Church on the way

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Interior with Hetzendorfer Genesis in the background
Roof pyramid of the church on the way

The church on the way is a Protestant parish church AB Vienna - Hetzendorf in the 12th Viennese district Meidling .

history

The area of ​​the southern Meidlinger district parts Altmannsdorf and Hetzendorf originally belonged to the parish of Gumpendorf in the Gustav-Adolf-Kirche . In 1925 an association was founded for the evangelicals of the two places with the aim of maintaining their own preaching station. From 1925–1937 the ballroom in Hetzendorf Castle was used for this purpose, from 1938–1951 a converted former horse stable and, since 1951, a converted garage in the castle. The preaching station became the daughter parish of Gumpendorf in 1964 and an independent parish in 1966. With the help of donations, the church and the community center were finally built in 1970–1972. Neighboring areas in the 23rd district were also connected to the congregation, where a preaching station was set up in the Alterlaa residential park.

Building description

Exterior view

The church is located at Biedermanngasse 11–13 and is integrated into a residential building. From the outside you can initially only see from a cross at the gate entrance that a church is hidden in the rear wing of the complex. There it is recognizable by a wooden cross and a glass window above the entrance. According to the theological guidelines of the congregation - arising from the design of the service by the then pastor Michael Meyer and the idea of ​​the presbytery - Rudolf Angelides built a simple room with a square floor plan, which is covered by a roof pyramid with a top of glass windows, which is also above the Building can be seen. The altar is in the middle of the room and is surrounded on three sides by the pews. The most outstanding ornament of the church is the so-called Hetzendorfer Genesis , a series of 8 reliefs of different sizes made of cast aluminum by Horst Aschermann , which for the most part depict the scenes of creation.

literature

  • Grete Mecenseffy / Hermann Rassl: The evangelical churches of Vienna . Zsolnay, Vienna 1980
  • Dehio Handbook Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996
  • Hetzendorfer Genesis . Creation representations by Horst Aschermann. Explained by Franz Rudolf Siebenmorgen. Welsermühl, Wels 1981

Web links

Commons : Church on the way  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 47 "  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 56"  E