New parish church in Pötzleinsdorf

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The Pötzleinsdorfer parish church is a modern sacred building in Pötzleinsdorf , part of the 18th district of Vienna Währing . Christ the King is the patron of the Roman Catholic parish church .

Building history

Due to the strong influx at the beginning of the 1960s, the Aegydius Church became too small as the previous parish church. The new church was built between 1960 and 1963 according to plans by the architect Karl Schwanzer . The foundation stone was laid on June 24, 1961, and the church was consecrated on December 8, 1963.

architecture

Front of the Pötzleinsdorfer parish church
inner space
Rectory with church tower

The church and the adjacent rectory are built on a terrace on the northern slope of the Schafberg . To the north, the area breaks off, delimited by a retaining wall, to Pötzleinsdorfer Strasse, to the east it leans against Schafberggasse. In the south and west, the area is surrounded by the Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark .

The terrace forms a spacious forecourt in front of the church on the slope, i.e. on the southern edge. The rectory extends along Schafberggasse and is connected to the church building by a corridor. The church tower is at the southeast corner of the site; it is separated from the rest of the building complex by the driveway to the forecourt.

The striking design element of the buildings, which are consistently equipped with flat roofs, are the facades, which are unplastered in exposed concrete and clinker brickwork .

church

The church interior is designed as a high hall with a trapezoidal floor plan, which can be entered on the broad base line through a central portal and two side entrances at the corners and tapers towards the chancel. The roof above the chancel is raised and provided with high-lying windows through which the chancel is illuminated indirectly. Otherwise, the room receives natural light only through the rear wall facing the forecourt, which is entirely taken up by high windows divided by vertical slats made of black iron.

A gallery on which the organ is built extends across the entire width of the rear wall . Below the gallery are confessionals , a chapel and - connected to the central portal and separated from the church by another glass door - an entrance hall.

The very simple interior of the church is also dominated by unplastered clinker brickwork and exposed concrete pillars.

Furnishing

The altar, which was made from a block of granite and already corresponded to the new liturgy after the 2nd Vatican Council , dominates the chancel, which is one step higher than the church interior . Behind it was a portable simple metal cross on a tall black metal stem.

The furniture is made of natural oak.

According to Karl Schwanzer's plans, no further jewelry was provided, but the room should have been given its simplicity. To the believers, however, this seemed too sparse, so that the space was mainly created by works by the Pötzleinsdorf sculptor Franz Barwig jun. was decorated:

  • a larger than life carved statue of Christ on the back wall of the chancel (1977)
  • carved stations of the cross on the side walls (1978)
  • a pietà in the form of a half-relief made of bronze, which is set up in the area of ​​the left side entrance.

Since a redesign in 1991, the ambo has been placed in front of the altar ; the already described cross moved to the left side of the altar (from the point of view of the community).

organ

Arnulf Klebel organ 1973

The organ on the gallery comes from the Viennese organ builder Arnulf Klebel and was completed in 1973. The large three-manual mechanical instrument has 32 registers and is designed in a neo-baroque disposition , which favors the performance of works from this era in particular. The housing made of oak is kept simple and corresponds to the rest of the furnishings.

chapel

The window of the chapel below the gallery was designed in blue by Arnulf Rainer . In front of it there is a statue of the Virgin Mary , which used to stand in the Pötzleinsdorfer vineyards.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pötzleinsdorfer Church (new) in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Web links

Commons : Pötzleinsdorfer Pfarrkirche  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 26.2 "  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 36.2"  E