List of churches in Graz

The list of churches in Graz is a listing and brief description of around 60  Catholic , five Protestant , two Coptic Orthodox and one Old Catholic church building in the city ​​of Graz . The total of more than 60 sacred buildings were built between the 14th and 20th centuries. The Graz Cathedral is the cathedral of the Graz-Seckau diocese .

Legend

The following list is structured as follows:

• Name: Contains the name of the church.
• District: Indicates the district of Graz in which the church is located.
• Parish: Contains the information from which parish the respective church is parish church.
• Architectural style: Name the architectural style of the respective Sakaral building.
• Special features: Gives a brief overview of the special features of the respective church. The rest can then be read in the respective article.
• Image: Shows a picture of the depicted church.

Existing church buildings

Surname	district	parish	Architectural style	particularities	image
Antonius Church	I. Inner City ⊙		Gothic style with baroque interior	The Antoniuskirche stands at the point where the burning of 10,000 Protestant books and writings was held in 1600. The building originally belonged to the Capuchin monastery and became a psychiatric institution from 1786. The Styrian Folklore Museum has been located in the premises since 1913 .
Trinity Church	I. Inner City ⊙		Italian and Styrian baroque	The front facade of the Holy Trinity Church is characterized by monumental columns, a cornice and a semicircular gable with lateral volutes . The sacred building has no tower and is owned by the school sisters . The Graz city moat used to be at the site of the church.
Graz Cathedral	I. Inner City ⊙	Graz Cathedral	Late Gothic and Baroque interior	The construction of the church was started by Emperor Friedrich III. commissioned who also had the Graz Castle built. The Graz Cathedral is consecrated to Saint Aegydius and is one of the most important buildings in Styria in terms of art and culture. After the church was named a bishopric in 1786, it was elevated to the rank of cathedral church . The fresco of the plague picture by the painter Thomas von Villach is on the southern outer facade of the nave .
Franciscan Church	I. Inner City ⊙	Graz-Maria Himmelfahrt	Gothic	The Franciscan Church is part of the Franciscan Monastery . It stands on a former island that existed between the Mur and a side arm. This also explains the inclined orientation of the floor plan compared to the neighboring buildings that are parallel to the river.
Katharinenkirche and Mausoleum	I. Inner City ⊙		mannerism	The mausoleum is one of the most important Mannerist buildings in Austria. It is also the tomb of Emperor Ferdinand II and the largest mausoleum of the Habsburgs .
Graz parish church	I. Inner City ⊙	Graz St. blood	Main hall in the Gothic style of the mendicant order with a baroque facade	A special feature is the depiction of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on the side of the tormentors of Christ on the stained glass window in the choir. It was designed by artist Albert Birkle and caused a scandal.
Staircase church	I. Inner City ⊙		Baroque on Gothic foundations	The staircase church is located in the oldest part of Graz at the foot of the Schlossberg. The church itself is only accessible from Sporgasse through a staircase that gives it its name .
Leonhard Church	II. St. Leonhard ⊙	Graz-St. Leonhard	Late Gothic building with a baroque facade and modern extension	At the place of the Leonhard Church there was a Romanesque predecessor church. In addition to the core city of Graz, a farmyard called Guntarn was located at the site of the church, one of the oldest settlements in the Graz area. A modern extension was added to the church from 1959 to 1962.
Sacred Heart Church	II. St. Leonhard ⊙	Graz Heart of Jesus	Historicism in the style of the brick Gothic	The builder Georg von Hauberrisser from Graz was also the architect of the Munich town hall . The Herz-Jesu-Kirche has the third tallest church tower in Austria and is also the tallest building in Graz.
Heilandskirche	II. St. Leonhard ⊙		Romantic historicism	The first Protestant prayer house in Graz used to be on the site of the Heilandskirche . The church building is the only example of romantic historicism in Graz.
Leechkirche	III. Geidorf ⊙		Early Gothic	The Leechkirche is one of the oldest churches in Graz. At their location were in the 9th and 8th centuries BC Chr. Graves of the urn field culture . It is the university church of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz.
Grabenkirche	III. Geidorf ⊙	Graz Graben	Baroque	Many parts of the interior were brought together from various Graz churches. The tabernacle is the only remaining relic from the destroyed Georgskirche in the former Murvorstadt. The painting “Annunciation to Maria” is one of the main works by the Styrian baroque painter Hans Adam Weissenkircher in the Grabenkirche.
