Mauritius Church
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Mauritiuskirche , Moritzkirche or St. Mauritius are churches, chapels and monasteries that are under the patronage of St. Mauritius . His Protestant and Roman Catholic memorial day is September 22nd .
Mauritius
Saint Mauritius was a patron saint of the army, infantry, knife and weapon smiths and was invoked before fights, skirmishes and battles. He is also considered the patron saint of craftsmen who handle dark paint and horses.
Mauritius churches
The following list gives the individual buildings with the year they were founded or consecrated. The order is chronologically descending (if specified) and assigned to the four main periods:
- Renaissance, modern times
- Late Middle Ages (around 1250 to around 1500)
- High Middle Ages (early 11th century to around 1250)
- Early Middle Ages (mid-6th century to early 11th century)
| lemma | place | Country / Canton / State |
description | period | Foundation / consecration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mauritius (Bern-Bethlehem) | Bern | CH-BE | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1987 |
| St. Mauritius (Regensdorf) | Regensdorf | CH-ZH | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecration 1974 |
| St. Mauritius (Wiesbaden) | Wiesbaden | DE-HE | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1968 |
| St. Mauritius Chapel (Bohndorf) | Altenmedingen | DE-NI | evangelical chapel | Modern times | 1962 |
| St. Mauritius (Frankfurt) | Frankfurt-Schwanheim | DE-HE | Catholic Church | Modern times | Consecration on September 22, 1901, called “Dom des Maingau”, neo-Gothic |
| St. Mauritius (Munich) | Munich-Moosach | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1967 |
| St. Mauritius (Oberengstringen) | Oberengstringen | CH-ZH | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecrated in 1964 |
| St. Mauritius (Lautzkirchen) | Lautzkirchen | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecration 1960 |
| St. Mauritius (Freialdenhoven) | Aldenhoven | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Modern times | around 1952 |
| St. Mauritius (Ormesheim) | Ormesheim | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecrated in 1932 |
| St. Mauritius (Sotzweiler) | Sotzweiler | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | Laying of the foundation stone in 1913, consecration in 1926 |
| St. Mauritius (Sotzweiler) | Tholey | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1926 |
| St. Mauritius Church (Estenfeld) | Estenfeld | DE-BY | Old and new Catholic parish church | Modern times | 1924 (new church), 1347 (old church) |
| St. Meinolphus Mauritius | Ehrenfeld | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1913 |
| St. Mauritius (Fremersdorf) | Fremersdorf | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecration 1912 |
| St. Mauritius and Companions | Niederfischbach | DE-RP | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1897, called "Siegerland Cathedral" |
| St. Mauritius (Büderich) | Meerbusch-Büderich | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1894 |
| St. Mauritius (Strasbourg) | Strasbourg | FR-67 | catholic garrison church | Modern times | 1893 |
| St. Moritz Church (Zwickau) | Zwickau | DE-SN | Protestant church | Modern times | Inaugurated in 1893, the first predecessor building from 1212 |
| St. Mauritius (Berlin) | Berlin | DE-BE | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1892 |
| St. Mauritius (Murten) | Murten | CH-FR | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1887 (previous building was in Muntelier ) |
| St. Mauritius (Görsbach) | Goersbach | DE-TH | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Modern times | 1878 |
| St. Mauritius (Doldenhausen) | Doldenhausen | DE-BY | catholic chapel | Modern times | Consecration 1875 |
| St. Mauritius (Neufra) | Neufra | DE-BW | Catholic Church | Modern times | 1873 |
| Parish Church of St. Mauritius | Eschweiler (Canton of Wiltz) | LU-WI | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1870 |
| St. Mauritius (Koblenz) | Koblenz-Rübenach | DE-RP | Catholic parish churches | Modern times | 1862-1866 |
| St. Mauritius Church (Düffelward) | Düffelward | DE-NW | Catholic Church | Modern times | Consecration 1852 |
