Pfarrkirche St. Michael

The Roman Catholic parish church in Kaumberg dates back to the 12th century and was built in the Gothic style. It is dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The bell tower, the nave with its ribbed vault and the defensive wall date back to the 15th century. A two-manual organ with 13 stops was purchased in 1993 and in 1995 the church and tower were given a new roof made of larch shingles. The parish was founded around 1280 by the Klein-Mariazell monastery. It has belonged to Lilienfeld Abbey since 1653. The church at the entrance to the Laabach Valley and in an elevated position is a former fortified church. It is partially surrounded by a defensive wall and was built in several medieval construction stages. The three-bay Gothic nave with cross-ribbed vaulting and the apse were built around 1400. The nave-wide chancel has an axial deviation from the nave and a 5/8 end. The tower in the west with three storeys and a through portal has a square ground plan and is probably the remains of an old fortification. The spire dates back to 1852. Due to the effects of the war in 1945, the shingle roofing of the tower and the church was renewed in 1948.

To the north, between two buttresses, a shallowly protruding Maria Lourdes chapel from the 17th/18th century is attached, which is thought to have originally had a Romanesque core. A late Gothic vestibule is attached to the south, as well as a sacristy and a connecting room (confessional chapel) between the two.

Reconstruction of the church
In the summer of 1945, work began on the provisional construction of a roof for the church and tower, with exemplary commitment from the local population (labor and donations in kind). The exterior was renovated in 1955, followed by the interior renovation in 1958/59.