Church of St Raymond of Penyafort, Roman Catholic church in Breitenberg, Germany

The Church of St Raymond of Penyafort is a single-nave Baroque church at Dreisesselstraße 4, 55 m long and 28 m wide, with a three-storey west tower carrying a mechanical clock of 1802 and a spire with a gilded cross. Inside, a barrel vault on pilasters covers the nave, and the high altar, donated by Count Johann Ferdinand von Salburg before 1720, holds Johann Georg Unruhe's painting of the saint between statues of Leonhard, Peter, Andrew and Francis Xavier.

The parish was founded on 30 October 1721 by Raymund Ferdinand von Rabatta, and master builder Johann Angeli laid the church foundations in May 1720. The church and its altars were consecrated on 10 September 1727. Between 1842 and 1844 it was enlarged with lateral transepts and a choir, consecrated again on 15 October 1844. The tower was renovated in 1936, 1964 and in the 2000s, when a new tower sphere was set in place.

The parish is dedicated to Saint Raymond of Penyafort, a 13th-century Dominican canonist. The high altar painting of the patron was made by Passau court painter Johann Georg Unruhe in the second half of the 18th century. From Good Friday until White Sunday a Holy Sepulchre is displayed instead of the altarpiece, a local Baroque tradition.

The church stands elevated on a ridge in the village centre at Dreisesselstraße 4 and is reached by a long flight of outdoor steps, so allow time for the climb. The main portal sits at the base of the west tower, with side entrances on the north and south of the transept. The building is a protected monument together with the neighbouring rectory.

In the tower knob, workers found a certificate made in 1955 recording details of the past; the older one had been removed during a renovation in the Nazi era. The tower also holds a mechanical clock from 1802.