Church of Saint Vitus, church building in Rudolfov, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Vitus in Rudolfov is a Renaissance three-nave hall church oriented east–west, with a polygonal presbytery at the east end and a square tower with three bells at the west. Inside, the main Baroque altar from around 1700 holds a statue of Saint Vitus and a painting of Saint John of Nepomuk, flanked by statues of Saint Joachim with the child Mary and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child.

A Utraquist chapel was permitted here in 1536, and construction of a Lutheran church began in 1583, completed in 1586. The church became Catholic in 1636 and burned in 1679. In 1765 the timber ceiling was removed and the church was vaulted, with the exterior repaired in 1766.

The side altar holds a 141 cm copy of the Rudolfov Madonna, a 13th-century Gothic wood carving that the České Budějovice Capuchins gave the town in 1698; the original has been in the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery since 1953. Fourteen early Baroque paintings of the Stations of the Cross line the walls, and a knight's tombstone, that of Daniel Matyáš of Sudet with a German inscription, is set into the floor.

The church stands in Rudolfov's centre on road II/634 between České Budějovice and Lišov, reachable by public transport from České Budějovice. Regular services are held, and the building also hosts cultural and social events. The interior was fully reconstructed in 2011–2015 by local volunteers.

The side altar holds a 141 cm copy of the Rudolfov Madonna; the Capuchins of České Budějovice gave the carved figure to the town in 1698. The original, a 13th-century Gothic wood carving, has been in the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery collection since 1953.