Johannes Nepomuk Chapel (Gersthofer Strasse)

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Johannes Nepomuk Chapel in Gersthofer Straße

The Johannes Nepomuk Chapel is a building at the intersection of Gersthofer Straße and Salierigasse in the 18th district of Währing , district of Gersthof . The depiction of Johannes Nepomuk in it is one of many in Vienna.

history

The statue of Johannes Nepomuk was donated by the trader Claudius Scharet in 1724 and placed on the bridge over the Währinger brook running here . Presumably through vandalism , she lost her head three times during the 1870s, and each time it was found in the creek bed. Necessary repairs were the result.

Ludwig Riedl (1858–1919), operator of one of the most prominent Viennese cafés and resident of the nearby villa at Ferrogasse  6, had the statue renovated in 1907 and the small wayside chapel built to protect it. To cover the cost of maintaining it, he also set up a foundation that was deposited with the church treasury in the form of a state pension obligation.

description

The Johannes Nepomuk Chapel was built between 1905 and 1907 according to plans by the architect Arnold Heymann (1870–1950) (dedicatory inscription: 1907).

The chapel with the small, square interior is a secessionist building with a mansard roof , pilasters and a secessionist lattice. The domed interior has pilasters. Opposite the glass door is a round glass window with a representation of praying angels.

literature

  • Ignaz Wenzl: Commemorative publication on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the parish church of St. Leopold . Publishing house of the parish of St. Leopold, Vienna 1916.
  • Working group “Währinger Heimatkunde” (Ed.): Währing. A home book of the 18th district of Vienna. Three volumes. Self-published by the editor, Vienna 1923–25.
  • Wolfgang Czerny, Peter Adam: Vienna . Volume: X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Dehio-Handbuch , Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Berger, Horn / Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , p. 517.

Web links

Commons : Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle (Gersthofer Straße / Salierigasse)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Xaver Schweickhardt : Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens . Volume 7: Quarter under the Vienna Woods . Schmidl (et al.), Vienna 1833, p. 92. - Online .
  2. ↑ Ludwig Riedl. A life in the shadow of the "torch" . In: Hans Veigl : loners & eccentrics. Outsiders against the zeitgeist . Böhlau, Vienna ( inter alia ) 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77710-6 , pp. 131–154.
  3. ↑ Instead of any special advertisement (...). In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 19739/1919, August 8, 1919, p. 13. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
  4. ^ Arnold Heymann . In: architektenlexikon.at , May 29, 2008, accessed on April 4, 2012.

Remarks

  1. ^ Café de l'Europe , Stephansplatz  8a, Vienna-Innere Stadt ; closed on December 15, 1918. - See: † Cafetier Ludwig Riedl. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Abendblatt, No. 19738/1919, August 7, 1919, p. 4. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfpas well as the end of the “Café de l'Europe”. With a photograph. In:  Wiener Bilder , No. 50/1918 (XXIII. Year), December 15, 1918, p. 7, center; Photo on p. 8. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrb.
  2. ↑ In the immediate vicinity of the chapel on Haus Gersthofer Straße 65 ( Johannes-Hof ) there is a bust relief depicting Ludwig Riedl. - Cerny: Dehio , p. 493.

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 58.3 "  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 40.8"  E