Pfarrkirche Hausbrunn, Parish church in Hausbrunn, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Hausbrunn is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Vitus, standing on raised ground at the northern edge of Hausbrunn in Lower Austria. The Baroque building of 1718 has a long nave with lunette windows, a recessed choir, a south tower with a tent roof and gabled dormers, and a west front of 1852 with a triangular gable and a round-arched niche holding a stone figure of the martyrdom of Saint Vitus.
The church was consecrated on 15 June 1718, but its tower collapsed in a storm in 1724 and had to be rebuilt. The parish was established in 1783. In 1852/1855 the Baroque building was extended by two western bays and a new entrance front, and it was renovated between 1928 and 1938.
The parish was founded in 1783, and the church is dedicated to Saint Vitus, whose martyrdom is shown in stone in the round-arched niche of the west gable. Inside, the high altar carries a painting of Vitus's martyrdom from 1841 and, above it, a Maria Hilf image painted by Leopold Kupelwieser in 1838.
The church stands on elevated ground at the northern edge of Hausbrunn, with the former cemetery beside it; both are protected monuments. The south portal is sheltered by a porch with a curved gable, and the Liechtenstein coat of arms is set in stone above the round-arched doorway.
The tower of the new church stood for only six years: a violent storm toppled it in 1724, and it had to be rebuilt. A bell cast by Lorenz Selner in 1656 still hangs in the church, older than the 1718 building itself.
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