Salvator Church	III. Geidorf ⊙	Graz- Christ / Salvator	Modern	The Salvatorkirche is part of the Pastoral Care Center Graz-Nord.
Church of the Redeemer	III. Geidorf ⊙		Art Nouveau	The Erlöserkirche is the institutional church of the LKH University Clinic Graz .
Maria Snow	III. Geidorf ⊙		Rococo	The Maria Schnee church is part of the Carmelite monastery complex . It is a Marian pilgrimage church.
Carmelite Church of St. Joseph	III. Geidorf ⊙		Later Biedermeier	The towerless, single-nave church is integrated in the monastery building and its facade points towards Grabenstrasse .
Sisters of the Cross Church	III. Geidorf ⊙		Neo-Gothic Late Historicism	The Church of the Sisters of the Cross is part of the convent of the Sisters of the Cross . The sanatorium, which has been expanded into a private clinic, is directly opposite.
Monastery Church of the Good Shepherd	IV. Lend ⊙		Neo-Gothic	The monastery church of the Good Shepherd is integrated into the monastery of the same name founded in 1858. The sacred building is dedicated to St. Anne.
Mariahilferkirche	IV. Lend ⊙	Graz-Mariahilf	Baroque	The monastery of the Order of the Minorites is attached to the Mariahilferkirche , in which the cultural center with the Minorites with the Minorite halls and the Dizösanmuseum are located. The church was built according to the plans of the high artist Giovanni Pietro de Pomis . His tomb is located in the premises.
Calvary Church	IV. Lend ⊙	Graz Calvary	Baroque	The Kalvarienbergkirche is part of the Graz Kalvarienberg . The parish church, consecrated to the Holy Cross, was built in the 17th century and emerged from the Mount of Olives Chapel. It was founded by Emperor Leopold I. The Holy Stairs and the Ecce Homo stage are particularly worth seeing .
Church of Mercy	IV. Lend ⊙		High baroque	The Barmherzigenkirche was built in the 18th century by the court architect Johann Stengg from Graz. The swinging tower facade, to which there are hardly any comparisons in Austria, and which therefore has an extraordinary art-historical significance, is particularly striking. The Barmherzigen Brüder Hospital , the building of which is attached to the church, was the first hospital in Graz.
Lazarist Church	IV. Lend ⊙	Graz Marienpfarre	historicism	Friedrich von Schmidt , the architect of the Vienna City Hall, provided the plans, which were implemented by the master builder Karl Aichinger. During the Second World War , the church was badly damaged by bombs due to its proximity to Graz Central Station . Next to the Lazarist Church is the Church of the Sisters of Mercy.
Church of the Sisters of Mercy	IV. Lend ⊙		Neo-Romanesque and Modernism	The Church of the Sisters of Mercy is located in the courtyard of the convent.
Kreuzkirche	IV. Lend ⊙		Neo-renaissance	The angel decorations and the gallery painting are particularly striking for a Lutheran church building. The sacred building was donated by an unknown donor from Mecklenburg . The former Mühlschlössl on the edge of the Grazer Volksgarten was adapted as a parsonage.
St. Andrä	V. Gries ⊙	Graz-St. Andrä	Baroque with a neo-renaissance facade	The baroque church of St. Andrä stands on the place where there was previously a small early Gothic church. The building was built according to the plans of Archangelo Carlone.
Retirement home church	V. Gries ⊙	Graz Immaculate Conception	Baroque	The church, consecrated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary, is part of the building complex of the municipal geriatric center and was badly damaged by an air raid during World War II. Inside it is a marble statue of Immaculata , which was originally part of the Trinity column that used to stand at the end of Sackstrasse on the main square and is now located on Karmeliterplatz.
Old Catholic Church	V. Gries ⊙		Baroque	Inside the church, which is inconspicuous from the outside, there is a special feature of a Christmas crib in the form of a winged altar .
Bürgerspitalkirche	V. Gries ⊙		Late Gothic church building with interior design from the late baroque and rococo periods	The Bürgerspitalkirche was previously integrated into the complex of the abandoned Bürgerspital in Graz's Murvorstadt. After the hospital was closed by Emperor Joseph II , the church continued to exist.
Welsche Church	V. Gries ⊙		Italian baroque	The Welsche Church was founded by a brotherhood of Italian artists who stayed in Graz. Your interior is harmonious and designed in baroque theatrics and is one of the highest quality in Graz.
Don Bosco Church	V. Gries ⊙	Graz St. Joh. Bosco	Modern	The parish center and the Don Bosco Church are a former powder magazine and toll station adapted by the Salesians of Don Bosco .
St. John	V. Gries ⊙	Graz-St. John	Modern	St. Johannes is part of the parish center in the Trieste settlement near the central cemetery.
Karlauerkirche	V. Gries ⊙	Graz-Karlau	Baroque	On the high altar is a representation of the Holy Trinity by the baroque painter Hans Adam Weissenkircher . According to legend, the crucifix of the cross altar comes from a storage room in Turkey.
