Evangelical parish church Floridsdorf

The Protestant parish church Floridsdorf in Weissel alley

The Evangelical Parish Church of Floridsdorf is located in the 21st  district of Floridsdorf in the city of Vienna . The parish church of the Evangelical Church AB in Austria belongs to the Evangelical Superintendent of Vienna .

history

In 1892 Auguste Grossmann negotiated with Pastor Johanny from Währing about church services in Floridsdorf. On December 8, 1892, the first service took place in the gym in today's Grabmayrgasse. On April 8, 1894, the club of Evangelical fellow believers in Floridsdorf was started with chairman Oskar Roth, professional chief inspector at the northern railway , and the first curator of the community. The Filialgemeinde von Wien-Landstrasse was founded with Pastor Antonius on June 21, 1896.

In 1901 the club was replaced by the Evangelical Church Building Association. Under the Floridsdorfer Mayor Anton the other , whose wife was Protestant, a plot of land in today was Weissel alley 1 over is where the merchant Josef Bauer Kirn gave the purchase price of 6,000 crowns. The church was built from 1904 to 1906 according to plans by architect Gustav Knell and consecrated on January 28, 1906.

In 1906 the parish A. B. Vienna-Floridsdorf with the branch churches Korneuburg and Stockerau became independent. From 1981 to 2003, until his election as superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of A. B. Vienna , Hansjörg Lein was pastor in the Evangelical Church in Floridsdorf. At this time Michael Bünker was also pastor in Floridsdorf.

church

The church has the peculiarity of a pastor's apartment above the church, which is accessed via a residential complex. The entrance area of ​​the church was completely redesigned in 2002, with disabled access, a tea kitchen and toilet facilities. The redesign of the church interior was completed in 2008. In 2017 the cross above the entrance area was renewed.

literature

• Helmut Wetzel: Chronicle of the Evangelical Parish AB Vienna-Floridsdorf. A community gives space. 100 years. 1906-2006. Evangelical Parish AB Wien-Floridsdorf, Vienna 2006.

Web links

Commons : Evangelical Church Floridsdorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the Evangelical Parish AB Floridsdorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Knell. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
2. ↑ Evangelical parish Floridsdorf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Project page for the church annex entrance area 2002 with plans  

Coordinates: 48 ° 15 ′ 40.5 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 52.9 ″  E