Alserkirche

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Alserkirche
inner space
Church window on the organ gallery above the entrance portal

The Trinity Church of the Friars Minor in Vienna , popularly known earlier to the white Spaniards and now Alser Church , but also Trinitarian called, is the Roman Catholic parish of the district part Alservorstadt the 8th  Viennese district of Josefstadt . The Minorite Monastery in Vienna is connected to the church .

history

In 1688 the Trinitarians ("Weißspanier") start building a monastery on Alser Straße. Between 1694 and 1704, the Alserkirche was built right next to the monastery. In 1784 the Minorites move into the monastery. Emperor Josef II had sent the religious, who had previously resided on Minoritenplatz around the Minoritenkirche , to Alser Strasse. The Minorites took over the pastoral care of the nearby general hospital and the associated birthing and foundling house and later also for the prison of the regional court . The parishes also had civil functions from 1784 to 1938. Thanks to the birth house, in which unmarried and poor mothers could give birth anonymously, and the hospital, the parish has the largest register archive in Europe. These registers are separate from those of the parish. According to Joseph II's regulations, fathers should only be entered if they so requested, but the parish, like others, has created its own directory for this, which is helpful for genealogical research.

The church is an early baroque building. The facade has two towers with high domed roofs. The interior is cross-shaped and vaulted with a dome, with longitudinal chapels on both sides. The baroque facade is considered to be the oldest example of a concave shape in Vienna. The facade is dominated by a trinity group, which above the main portal also shows to the outside to whom this church is dedicated. At the time of the Trinitarians there was a stone replica of the ear cross at this point. The high altar picture, a work by Josef von Hempel from 1826, shows the Most Holy Trinity. In the left aisle there is a Marian altar with the image of the “Immaculate Conception” by Leopold Kupelwieser .

The Alserkirche is also famous for its relationship with two composers: Ludwig van Beethoven's body was consecrated here on March 29, 1827 . His death is noted in the local death register under the date March 26, 1827 with the words: “Ludwig van Beethoven, single composer, born in Bonn im Reich, 57 years old, died of dropsy, buried on March 29th Church of the village of Währing. ”On September 2, 1828, a few weeks before his death , Franz Schubert wrote the hymn“ Faith, Hope and Love ” D 954 for the consecration of the bells of this church . The two bronze reliefs by Josef Tautenhayn d. J., which the Wiener Schubertbund had affixed to the church front in 1927/28 in honor of the two Tonkunstler.

On October 4, 1829, the premiere of Schubert's E-flat major Mass D 950 took place here, as Schubert's friend Michael Leitermayer was the choirmaster here .

By resolution of the Archdiocese of Vienna , the Alserkirche was appointed the seat of the newly founded " Missione Cattolica Italiana " (MCI) from February 2019 after the Italian Congregation, owner of the Minorite Church , terminated the Minorites in December 2018 on June 30, 2019. Since then, there are de facto two Italian-speaking congregations in Vienna: the traditional Italian congregation of the Italian National Church (Minorite Church) and the new Italian congregation in the German-speaking parish Alservorstadt, the convent church of the Order of Minorites (Alserkirche).

See also

literature

  • Alfred Wolf: Alsergrund Chronicle. From Roman times to the end of the monarchy . Vienna 1981

Web links

Commons : Alserkirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trinitarian Church in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  2. ↑ Italian Catholic Pastoral Care - Archdiocese Vienna - Welcome! Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
  3. ^ Archdiocese of Vienna: Relocation of the Italian community. Retrieved on April 13, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ Italian Congregation Maria Schnee: Un comunicato dalla Congregazione Italiana sui cambiamenti nella comunità cattolica di Vienna. QuiVienna - il blog italiano su Vienna, April 10, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2019 (Italian).
  5. ^ Archdiocese of Vienna: Minorite Church Chiesa Nazionale Italiana. Retrieved August 15, 2019 (Italian).

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '52.2 "  N , 16 ° 21' 10.1"  E