Central cemetery church	V. Gries ⊙		Neo-Gothic brick style	Originally, the central cemetery church was designed by the architect Carl Lauzil as a sanctuary. The first dead person to be buried at the Graz central cemetery died during the construction work.
Elizabethine Church	V. Gries ⊙		External facade in neo-Romanesque style and the interior in the style of neo-renaissance	The Elisabethinenkirche is the house church of the Elisabethinenspital.
St. Luke	V. Gries ⊙		Modern	Due to the proximity to the Eggenbergergürtel, a busy Grazer street, there are many elements in the church that are reminiscent of road traffic. For example, the eternal light on the tabernacle is designed as a traffic light and the baptismal font as a hydrant .
Münzgrabenkirche	VI. Jakomini ⊙	Graz-Münzgraben	Modern	The predecessor church of the Münzgrabenkirche, the church of St. Anna, which was destroyed in the Second World War, was the place of activity of the preacher and writer Abraham a Sancta Clara for six years . The little Anna chapel reminds of the old church building.
Joseph Church	VI. Jakomini ⊙	Graz-St. Joseph	historicism	The construction of the Josefskirche in Graz was very controversial and at the same time a declaration of war against the Los-von-Rom movement . The so-called Jubilee Church commemorates the 60th anniversary of the priesthood of Pope Leo XIII. , on the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and on the 300th anniversary of the restoration of the Catholic religion in Styria.
Church of Christ the Risen	VII. Liebenau ⊙	Graz-South	Modern	The church is part of the pastoral care center Graz-Süd. The bell tower was only added 18 years after completion.
St. Christoph	VII. Liebenau ⊙	Graz-Thondorf	Modern	A church was built due to the increase in population after the construction of the Puch works in Graz . It has a plan in the shape of a fish.
St. Paul (Liebenau)	VII. Liebenau ⊙	Graz-St. Paul	Modern	Next to the church building is the so-called weekday chapel, which was built as an emergency church after the Second World War .
Barrack church Graz-Liebenau	VII. Liebenau ⊙		Modern	The parish church of St. Paul was built next to the old barrack church, which is used today as a so-called weekday chapel and was built as an emergency church after the Second World War . It was originally a barrack at Graz-Thalerhof Airport .
Church of the Redeemer Liebenau	VII. Liebenau ⊙		Classic modern	The Erlöserkirche in Liebenau is a Protestant parish church.
St. Peter	VIII. St. Peter ⊙	Graz-St. Peter	Baroque	The church of St. Peter, built in the 16th century, was expanded between 1995 and 1997 due to the increase in population in the district of the same name. The pulpit, which was made using the stuccolustro technique, is worth seeing .
Mater Dolorosa Church	VIII. St. Peter ⊙		Neo-Gothic	The Church of the Sorrowful Mother is right on the city limits. The Mariahilf image of grace was modeled on Lucas Cranach the Elder. Ä. designed.
St. Paul (Waltendorf)	IX. Waltendorf ⊙	Graz-Waltendorf	Modern	St. Paul is located in the Eisteichsiedlung, a former satellite town, and is part of the local parish center.
Brother Klaus Church	X. Ries ⊙	Graz-Ragnitz	Modern	A parish center became necessary due to the population growth caused by the Berliner Ring settlement. The roof of the sacred building is designed in the shape of a tent. The bells are visible in the free-standing tower.
Mariatrost Basilica	XI. Mariatrost ⊙	Graz Mariatrost	Baroque	Mariatrost is one of the most important Marian pilgrimage sites in Styria. In the meantime, the monastery tracts, which were abandoned after the Josephine reforms and which include the basilica, were used as stables. As one of thirty Austrian churches, the pilgrimage church bears the name Basilica minor .
Mariagrüner Church	XI. Mariatrost ⊙		Neo-Romanesque building with baroque interior	The Mariagrüner Church is the most important ecclesiastical foundation of a citizen of the city of Graz. Louis Bonaparte , a brother of Napoleon , often went to church on his walks. In 1873 the Styrian writer Peter Rosegger married his first wife Anna Pichler in the Mariagrüner Church. The church is extremely popular as a wedding and baptismal church.
Maria Annunciation Church	XI. Mariatrost ⊙	Graz-Kroisbach	Modern	At the location of the church there was a spring shrine dating back to pre-Christian times and later a chapel built in the baroque period.
St. Vitus	XII. Andritz ⊙	Graz-St. Vitus	Renaissance with baroque interior and tower	The Italian master builder Domenico Sciassia also built the Mariazell pilgrimage church. An archway connects the church with the rectory.
Church Holy Family	XII. Andritz ⊙	Graz-Andritz	Modern	Before the church could be built, the congregation had to hold its services in the state shooting range. After the severe flooding in 2005, the church building had to be renovated for a year.
