Heilig Kreuz Geisenheim

The Holy Cross Church is the parish church of the Catholic parish in Geisenheim. A church in Geisenheim was first documented in 1146, a late Gothic choir and sacristy were erected in 1510- 1512, and in 1517-1518 initially three vault bays of the three-aisle nave were built. The almost square hall church was expanded by two vault bays by the architect Philipp Hoffmann from 1837 to 1839 and completed with a neo-Gothic façade and rose window in the west and two 46m high towers. The furnishings bear witness to various eras: the Three Kings Altar (around 1480) and an altar triptych (around 1500) from the Late Gothic period; a Baroque pulpit from 1752; and the choir stalls and the font from the 18th century. The neo-Gothic organ was built by the Stumm Brothers in Rhauen-Sulzbach in 1842 and thoroughly restored by the firm of Klais in 1985-1987; the Lady Altar was created by the sculptor Caspar Weis of Frankfurt in 1894, and the high altar erected by Nuremberg sculptor Jakob Rodemundt in 1886.

• Interesting gravestones of the former noble families of Geisenheim
• The statue of Christ on the Cross (about 1520) comes from the group around the great sculptor Hans Backoffen from Mainz. The two statues of the Blessed Virgin and St. John were made in the 18th century.
• Marian Column in front of the west facade of the church, to the right of the main portal