| St. Mauritius (Großkissendorf) | Bibertal | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Modern times | 19th century |
| Mauritius Church (Güglingen) | Güglingen | DE-BW | Protestant church | Modern times | 1850 |
| Alt St. Mauritius (Cologne-Buchheim) | Cologne-Buchheim | DE-NW | Cemetery chapel | Modern times | originally around 1200, rebuilt after being destroyed in 1849 |
| St. Mauritius (Himmelsberg) | Himmelsberg | DE-TH | Protestant church | Modern times | 1842–1845, tower older |
| St. Mauritius (Eigeltingen) | Eigeltingen | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1838 |
| St. Mauritius (Alsweiler) | Alsweiler | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1831 |
| St. Mauritius (Ibbenbueren) | Ibbenbueren | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1829, previous building perhaps from 799 |
| Parish Church of St. Mauritius (Appenzell) | Appenzell | CH-AI | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1823–1826, choir and tower late Gothic |
| St. Mauritius (Bochingen) | Bochingen | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1812, choir and tower late Gothic |
| St. Mauritius (Wolkenburg) | Wolkenburg | DE-SN | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Modern times | 1804 inauguration |
| Basilica of San Maurizio | Imperia (Liguria) | IT-IM | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1781-1838 |
| St. Mauritius (Ruswil) | Ruswil | CH-LU | catholic parish church | Modern times | Consecrated in 1793 |
| City Church of St. Mauritius | Stuttgart-Feuerbach | DE-BW | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Renaissance, modern times | 1789–90, first church no later than 1075 |
| St. Moritz Church (Taucha) | Taucha | DE-SN | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Renaissance, modern times | 1774 |
| St. Moritz (Neuenbeuthen) | Neuenbeuthen | DE-TH | Protestant church | Modern times | 1769 |
| St. Mauritius (home town) | Beckingen | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Modern times | Baroque predecessor from 1764 |
| St. Mauritius (Desingerode) | Desingerode | DE-NI | former Catholic parish church | Modern times | 1749–1754, consecration 1756 |
| Parish Church Absdorf | Absdorf | A-Lower Austria | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1744 |
| St. Mauritius (Zaberfeld) | Zaberfeld | DE-BW | Protestant church | Modern times | Tower 14th century, choir 1505, nave 1744 |
| St. Mauritius (Bergheim, Upper Bavaria) | Bergheim (Upper Bavaria) | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Modern times | originally from 1308, largely new building in 1744 |
| St. Mauritius and Andreas (Kleinneuhausen) | Kleinneuhausen | DE-TH | Protestant church | Modern times | 1736–1739 new building, tower tw. medieval |
| St. Mauritius Church (Wiesentheid) | Wiesentheid | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Renaissance, modern times | 1727-1732 |
| St. Mauritius (Ebersmunster) | Ebersmunster | FR-67 | former monastery church | Renaissance, modern times | 1727 |
| Mauritius Church (Oedheim) | Oedheim | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Renaissance, modern times | 1725 |
| St. Mauritius (Bachem) | Bachem | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Modern times | 1721 |
| Chapel of St. Murezi | Lumnezia | CH-GR | chapel | Modern times | Consecration 1716 |
| St. Mauritius (Nordkirchen) | North churches | DE-NW | catholic parish church | Renaissance, modern times | 1715 |
| St. Mauritius (Bad Sulza) | Bad Sulza | DE-TH | Evangelical Lutheran town church | Renaissance, modern times | 1714, probably early 11th century chapel |
| St. Moritz (Löhma) | Löhma | DE-TH | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Modern times | 1710 |
| St. Mauritius (Mindelaltheim) | Mindelaltheim | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Modern times | Early 18th century |
| St. Mauritius (Herrmannsacker) | Herrmannsacker | DE-TH | Protestant village church | Modern times | around 1700 |
| Mauritius Church (Leimen) | Glue | DE-BW | Protestant church | Modern times | 1684, tower older |
| St. Mauritius (Mintraching) | Mintraching | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Modern times | 17th century |
