St. Tiburtius

Construction of St. Tiburtius Church began around the year 1200. The originally late Romanesque basilica underwent extensive Baroque remodelling between 1736 and 1738, which significantly shaped its current appearance. The church tower on the west side was raised in 1738 and received its characteristic pointed spire in 1865. The church once served as the collegiate church of the Pfaffenmünster canonry and is now protected as a historical monument in Bavaria.

St. Tiburtius Church is located in Münster, a district of Steinach, in the Straubing-Bogen district of Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is part of the Diocese of Regensburg and belongs to the parish cluster of Kirchroth – Kößnach – Pfaffmünster.

The Roman Catholic parish church presents itself as a three-aisled basilica with a square choir and a semicircular apse. The central nave has a flat ceiling, while the crossing features a cloister vault. Five arcades separate the central nave from the side aisles, above which paintings of the twelve apostles can be seen. The frescoes by Johann Adam Schöpf depict scenes from the life of the patron saint, St. Tiburtius. The high altar, dating from around 1740 and flanked by sculptures of Saints Roch and Wendelin, features an altarpiece depicting the martyrdom of St. Tiburtius. The side altars and the altars in the side aisles, some by Mathias Obermayr, are also richly decorated and house significant sculptures, including a late Gothic Madonna and a Pietà.

• Ruine Neues Schloss Steinach (ruin, approx. 1180 m away)
• Schloss Steinach (castle, approx. 2521 m away)
• Schloss Saulburg (castle, approx. 4405 m away)
• Burg Falkenfels (castle, approx. 5715 m away)