Barrack church Graz-Liebenau

Entrance to the former barrack church in Graz Liebenau (2010)

The barrack church Graz-Liebenau is a former emergency church in the Graz district Liebenau , St.-Paulus-Platz 1. It is used today as a culture and meeting center. The building is a listed building as one of the last two remaining barrack churches in Austria; the other is in function in Nöstlbach near St. Marien, Upper Austria .

history

In 1948, with the efforts of Franziska and Vinzenz Nistelberger, the barrack was moved from the Graz-Thalerhof airport to Liebenau and placed under the patronage of the Annunciation . In 1949 Liebenau was also raised to a parish, and the emergency church served as a parish church for many decades .

In 1984–1987 the parish church of St. Paul was built in Liebenau , and from 2006 the old church was only used as a weekday chapel .

In 1992 it was redesigned as a cultural and meeting center and is a listed building . There is still a wooden cross there, which was carved by imprisoned Austrian soldiers in 1946.

Individual evidence

↑ Klaus Augustin in conversation ... with Franziska and Vinzenz Nistelberger . In: Pfarrblatt Liebenau St. Paul . June to September 2009, No. 127 . Graz 2009, p. 4 , col. 1 ( pdf , kath-kirche-graz.org - 60 years of "St. Paul" in Graz-Liebenau).

47.033647 15.459275Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 15 ° 27 ′ 33.4 ″ E

[Pfarrblatt-1] Klaus Augustin in conversation ... with Franziska and Vinzenz Nistelberger . In: Pfarrblatt Liebenau St. Paul . June to September 2009, No. 127 . Graz 2009, p. 4 , col. 1 ( pdf , kath-kirche-graz.org - 60 years of "St. Paul" in Graz-Liebenau).