--- title: Church at Kasten url: "https://www.donauregion.at/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/401010/church-at-kasten.html" description: The 800-year-old branch church dedicated to St James is well worth a visit. date: 2015-07-24 modified: 2026-03-05 --- # Church at Kasten Church at Kasten ================== Vichtenstein, Oberösterreich, Österreich ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204671/4C179138CAF2A3067320EFACD26E1C47161A3447EEA658B2E438ADF1089526FB/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204672/25FBBB23E3AE7B2FDCD9763633150C2762C14D1F0EEE949952BC37E53192D19A/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/204673/9FAAC9878718B00C296D2D1B3C0FB135A9AC8D4EE301988AAF394797F0C4EB7F/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) [ ![Kasten filial church in Vichtenstein: A picturesque, historic building with a church tower on a hill surrounded by green fields and forests. The building has a red tiled roof and a white façade with arches and small windows. A bridge leads over a river directly to the building.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204671/4C179138CAF2A3067320EFACD26E1C47161A3447EEA658B2E438ADF1089526FB/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204671/4C179138CAF2A3067320EFACD26E1C47161A3447EEA658B2E438ADF1089526FB/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) © Open copyright © Gemeinde Vichtenstein Close copyright [ ![Kasten filial church in Vichtenstein: A modest church building with a striking bell tower and a red tiled roof in the middle of a wooded landscape.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204672/25FBBB23E3AE7B2FDCD9763633150C2762C14D1F0EEE949952BC37E53192D19A/filialkirche-kasten.jpg "© Gemeinde Vichtenstein") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204672/25FBBB23E3AE7B2FDCD9763633150C2762C14D1F0EEE949952BC37E53192D19A/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) © Open copyright © Gemeinde Vichtenstein Close copyright [ ![Kasten filial church in Vichtenstein: In a richly decorated church there is an altar with a crucifix on the wall above it. There are candles and religious statues on the altar. Wooden benches for the faithful are arranged around the altar.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/204673/9FAAC9878718B00C296D2D1B3C0FB135A9AC8D4EE301988AAF394797F0C4EB7F/filialkirche-kasten.jpg "© Gemeinde Vichtenstein") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/204673/9FAAC9878718B00C296D2D1B3C0FB135A9AC8D4EE301988AAF394797F0C4EB7F/filialkirche-kasten.jpg) 1. 2. 3. Kasten 4091 Vichtenstein [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Kasten%2C%204091%20Vichtenstein "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Kasten%2C%204091%20Vichtenstein "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=48.541436571295392&lon=13.655442595481874&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-osm-summer-original&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) The 800-year-old branch church dedicated to St James is well worth a visit. The church is a small, formerly Gothic, but baroqueised church with a flat barrel-vaulted nave and a recessed choir with a straight end. The interior is neo-baroque. Remarkable is a red marble crucifixion relief from 1548 above the north door. Can also be viewed from the inside. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Church at Kasten** Kasten 4091 Vichtenstein Phone +43 7714 8055Show no. Fax machine +43 7714 8055 - 31 E-Mail [m.haderer@vichtenstein.ooe.gv.at](#mailto) Web [www.vichtenstein.at](http://www.vichtenstein.at "New window") http://www.vichtenstein.at --- **Contact person** Gemeindeamt Vichtenstein Vichtenstein 70 4091 Vichtenstein Phone +43 7714 8055Show no. Fax machine +43 7714 8055 - 31 E-Mail [m.haderer@vichtenstein.ooe.gv.at](#mailto) Web [www.vichtenstein.at](http://www.vichtenstein.at "New window") --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Opening hours ](#ttgCollapseOeffnungszeiten) ------------------------------------------------ - by arrangement - Registration required [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Elevation**290 m **Parking**- Parking space: 6 [ Equipment ](#ttgCollapseAusstattung) ---------------------------------------- - Food and drink available [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- - All weather - Suitable for groups [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [To the website](http://www.vichtenstein.at "New window") powered by [TOURDATA](https://www.tourdata.at "New window") [Suggest a change](#mailto) [ ![TOURDATA Logo](https://www.donauregion.at/fileadmin/templates/global/images/Logo-Tourdata.png "TOURDATA Logo") ](https://www.tourdata.at "New window")