Nikolauskirche

The parish church of St. Nicholas was built to the design of Carl Moritz at the foot of the Stoppenberger Kapitelberg between 1904 and 1907. It was necessary to build a new church as the parish was constantly growing and had become the biggest parish in the German Reich. The reddish-brown sandstone combines Romanesque and Gothic elements. When designing the interior, Moritz was inspired by Italian sacral buildings from Roman times: a large room which allows a free view of the altar, spanned by an enormous barrel vault with coloured coffers. A wide spectrum of stylistic elements has been used: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance as well as Jugendstil elements in the furnishings and statues.