MonasteryNeumarkt-Sankt Veit

Pfarrkirche

Pfarrkirche

Catholic parish church

The former Benedictine monastery church of St. Veit in Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria, now serves as the Catholic parish church and is an outstanding architectural monument. It prominently crowns the Veitsberg and shapes the cityscape of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit. Dedicated to Saint Vitus, the church is distinguished by its rich history and preserved Baroque furnishings.

History+

The essentially late Gothic structure was erected in the second half of the 15th century upon the foundations of a Romanesque predecessor building. Multiple monastery fires between the 16th and 18th centuries, along with wartime looting, led to repeated structural alterations and refurnishings. The Baroque redesign following a fire in 1708 was particularly profound. In 1709, the church building was renewed by Dominik Gläsl, later the court master builder of Freising. The famous Baroque architect Johann Michael Fischer subsequently added the bell tower with its onion dome. Numerous Baroque furnishings are still preserved in the presbytery, while other interior elements fell victim to a re-Gothicization in the 19th century. Kloster Sankt Veit was one of the first abbeys in Bavaria to be secularized in 1802. The monks themselves offered the dissolution, which ensured the preservation of the monastery church as a parish church.

Location+

The church is located in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, a small town in the Upper Bavarian district of Mühldorf am Inn. It stands on the 459-meter-high Veitsberg.

On site+

The former monastery church now functions as the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Vitus. It is a registered architectural monument. The chancel is dominated by the more than 13-meter-high high altar made of stucco marble, created in 1739 by Jakob Mösl. The main painting depicts the martyrdom of Saint Vitus, while the upper painting illustrates the monastery's founding. The altar is flanked by gilded figures of Saints Rupert and Vitus. The presbytery also features six large murals depicting the life and passion of Saint Vitus, as well as the early Baroque choir stalls. To the north of the chancel is the Anna or Lucius Chapel, which houses a reliquary altar with the body of the catacomb saint Lucius. The organ is housed in a Baroque casing by Christoph Egedacher the Elder from 1639. The tower contains five bells by Johann Matthias Langenegger from 1709, a gift from Duke Maximilian Philipp of Bavaria, which returned after World War II.

Nearby+
  • Kloster Sankt Veit (sacred building, approx. 57 m away)
  • Schloss Teising (castle, approx. 2794 m away)
  • Schloss Hellsberg (castle, approx. 6150 m away)
  • Schloss Egglkofen (castle, approx. 6404 m away)

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