Vincentians Graz

Convent and Church of the Sisters of Mercy

The Convention of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vinzenz von Paul in the fourth district of Lend in Graz is a branch of the Sisters of Mercy (daughters of Christian love) of St. Vincent von Paul FdC (BHS / TdchL). The Church of the Immaculate Conception is the monastery church.

Immediately next to the convent is the Austrian provincial house and monastery of the Lazarists .

History of the branch

In 1841 Maria Josefa, Countess Brandis , with the support of the Sisters of Charity in Munich , founded a branch and the civil hospital was handed over to them. The convent was the Provincialate of the Province of Graz , since 2004 it has been the seat of the Province of Graz-Salzburg , together with the Sisters of Mercy Salzburg / Schwarzach, and since 2011 it has been the seat of the Province of Graz-Central Europe , together with the branches in Hungary, Romania and the Hospital care Istanbul.

Today the branch includes (in the whole diocese of Graz-Seckau ):

• Graz-Lend Convent and Provincial House, Provincial Office, with the St. Josef House Training Association and the House of Excercises
• Luisenheim Graz-St. Leonhard (boarding school)
• Care at the Kindergarten Mariengasse of Caritas , Graz
• Maria Rast in Dult Gratkorn (retirement and rest home for the sisters)
• School Association Dobl (elementary and secondary school, GmbH);
• Supervision at the parish of St. Margarethen an der Raab (parish household, parish work)
• Care at the parish of Wundschuh (church service)

Convention of the Sisters of Mercy

The monastery building was built from 1856 to 1858 according to plans by Karl Schaumburg. Like the church, it was badly damaged and rebuilt during World War II . At the beginning of the 1960s, renovations and new buildings took place. The convent encloses an inner courtyard in which the church is located. In the Marienhaus there is a chapel for the Immaculate Conception with a late Gothic wooden crucifix by Tilman Riemenschneider (1480–1483).

The Mariengasse 12 building is a listed building .

Church Immaculate Conception

The Church of the Sisters of Mercy is in the immediate vicinity of the Lazarist Church. The church is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and was built in 1860 according to the plans of the architect Karl Schaumburg. When bombs hit in 1944, only the neo-Romanesque towers on the main facade were spared. The destroyed church interior was rebuilt between 1952 and 1954 as a simple relay hall according to plans by Karl Lebwohl . The towers are crowned by pointed helmets. Various sandstone figures by the artist Josef Papst adorn the church. On the tympanum relief there are depictions of St. Joseph of Nazareth with the baby Jesus and the boy John from the second half of the 19th century.

The interior of the church consists of three naves and four bays with an apse . On the choir wall, which is decorated with mosaics, there is a statue of Maria Immaculata by Jakob Gschiel from 1859. The tabernacle has an enamel work by the artist Franz Rogler. The reliefs are by Johann Franz and the wooden figures of Saints Joseph and Vinzenz von Paul were made by Jakob Geschiel. The Stations of the Cross were designed by Anton Hafner and the sandstone figures of the twelve apostles by Josef Papst.

In the crypt chapel, which is consecrated to the Sorrowful Mother , there is also a sandstone figure of the Pope depicting the risen Christ (1956). The four-bay chapel is equipped with a late baroque crucifix and a pietà made of sandstone.

The church is also a listed building .

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The figurines and the pavilion are also under monument protection .

Web links

Commons : Vinzentinerinnenkonvent Graz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent by Paul Graz
• Sisters of Mercy of Saint Vincent de Paul - Province of Austria , Department for the Cultural Assets of the Orders, kulturgueter.kath-orden.at
• Horst Schweigert : Graz (= The art monuments of Austria . = Dehio -Handbuch Graz. = Dehio Graz. ). Revision. Schroll, Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-7031-0475-9 , p. 156 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maria Josefa Brandis - and the emergence of the province of Graz , bhsgraz.at
2. ^ Province of Graz-Central Europe , bhsgraz.at
3. ↑ luisenheim.at ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; 50 years of Luisenheim , Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent von Paul Graz / Salzburg; Luisenheim , catholic-kirche-steiermark.at 
4. ↑ Mariengasse Kindergarten
5. ↑ Maria Rast in Dult , catholic-kirche-steiermark.at
6. ↑ Private and New Secondary School of the School Association of the Barmherzigen Schwestern Schloss Dobl ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ St. Margarethen an der Raab Barmherzige Schwestern , catholic-kirche-steiermark.at
8. ↑ Wundschuh Barmherzige Schwestern , catholic-kirche-steiermark.at

Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′ 33.7 ″  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 25.6 ″  E