Christ Church (Ried im Innkreis)
The Christ Church is a parish church of the Old Catholic Church in Austria and is located a few steps from the city center on Bahnhofstrasse in Ried im Innkreis . It was built in 1893 by the architect Josef Prokopp (Vienna) and the master builder Josef Furthner (Ried).
The most striking architectural feature is the church tower , which, as a so-called roof turret, towers over the church because of the small size of the building site . There are four bells in it , three of which are from the Holy Spirit Church , which was demolished in 1892 due to its dilapidation.
It has been a listed building since 1989 .
history
The Old Catholic Parish Church
The Christ Church stands on the oldest inhabited ground in Ried. The “first reed” was not located in today's city center , but the first plant can be found in the area of the inner Bahnhofstrasse. In several documents from the beginning of the 15th century you can read about an old market and an old Chirichstatt .
Initially, the Old Catholic community gathered in the 300-year-old Holy Spirit Church , which they received from the municipality for an annual rent. After the Holy Spirit Church was closed in August 1892 due to increasing dilapidation, services were celebrated for a while in the former district court building until the new church building was completed.
The first groundbreaking took place on April 24, 1893, the foundation stone was laid on May 14, and in the same year, namely on September 10, the church was consecrated .
The following contributed to the construction of the church : Franz Waginger (master tailor in Ried), to whom a memorial picture ( relief ) in the church is dedicated; also the Michael Leeb families (merchant in Ried); Karl Kögl (goldsmith and jeweler in Ried); Josef Huber (hotelier); Engelbert Wetzelsberger (businessman). The construction costs without interior furnishings amounted to 17,000 florins .
The church has a capacity of about 400 people.
The old Catholic parish of Ried im Innkreis
After the dogma of papal infallibility was proclaimed at Vatican I , protests among Catholics began as early as 1870. The political council also passed a negative resolution, the so-called "Döllinger address", named after Ignaz von Döllinger . From March 1872 Old Catholic church services were celebrated in the city of Ried. After the state recognition of the Old Catholic Church in Austria by the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Culture in 1877, Ried offered its own Old Catholic religious instruction for the first time in the school year 1878/79.
The resolutions of the second synod of the Austrian Old Catholics (for the whole of the Church) in 1880 are also supported by the Ried parish. For example, the compulsory ear confession was abolished and the German language was introduced in church services at that time. Since 1880, married priests have also been allowed to serve in the Old Catholic pastoral care and at the altar. The appointment of the pastor is no longer done by appointment from "above", but by election by the parish.
Until 1922 the Salzburg Old Catholics belonged to the pastoral care area Ried, since then Salzburg has been its own Old Catholic parish. Services initially took place there in the famous marble hall, and since 1938 the St. Johannes Nepomuk Chapel at Mirabell Palace has served as a place of worship.
There is a historical connection between the parishes of Ried and Linz because the parish of Linz was run as an internal church branch of the mother parish of Ried before it was recognized by the state in 1909. The Prunerstiftskirche in Linz was also looked after by the pastors of the Christ Church until the Second World War.
In September 2015, for the first time in the history of the Ried parish, the pastor emeritus was followed by a pastor in the pastoral office. The Old Catholic Bishop of Austria John Okoro , who traveled from Vienna ( St. Salvator ), had donated the sacrament of ordination to the deacon Elisabeth Steinegger as part of a festive divine service in the Christ Church .
Furnishing
If you enter the church through a small anteroom, you immediately notice the reliefs by Prof. Bernhard Prähauser. They adorn the chancel (a triptych with the theme "Sons" as content: left, the sacrifice of Abraham; in the middle, Jesus' crucifixion and right, the prodigal son) and on the high altar table the four evangelists. There are also 4 large reliefs on the walls (front left) the birth of Jesus (rear left) the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan; (front right) the disciples of Emaus with Jesus breaking bread and (back right) the entry into Jerusalem. With the exception of the four evangelists, the other reliefs come from the Church of Vienna XV and came to Ried in 2003. The reliefs bear Bernhard Prähauser's initials and were created around the middle of the 20th century. Only in the further course do you enter the church interior.
The cross to the left of the chancel is an eye-catcher that no visitor can escape when entering the church. It is decorated with a larger than life carved wooden Christ, a donation from the German Bishop Joseph Hubert Reinkens (Bonn am Rhein). The outstretched arms and the pierced hands extend invitingly towards the churchgoers, all those who are troubled and laden. The pulpit and choir are solid woodwork by Karl Vitale.
In addition to the two lead glass windows of the presbytery , the church also has two beautiful stained glass windows in the nave .
The defense shield , an iron cross made of black, whitish and yellow nails, a reminder of the First World War , which was in the middle part of the choir parapet until the organ was installed, can be viewed in the community room, where it was hung. At the front of the left nave wall is a very beautiful picture of Mary with the child of Jesus, which was made by Alois Rauch, an academic painter who died in Italy in 1917.
In 2003 the church got an organ , it was taken from the Konvikts chapel “St. Josef ”was transferred to the Christ churches in Ried.
Church services
In addition to the Old Catholic church services , the Christ Church is also used by the Protestant community in Ried. The connection to the Evangelical Church has enduring and tradition, and a good understanding is cultivated. Ecumenical services are also held here regularly .
literature
- Christian Halama-Blankenstein: Old Catholics in Austria . Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 .
- Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz (Ed.): The Prunerstift - 50 years of worship for the Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz . Linz 1970.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria . Böhlau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 179 .
- ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria . Böhlau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 241 .
- ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria . Böhlau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 248 .
- ^ Christian Halama: Old Catholics in Austria . Böhlau, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77224-5 , p. 500 .
- ↑ Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz (Ed.): The Prunerstift - 50 years of worship for the Altkatholische Kirchengemeinde Linz. Linz 1970, p. 7 ff.
- ↑ For the first time woman ordained a Catholic priestess. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , September 20, 2015, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 25 ″ N , 13 ° 29 ′ 17 ″ E