Kirche, Catholic parish church in Wattendorf, Bavaria, Germany

The parish church of St. Barbara is a white-plastered hall church with a steep dark grey tiled roof and a square choir tower to the east, topped since 1896 by a pointed slate spire with a cross. A cross shape is recessed into the front gable above the arched entrance, and a lower side roof is covered in reddish tiles. Inside, the choir has a rib-vaulted ceiling, the nave a flat one, and the high altar retable of 1746 shows Saint Barbara, carved by Bamberg sculptor Johann Georg Mutschele.

A chapel in Wattendorf was documented in 1367; a fortified church (Wehrkirche) arose in its core in the 15th century. Wattendorf was elevated to a parish in 1741. The nave was raised in 1829 and extended by five metres in 1949, while the choir tower received its pointed spire in 1896.

The parish is dedicated to Saint Barbara, whose figure carved by Bamberg sculptor Johann Georg Mutschele dominates the high altarpiece dated 1746. The right side altar shows Anna selbdritt, Saint Anne with Mary and the child Jesus. The church became an independent parish in 1741.

The church stands in the village centre; the entrance is on the gable side beneath the recessed cross, and the sacristy is attached to the north wall of the east chancel tower. The interior is entered through the arched door, with the organ on the west gallery opposite the chancel.

The tower holds three bells; the oldest was cast in 1429, making it older than the church's elevation to a parish in 1741. The high altar retable of 1746 carries a figure of Saint Barbara carved by the Bamberg sculptor Johann Georg Mutschele.