| St. Mauritius (Bad Bocklet) | Bad Bocklet | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Modern times | around 1600 |
| Mauritius Church | Mötzingen | DE-BW | Protestant church | Modern times | 1792 by Johann Adam Groß |
| St. Moritz (Pölsfeld) | Allstedt | DE-ST | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1539 |
| St. Mauritius (Rülzheim) | Rülzheim | DE-RP | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 1498 laying of the foundation stone |
| Mauritius Church | Reichenbach an der Fils | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 1522 |
| Mauritius Church (Obereisesheim) | Obereisesheim | DE-BW | Protestant parish church | Late Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1496 |
| St. Mauritius (Münchham) | Münchham | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | around 1495 |
| St. Mauritius (Jochsberg) | Jochsberg | DE-BY | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 1495-1527 |
| St. Moritz mountain church (Hallau) | Hallau | CH-SH | Evangelical Reformed Church | Late Middle Ages | 1491 |
| Munchenbernsdorf Church | Münchenbernsdorf | DE-TH | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1482 |
| St. Mauritius (St. Leon-Rot) | St. Leon-Rot | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 15th century |
| St. Moritz (Zell) | Eisenberg (Allgäu) | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 15th century |
| Mauritius Church (Holzgerlingen) | Holzgerlingen | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 15th century |
| Mauritius Church (Kernen im Rems Valley) | Kernels in the Remstal | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 15th century |
| Mauritius Church (Wiesbaden) | Wiesbaden | DE-HE | Burned down in 1850 | Late Middle Ages | 1488-1521 |
| St. Mauritius (Billafingen) | Billafingen | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 1488, tower older |
| Mauritius Church (Schwaikheim) | Schwaikheim | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | Built 1487–1488 |
| Mauritius Church (Oppelsbohm) | Oppelsbohm | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | Built in 1440, from 1525 called "Mauritius Church" |
| St. Mauritius (Warzfelden) | Warzfelden | DE-BY | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 1399 consecration |
| St. Moritz village church (Hallau) | Hallau | CH-SH | Evangelical Reformed Church | Late Middle Ages | 1424 |
| St. Mauritius (Hardegsen) | Hardegsen | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 1423 |
| St. Mauritius (Berikon) | Berikon | CH-AG | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 1420 |
| Saint Mauritius Chapel (Moritzberg) | Moritzberg (Franconian Alb) | DE-BY | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 1416 |
| St. Mauritius (Frauenprießnitz) | Frauenprießnitz | DE-TH | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 14th century, later major changes |
| Moritz Church (Spandau) | (Berlin-) Spandau | DE-BE | Catholic, Protestant from the 16th century | Late Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1461, certainly older; 1806 profaned, converted into barracks; Demolished in 1920 |
| St. Mauritius (Oberdiebach) | Oberdiebach | DE-RP | Protestant parish church | Late Middle Ages | 14th Century |
| St. Mauritius in Söll | Tramin | IT BZ | Catholic Church | Late Middle Ages | 14th century (probably) |
| St. Mauritius (Algermissen) | Algermissen | DE-NI | catholic chapel | Late Middle Ages | 14th Century |
| St. Mauritius (Heyersum) | Heyersum | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 14th century, tower 1836 |
| Moritzkirche (hall) | Halle (Saale) | DE-ST | used as a catholic church | Late Middle Ages | 1388-1511 |
| St. Mauritius (Bonstetten ZH) | Bonstetten ZH | CH-ZH | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 1360-1370 |
| Parish church Nussdorf am Attersee | Nussdorf am Attersee | AT-OÖ | Catholic Church | Late Middle Ages | Mid 14th century |
| St. Mauritius (Medingen) | Bad Bevensen | DE-NS | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 1336 |
| Moriz Church (Coburg) | Coburg | DE-BY | Evangelical Lutheran town church | Late Middle Ages | 1330 (choir) |
