Parish Church of St Hippolytus

A three-aisled columnar basilica of high and late Romanesque style from the 12th and 13th centuries, with Gothic modifications: the main apse and ribbed vaults were added in the 14th century, while the imposing west tower was added in the mid-15th century and remains a distinctive landmark of the town to this day. The elaborate western gallery bears the date 1514/1515. The western half of the crypt survives from the original Ottonian hall church of the 10th century. A fire in 1770 destroyed the Gothic vault of the central nave, and restoration work carried out in the 1970s uncovered medieval frescoes.