Ortisei	XII. Andritz ⊙		Baroque	Next to the church hidden in the forest is a spring grotto. Until the Josephine reforms in 1786, pilgrimages to the spring shrine took place regularly. In the early 20th century, a Marian place of worship was built based on the model of Lourdes .
Evangelical St. John's Church	XII. Andritz ⊙		Modern	The Johanneskirche in Andritz is a Protestant parish church.
St. Anna	XIII. Gösting ⊙	Graz-Gösting	Modern	The first Anna chapel was located in the Gösting castle ruins . After the fire, it was integrated into the premises of the baroque castle Neugösting until the church of St. Anna emerged from the construction of a former branch of the Puntigam brewery .
Gösting Castle Chapel	XIII. Gösting ⊙			The castle chapel, consecrated to St. Anne, is still preserved today and can be easily recognized from the outside on the round tower. It belongs to the dean's office Graz-Nord . Masses are still held in it.
Christ the King's Church (Raach)	XIII. Gösting ⊙		Modern	The church, built in 1964, replaced a barrack emergency church built after the Second World War .
Church of St. John the Baptist	XIII. Gösting ⊙			This church in Wiener Straße is a sacred building of the Coptic Orthodox community in Graz.
Vincent Church	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙	Graz-St. Vincent	Historicism in the style of the Renaissance	The St. Vincent Church was the center of the second settlement of the order of the Lazarists in Graz.
All Saints Church	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙		Late Gothic Baroque	Before the construction of the All Saints Church after the foundation of Peter von Graden in 1423, a church was built on this site as early as the 8th century.
School Sisters Church	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙		Modern, core late 19th century	The church is part of the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception . Several types of schools are housed in the convent in the form of a private school. The plans for the redesign of the church come from Günther Domenig .
Christ Church	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙		Modern	The Christ Church in Eggenberg is a Protestant parish church.
Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙		Baroque	The Vierzehn-Nothelfer-Kirche is the hospital church of the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy in Graz-Eggenberg. She owns a patronage of the fourteen emergency helpers, which is very rare in Styria .
Guardian Angel Church	XIV. Eggenberg ⊙	Graz St. Guardian Angel	Modern	Next to the Guardian Angel Church, built in the 1990s, which is the youngest Catholic church in Graz, there is an emergency church built in 1931.
Christ the King Church	XV. Wetzelsdorf ⊙	Graz-Christ the King	Modern	The parish center with the church, which was built from 1957 to 1959, was one of the first in the city of Graz to be built in the post-war period .
St. Johann and Paul	XV. Wetzelsdorf ⊙		Late renaissance	In addition to the small pilgrimage church, which was owned by the Admont Abbey until 1996 , archaeologists uncovered remains of settlements from the Neolithic period in 2004 . At around 3500 BC It is the oldest residential building in Styria.
Church of Mary in misery	XVI. Straßgang ⊙	Graz-Straßgang	Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Neo-Gothic	The parish in Straßgang is one of the oldest founding parishes in Styria. The church building, which is visible from afar due to its prominent position, is characterized by the mixture of different stylistic epochs. The Aribones already owned the Georgskirche, the predecessor church of Maria Elend.
Elisabeth Church	XVI. Straßgang ⊙	Graz-St. Elisabeth	Modern	The Elisabeth parish is the youngest parish to be founded on Grazer soil.
Florianikirche	XVI. Straßgang ⊙		Baroque	Archduchess Maria Anna of Bavaria donated the construction of the small church. It gained particular fame in 1670 after the fire in the Grazer Sack, after which Graz citizens vowed an annual pilgrimage to the Florianikirche.
Castle Church of St. Martin	XVI. Straßgang ⊙		Baroque	The castle church of St. Martin stands next to the castle of the same name . It is one of the oldest churches founded in Graz. The high altar by the artist Josef Stammel is worth mentioning.
Rupertikirche (Straßgang)	XVI. Straßgang ⊙		Early Romanesque core and baroque interior	The church was first mentioned in a document in 1354. It is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Graz.
Institution Church of the Holy Cross in the LKH Graz II location south	XVI. Straßgang ⊙	Graz-St. Elisabeth in Webling	Neo-Romanesque Neo - Gothic	The sacred building is the institutional church of the LKH Graz II location south and stands on its premises.
Holy Virgin Mary St. strong attachment to Moses	XVII. Puntigam ⊙			This church is a sacred building of the Coptic Orthodox community in Graz
St. Leopold	XVII. Puntigam ⊙	Graz-Puntigam	Modern	St. Leopold was built in 1967. The church is part of the community center.