| Moritzkapelle (Marktbreit) | Market wide | DE-BY | Evangelical Lutheran war memorial chapel | Late Middle Ages | 1324 first mention |
| St. Mauritius (Niedergrunstedt) | Niedergrunstedt (Weimar) | DE-TH | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | Mentioned patronage in 1317/22 |
| Mauritius Church (Kirchrimbach) | Burghaslach | DE-BY | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | early 14th century |
| Volkertshauser hamlet chapel | Bad Waldsee | DE-BW | catholic pilgrimage chapel | Late Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| Mauritius Church (Pleidelsheim) | Pleidelsheim | DE-BW | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1300 |
| St. Mauritius (Neuroda) | Neuroda | DE-TH | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | around 1300 |
| St. Mauritii (Kleinwelsbach) | Kleinwelsbach | DE-TH | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | around 1300 |
| St. Moriz Collegiate Church (Rottenburg) | Rottenburg am Neckar | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | around 1300 |
| Mauritius Church (Schöckingen) | Schöckingen | DE-BW | Protestant parish church | Late Middle Ages | 1267 |
| St. Mauritius Church (Altenmedingen) | Altenmedingen | DE-NI | Protestant church | Late Middle Ages | 1241 |
| St. Mauritius Church (Horsten) | Clumps | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| St. Mauritius (Hittfeld) | Hittfeld | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| Reformed Church Zernez | Zernez | CH-GR | Evangelical Reformed Church | Late Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| St. Mauritius (Gleizendorf) | Gleizendorf | DE-BY | evang.-luth. Branch church | Late Middle Ages | 13th century laying of the foundation stone |
| St. Moritz (Mittenwalde) | Mittenwalde | DE-BB | Protestant parish church | Late Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| Saint-Maurice Church | Salins-les-Bains | FR-39 | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| St. Mauritius (Heimersheim) | Heimersheim | DE-RP | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | Mid 13th century |
| St. Mauritius (Hollern) | Hollern-Twielenfleth | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | Late Middle Ages | 13th century (presumably), tower older |
| St. Mauritius (Biberach-Prinzbach) | Prinzbach | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Late Middle Ages | originally 13th century, partially new building 1699–1701 |
| St. Mauritius Church (Hemsbach) | Hemsbach | DE-BW | catholic pilgrimage church | Late Middle Ages | before 1281 |
| St. Mauritius (Gündelhart) | Gündelhart | CH-TG | Catholic Church | High Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| Saint-Maurice Cathedral | Angers | FR-49 | catholic cathedral | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| Mauritius Church (Schenklengsfeld) | Schenklengsfeld | DE-HE | Protestant church | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| St-Maurice (Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans) | Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans | FR-01 | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | 11./12. century |
| St. Mauritius Church (Kremsier) | Kroměříž (Kremsier) | CS-ZL | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | 1290 |
| St. Mauritius (Dissen) | Diss | DE-NI | Evangelical Lutheran Church | High Middle Ages | Consecration 1276 |
| Bassum Collegiate Church | Bassum | DE-NS | Evangelical Lutheran Church | High Middle Ages | 13th Century |
| St. Mauritius Church (Olomouc) | Olomouc | CS-OL | Catholic parish, town and provost church | High Middle Ages | first mentioned in 1078 or 1257 |
| St. George and Mauritius Church | Flemhude | DE-SH | Evangelical Lutheran Church | High Middle Ages | around 1240 |
| Saint Maurenzen | Annín (Annathal) near Dlouhá Ves (Langendorf) | CS-PL | Fortified church | High Middle Ages | around 1230 |
| Parish Church of Spitz | Spitz on the Danube | A-Lower Austria | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | 1229 |
| Saanen Church | Saanen | CH-BE | Reformed village church | High Middle Ages | before 1228 |
| St. Mauritius (Reepsholt) | Reepsholt | DE-NI | Protestant church | High Middle Ages | around 1200 |
