Pfarrkirche Hl. Johannes der Täufer, Parish church in Höchst, Austria.
The parish church of St. John the Baptist in Höchst is a neo-baroque building with a single slender north tower topped by an onion dome, rising 76 metres—the tallest church tower in Vorarlberg. Its curved gable facade features a round-arched portal with a mosaic of the Sacred Heart, and the interior is a wide three-bay hall under a shallow barrel vault with transverse arches.
A first chapel on this site was consecrated in 1403; from 1461 to 1796 the parish was served by St. Gallen, and a chaplaincy was endowed in 1520. The people of Höchst built a new church in 1600, which had to be demolished at the end of the 19th century. The present building was erected in 1908–1910 to plans by the Swiss architect Albert Rimli with builder Cornel Rhomberg.
The church is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Deanery of Dornbirn in the Diocese of Feldkirch. Its single slender north tower, 76 metres high, is the tallest church tower in Vorarlberg. The sculptor G. Matt made the war memorial with a departing soldier on the church square.
The building stands freely on the church square and is accessible from all sides. Visitors may contact the parish office for information about service times and visits.
The north tower reaches 76 metres, making it the tallest church tower in Vorarlberg. Its peal of bells, cast by Bachert in 2005, was planned for seven notes but came out too high and was only partly corrected, so the actual sequence differs from the intended one. The largest bell weighs about 4.5 tonnes with a diameter of 1.98 metres.
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