Pfarrkirche St. Vitus, Veitshöchheim
Facts and practical information
St. Vitus is the Catholic parish church of Veitshöchheim.
Around 1200, a Romanesque church was built in the same place and placed under the protection of St. Vitus, whose name passed to the village. From this building the tower is preserved.
The nave was replaced at the end of the 17th century by a rectangular hall church with a Gothic chancel and a representative facade. The portal front shows Roman Baroque forms.
The rich baroque furnishings include the high altar with altarpiece of St. Vitus Martyrdom, two side altars, pulpit, baptismal font and other statues of saints.
The construction of the church was ordered by the Würzburg Prince-Bishop Johann Gottfried von Guttenberg, whose coat of arms is displayed above the main portal. He had begun building Veitshöchheim Palace at about the same time. The funds were provided by St. Stephen's Monastery, to whose lands Veitshöchheim belonged until secularization in 1803. St. Vitus was consecrated on July 17, 1691.
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