| Moritz Church (Erfurt) | Erfurt | DE-TH | former parish church | High Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1193; Demolished in 1814 |
| Mauritius Church (Wiernsheim) | Wiernsheim | DE-BW | Protestant church | High Middle Ages | 1149, successor to a wooden church built around 800 |
| St. Mauritius (Hattingen) | Hattingen | DE-NW | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | First mentioned in 1147 |
| St. Mauritius (Cologne) | Cologne | DE-NW | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | Consecrated in 1141 |
| St. Mauritius (Wroclaw) | Wroclaw | PL-DS | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | first mentioned 1126 |
| Saint-Maurice (Obergailbach) | Obergailbach | FR-57 | Catholic Church | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| St. Mauritius (Erfweiler-Ehlingen) | Erfweiler-Ehlingen | DE-SL | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| St. Moritz (Ingolstadt) | Ingolstadt | DE-BY | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | 1234 current state of construction, 9th century oldest inventory |
| Volkertshauser hamlet chapel | Bad Waldsee | DE-BW | catholic pilgrimage chapel | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| St. Mauritz Church (Münster) | Muenster | DE-NW | Catholic collegiate and parish church | High Middle Ages | 11th century |
| St. Moritz (Speyer) | Speyer | DE-RP | former parish church | High Middle Ages | 11th century, burnt down in 1689, remains broken off in 1806 |
| Assumption of Mary and St. Mauritius | Einsiedeln | CH-SZ | Abbey and cathedral church of the Einsiedeln monastery | High Middle Ages | 1130 |
| St. Mauritius (Hausdülmen) | Hausdülmen | DE-NW | catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | Castle chapel from 1115 |
| St. Mauritius (Kirchheim am Neckar) | Kirchheim am Neckar | DE-BW | Evangelical Lutheran Church | High Middle Ages | 12th Century |
| St-Maurice (Vienne) | Vienne | FR-38 | Co-cathedral of the Grenoble-Vienne diocese | High Middle Ages | April 20, 1251 |
| Parish Church Nenzing | Nenzing | AV | Catholic parish church | High Middle Ages | Consecration 1637 |
| Saint-Maurice de Blasimon Abbey | Blasimon | FR-33 | Abbey church | Early middle ages | 10th or 11th century, now called Abbaye Saint-Nicolas |
| St. Mauritius Church (Hildesheim) | Hildesheim | DE-NI | catholic parish church | Early middle ages | 1072 |
| Saint Mauritius (Minden) | Minden | DE-NW | monastery | Early middle ages | 1024 |
| St. Moritz (Augsburg) | augsburg | DE-BY | catholic parish church | Early middle ages | 1019 |
| St. Mauritius (Rubenheim) | Rubenheim | DE-SL | catholic parish church | Early middle ages | extended by 1000, 1778–1779 |
| St. Mauritius | Langenenslingen | DE-BW | catholic parish church | Early middle ages | around 1000, expanded in 1733 and designed in baroque style |
| Amsoldingen Church | Amsoldingen | CH-BE | Evangelical Reformed village church | Early middle ages | around 1000 |
| San Maurizio (Milan) | Milan | IT-25 | Benedictine convent | Early middle ages | Mauritian Patronage 964 |
| St. Mauritius (Mülheim-Kärlich) | Mülheim-Kärlich | DE-RP | catholic parish church | Early middle ages | around 940 (probably) |
| Mauritius rotunda | Constancy | DE-BW | catholic chapel in the minster | Early middle ages | after 940 |
| Magdeburg Cathedral | Magdeburg | DE-ST | Cathedral and pen | Early middle ages | 937 |
| St. Mauritius (Enniger) | Enniger | DE-NW | Large parish church | Early middle ages | around 750 |
| Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius (Tholey) | Tholey | DE-SL | Abbey church | Early middle ages | around 750 |
| Niederaltaich Monastery | Niederaltaich | DE-BY | Monastery church | Early middle ages | 731/741 |
| St. Mauritius | Zofingen | CH-AG | Kollegiatstift | Early middle ages | 7th century |
| Saint-Maurice Abbey | Saint-Maurice VS | CH-VS | Abbey church | Early middle ages | 515 |
| Sogn Murezi | Tomils GR | CH-GR | Parish church | Early middle ages | 7th century (ruin, from 16th century decay) |
| Parish church Aurolzmünster | Aurolzmünster | A-OÖ | Catholic parish church | Early middle ages | Romanesque, revised in Gothic and Baroque |
literature
- Christian Köhler: Mauritius churches in Germany. Hildesheim 1986.