Sacred Heart of Jesus Atonement Church (Vienna)
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Atonement Church is a Roman Catholic church building in the 17th district of Vienna, Hernals . It is consecrated to the most sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary .
Location and architecture
The listed Herz-Jesu-Atonement Church is located in the Dornbach district on the northwest corner of Dr.-Josef-Resch-Platz near the Hernalser Friedhof . It was built in 1931/32 according to plans by the architect Bruno Buchwieser senior . Its neo-Romanesque style in the form of a basilica is a recourse to historicism . The concrete relief in the tympanum above the step portal under the large wheel window was used around 1960 and shows the hearts of Jesus and Mary.
The nave has three aisles. There are two chapels in the vestibule: the family chapel and the warrior chapel. The furnishings and furnishings of the church are kept simple. The chancel and other elements were redesigned by Ernst Bauernfeind in the 1950s .
history
The Herz-Jesu-Atonement Church is located on Frauenfeld, where the decisive breakthrough of King Johann III's troops in the battle of Kahlenberg in 1683 . Sobieski against the Ottoman besiegers of Vienna took place. The king carried an image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa with him, which is why Pope Innocent XI. introduced the feast day of the name of the Virgin in memory of the victory . In the Church of Atonement, the name of the Virgin is celebrated as a specific festival in Hernals.
The Sacred Heart Atonement Church was built on behalf of the Canisiuswerk . In 1933 it was given to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary as the Rectorate Church . The rectory at Dr.-Josef-Resch-Platz 12 was also built around 1933 and changed and expanded after the Second World War . The parish atonement church became independent in 1937 and is today one of four parishes in the city dean's office 17 . In 1991 a new apse mosaic was installed by Ernst Bauernfeind .
organ
Also in 1991 the church received a new organ from Orgelbau Eisenbarth from Passau , an instrument in the French organ style with 2 manuals and pedal .
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- Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
- Playing aids : Appels - locking loops for theregisters markedwith (A)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , pp. 419-420
- ↑ Rudolf Spitzer: Hernals: between belt and Hameau . Mohl, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-900272-39-5 , pp. 68-70
- ↑ Information on the organ
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 31.9 ″ N , 16 ° 18 ′ 53.1 ″ E