# Heilig-Kreuz-Münster

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Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, also known as Gmünder Münster, presents a vast Gothic hall church with one broad interior space. Its nave and side aisles reach almost the same height. This form marks an important step in the development of southern German hall churches. The building is closely associated with the Parler family. Heinrich Parler’s work appears from the second bay of the nave onward, while Johann Parler continued the project after his death. The choir followed the nave in a later building phase. Solid masonry shapes the main walls, while lighter structures and large windows appear in adjoining chapels and spaces. Its angular choir ending frames an intricate net vault. Carved keystones draw the eye upward.

The portals turn the exterior into stone narratives, showing the Nativity, Mary’s death and coronation, Christ’s Passion, and the Last Judgment. Each portal presents a distinct sequence. Inside, a late Gothic crucifix enriches the nineteenth-century high altar, while the Sebaldus Altar preserves painted panels from Albrecht Dürer’s workshop. The Holy Sepulchre group belongs to the Parler workshop. Angels, women, and seated guards surround Christ’s tomb, with medieval clothing and armour rendered in detailed sculpture. The older Romanesque towers collapsed in 1497. A chapel and a sacristy later occupied their former positions. Falling vault fragments led to a closure in 1975, followed by extensive restoration through 2009. High Gothic, Late Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and modern conservation remain visible within one architectural record. Its unfinished scars belong to the building’s history.

- City: [Schwäbisch Gmünd](https://mytuur.com/en/city/schwabisch-gmund/)

## Photos

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