Filialkirche hl. Ruprecht, Romanesque church in Bruck an der Mur, Austria

The Filialkirche hl. Ruprecht stands slightly elevated on the right bank of the Mur outside Bruck an der Mur, surrounded by a cemetery. Its core is a flat-roofed Romanesque church with a choir-square tower; in 1415–1416 a second nave with a 5/8 apse was added to the north, plus a two-bay choir and a round stair tower. The interior is two-aisled and four-bay with a ribbed vault, and the tower was raised in 1770 with a Baroque onion dome.

A stone tablet beside the west portal gives 1063 as a claimed first consecration date, which art historians doubt. The church is documented as a parish church from around 1195 to 1545. In 1415 and 1416 a second nave was added to the north and a two-bay choir with a 5/8 close was built east of the tower. The tower was raised in 1770 and topped with a Baroque onion dome and lantern.

The church is dedicated to Saint Rupert of Salzburg, and the high altar of around 1680 shows him with an old view of the church at its lower left edge. A fresco on the choir's south wall depicts the three Zurich city saints Felix, Regula and Exuperantius, brought in by the patron Oelhaben von Thurego, who came from Thurgau. Today the church is used only for funeral services.

The church stands slightly elevated on the right bank of the Mur, outside the town and surrounded by a cemetery, so it is reached on foot from Bruck. It is now used only for funeral services, so visits should be timed around those ceremonies. Allow time inside for the 7.8 by 7 metre Last Judgement fresco on the inner triumphal arch wall.

The church stands slightly elevated on the right bank of the Mur, outside the town and ringed by a cemetery. In that cemetery stands a Romanesque charnel house (Karner) from the early 13th century, dedicated to St. Erhard, with a Gothic roof and now used as a war memorial. Nearby are historicist tomb structures from around 1900.