Former church buildings (selection)

Surname	district	Current use	Architectural style	particularities	image
Carmelite Church of St. Joseph	I. Inner City ⊙	Styrian State Archives	Baroque	The monastery was built according to the plans of Domenico Torres for Archduke Ferdinand from 1628 to 1631. In the course of the Josephine reforms , the monastery was profaned in 1783 and the tower of the Church of St. Joseph was demolished. After the monastery was closed, the building was used as a garrison hospital until 1918, later as a state gendarmerie command and finally as a state archive.
Former Carmelite Church of St. Joseph	I. Inner City ⊙	Church and monastery have been demolished, Graz AG building		The church on the corner of Andreas-Hofer-Platz and Neutorgasse was demolished in 1934. Parts of the interior are in other Graz churches and museums.

See also

• Deanery Graz-Mitte , Dean's Office Graz-North , Dean's Office Graz-East , Dean's Office Graz-South , Dean's Office Graz-West - Churches of the City Church Graz
• List of religious offices in the City Church of Graz

literature

• Karl Amon (ed.): The Graz city parishes. From the own church to the city pastoral care . Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-222-11187-1 .
• Alois Kölbl, Wiltraud Resch: Paths to God. The churches and synagogue of Graz . Styria, Graz / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-222-13105-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.kopten-graz.at/ Homepage of the Austrian Kopten community in Graz

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap