Josefskirche (Kahlenberg)

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Josefskirche, west facade
South view of the Josefskirche
Memorial plaque for Jan III. Sobieski on the west wall of the Josefskirche

The Church of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic branch church of the parish Kahlenbergerdorf on the Kahlenberg in the 19th Vienna district Döbling . Before that, the former monastery church was the parish church of the settlement or former community of Josefsdorf on the Kahlenberg. It is dedicated to St. Joseph . The church is a listed building .

history

The origins of the church go back to the Camaldolese monastery , which was formerly located on the Kahlenberg . The Camaldolese were settled on the Kahlenberg at the time of Ferdinand II and began building the Hermitage there in 1628/29. The foundation stone for the church was laid on August 10, 1629, which was largely completed by 1639. During the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna , the church was destroyed by the Turks on July 8, 1683 . Although the fathers returned that same year , the reconstruction or new building of the church was not completed until 1734. In the course of the Josephine church reforms , the order was dissolved around 50 years later (1782). On the Lizitationsweg the Hofkriegsrat Leopold bought from Kriegl the Church and most of the buildings of the Hermitage on 14 April 1783 to 28 550 guilders . After he initially wanted to turn the church building into a dance hall, he later restored or rebuilt the church and obtained its elevation to a locality . On December 21, 1783, the re-inauguration took place by the provost of the Klosterneuburg Monastery Floridus .

It served first as a church, later as a parish church for the newly founded village of Josefsdorf. In 1809 it was damaged by Napoleonic troops. Presumably due to the small population, it was hardly used as a result and fell into disrepair over time. Another consecration in 1852 could not change that. It was not restored until the Resurrectionists took over the church in 1906. In memory of Jan Sobieski , who led the relief army against the Turkish besiegers from Kahlenberg in 1683, the church is still looked after by Polish priests, the Resurrectionists. Even Polish pilgrims visit the church like so among other things, Pope John Paul II. In September 1983. The northeastern elevation of Kahlenberg , or that of the Danube nearest elevation of the Kahlenberg where the Leopold chapel was in 1693 built, has since been with Leopoldsberg referred .

Building

The church is a baroque, single-nave hall church . The small side entrance is adorned with a statue of St. Joseph . The anteroom is entirely dedicated to the historical event of 1683, numerous drawings and pictures commemorate the historical battle. There are numerous baroque paintings in the interior of the church.

Sobieski Memorial Chapel

The Sobieski Memorial Chapel (formerly the 'Guardian Angel Chapel') is a historical memorial and the most valuable part of the Kahlenberg church. It is located in the southern part of St. Joseph's Church and adjoins the sacristy. Together with the sacristy, it formed today's 'Kahlenberger Museum', which is not open to the public.

The chapel was designed into the Sobieski Memorial Chapel (museum) by Jan Henryk Rosen , painter and professor at the Lviv Polytechnic in 1929/30 , and was consecrated on May 28, 1931 in the presence of Federal President Wilhelm Miklas .

Furnishing

High altar

Interior view towards the altar

In the center of the high altar rises a plastic crucifixion group , which dates from the time it was used as a monastery church. On the side walls of the high altar there is a picture of St. Jerome at the top right , and a picture of John the Baptist on the left . Both pictures, works by the Bohemian painter Peter Johann Brandl , are a gift from Count Franz Anton von Sporck . An oil painting behind the crucifixion group, painted by Friedrich Schilcher in 1852 , depicts serving angels with the tools of the Passion. Below is the Madonna from Kahlenberg , a copy of the picture kept in the Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano , the name of the Virgin , which Pope Innocent XI. donated to the church after the battle in 1683. Innocent also introduced the feast Mariae name for September 12th , with which Maria should be thanked for the supposed help in the battle.

Presbytery and side altars

Two other baroque paintings are along the long walls of the presbytery , on the right St. Leopold , on the left St. Romuald , the founder of the Camaldolese order. The paintings on the side altars are from the 18th century. There is a representation of the birth over the left side altar of Christ , including a modern naive icon of Our Lady of Ludźmierz (Matka Boska Ludźmierska). The painting on the right side altar shows the baptism of Jesus. In a niche next to the left side altar hangs a copy of the miraculous image of the Black Madonna from the pilgrimage site of Częstochowa .

See also

literature

  • Christine Klusacek, Kurt Stimmer: Döbling. From the belt to the vineyards. Compress-Verlag, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-900607-06-0 , p. 167 f.

Web links

Commons : Josefskirche (Kahlenberg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josefskirche (19) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  2. ↑ Nussdorferplatz.at: The forest cemetery on the Camaldolese area of ​​the Kahlenberg , accessed on December 27, 2015 (note: according to Felix Czeike , the consecration took place on December 31, 1785)
  3. ↑ a b ÖAW : Kahlenberg, Sobieski-Kapelle ; accessed on April 6, 2018
  4. ^ OeAW: Kahlenberg, Black Madonna of Czestochowa ; accessed on September 16, 2019

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 29.8 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 12.6 ″  E