Messias Chapel (Alsergrund)

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The Evangelical Messiah Chapel Vienna Alsergrund the parish AB (Augsburg Confession) is located in a residential building in the 9th  Viennese district of Alsergrund . It is the parish church of the parish AB Alsergrund , which belongs to the Evangelical Superintendentur AB Vienna .

History and equipment

The house at Seegasse 16, in which the chapel is located

The house at Seegasse No. 16 , in which the Messias Chapel is located, was acquired by the Swedish Israel Mission in March 1922 . This house was built by the Jewish architect Ludwig Schmidl . A girls' support association had it built as a school for poor Jewish girls. A cross on the left and a small plaque on the right in the church remind of history, for example the time of the war years, when the Swedish Israel Mission helped persecuted Jews to leave the country.

Since 1951, when Adolf Rücker became pastor of the Evangelical Community of Vienna - Inner City (City Church) , the evangelical preaching station for the 9th district of Vienna was expanded in the house of the Swedish Mission .

After the Swedish Mission ended its work in Vienna, the building was purchased by the Vienna - Innere Stadt community and the Messias Chapel became an independent evangelical preaching station from 1961. In 1964 the chapel was completely modernized, of the old furnishings only the altarpiece Emmausjünger is in the church. It is a copy by E. Hüttenbrenner based on an original from an unknown hand from the 17th century (owned by the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna). Today's equipment is the simplest church modern .

On January 28, 1999, the independent evangelical congregation Vienna Alsergrund - "Messiaskapelle" was founded. Your parish is still the 9th district. This makes it the 22nd parish of the Vienna Superintendent.

The congregation regularly takes part in the Long Night of the Churches . The choir of the Bach Community of Vienna also rehearses here .

  • Window in the Messias Chapel

  • Entrance area of ​​the Messias Chapel during the Long Night of Churches 2014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parish Alsergrund , Evangelical Church Vienna, evang-wien.at → Wiener Pfarrgemeinden AB
  2. ^ Pfarrgemeinde AB, Vienna Alsergrund: 1920-1938 The Swedish Israelsmission , meka.at, accessed on October 12, 2014;
    Messiaskapelle - Evangelische Pfarrgemeinde AB Wien-Alsergrund , wien.gv.at (summary of the chronicle on meka.at).
  3. ↑ In addition Ursula Prokop: Traces of Jewish Vienna. The school of the Israelite Girls Support Association in Rossau ( Memento of the original from October 17, 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. . In: David. Jewish culture magazine. Issue 85, 6/2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.davidkultur.at
  4. ↑ 1910 - 1920 Die Mädchenschule , meka.at, accessed on October 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Monika Salzer , Peter Karner: From the Christmas tree to the Ringstrasse: Protestant Vienna. 2nd edition, Verlag Picus, 2008, p. 120 f.
  6. ↑ a b 1973 - 2000 The Evangelical Preaching Station Alsergrund , meka.at, accessed on October 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ a b Entry on Vienna 9th, Messiaskapelle in the Austria-Forum  (chapter sacred buildings)
  8. ↑ Das Altarbild , meka.at, accessed October 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Official Journal for the Evangelical Church in Austria, year 1999, 1st issue, March 26, 1999; reproduced in 2000 - today Evangelical Congregation Vienna Alsergrund - “Messiaskapelle” , meka.at, accessed October 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ sing along, samples , Bach Community Vienna bachgemeinde.at,

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '24 "  N , 16 ° 21' 51"  E