his soul. Its core is a Romanesque nave, rebuilt and enlarged in 1515. After the town parish church was completed in 1896, St. Mauritius took over the function of a cemetery church.
The church is dedicated to Saint Maurice and belonged to the parish of Hausach until the town parish church was completed in 1896, after which it became a cemetery church. Its core is Romanesque, rebuilt and enlarged in 1515. The flat-ceilinged nave contrasts with the star-ribbed vault of the polygonal choir, a detail a visitor can compare at a glance.
The church stands on the cemetery of Hausach, so access to the grounds follows the cemetery's opening arrangements rather than a separate visitor entrance. The building itself is a former parish church now used as a cemetery church, and it can be reached on foot from the small town centre.
The church stands on Hausach's cemetery and served as a cemetery church after the town parish church was completed in 1896. Its core is Romanesque, and it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1515. The choir has a star-ribbed vault, while the nave is covered by a flat ceiling.
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