Veitskapelle Stuttgart

The Protestant St. Vitus Chapel in Stuttgart-Mühlhausen is one of the most important gems of Gothic architecture in the Stuttgart region. The church is named after the national saint of Bohemia, St. Vitus (291 to 303), who remained true to his faith despite torture. The church was built from 1380 by masters of the Prague cathedral building workshop.

Fresco painters painted the church with biblical themes and scenes from the life of St. Vitus. This enabled the Mühlhausen congregation to follow the biblical story - without having to understand the Latin masses.

The original high altar of St. Vitus' Chapel is in the State Gallery. In its place is a winged altar created around 1510, with St. Vitus as the main figure. Under the canopies, carved altars depict the figures of Peter, Paul and John as well as the martyrs Dorothea, Katharina, Walpurga, Barbara and Agathe.
Also worthy of note are the tombs of the local lords and the medieval Mary Fainting Group.