Neuottakringer Church

Neuottakringer Church

Interior of the Neuottakringer Church

The Neuottakringer Church , the Roman Catholic parish church "To the Holy Family" in Vienna was built between 1894 and 1898 under the protectorate of the Reichsrat member Prince Aloys von Liechtenstein . It is in the 16th district of Vienna Ottakring between Wattgasse , Degengasse, Rückertgasse and Arnethgasse on Familienplatz.

history

On October 2, 1894, the foundation stone was laid by Emperor Franz Josef I , who four years later, on October 6, 1898, also attended the consecration of the church by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Baptist Schneider . At that time, all streets and alleys were decorated with flags and brushwood , but also with black mourning ribbon, as Empress Elisabeth had been murdered a few weeks earlier . The funds for the construction of the church came from the estate of Franziska Brussels and from the Ottakringer Kirchenbauverein under the protectorate of Crown Prince Rudolf . After his suicide, it was decided not to name the church “Rudolfskirche”, but to consecrate it to the Holy Family .

Architecture and equipment

The three-aisled, neo-Gothic parish church was built by kuk court architect Josef Schmalzhofer according to designs by the Viennese architects Alexander Wielemans von Monteforte and Theodor Reuter . With its two 68 meter high towers, it is one of the largest churches in Vienna.

Inside the church, the oak-carved altarpieces by Franz Leimer, which are based on altars made of Mannersdorf marble, are worth mentioning, as is the tabernacle on the high altar, decorated with six ivory panels . The pictures were painted by Felix Jennewein and Ferdinand Andri .

The designs for the wrought-iron art objects in the church come from Hans Petermair , who also led the church renovation carried out in 1939 and 1940.

In the door field of the main portal is the relief of the "Holy Family" by Josef Tautenhayn , also as a symbol for numerous generations of families who celebrate in this church to this day.

The name of the family square in Ottakring refers to the patronage of the church.

organ

The original organ of the Neuottakringer church was built by Franz Capek in Krems , had 48 stops on 3 manuals and pedal and was equipped with a pneumatic action. In 1937 Ferdinand Molzer converted to an electric tractor system . From October 20, 1976, the instrument was subjected to a renovation, which, however, did not show a satisfactory result after its completion on May 9, 1979. For this reason, the parish decided in 1981 to shut down the Capek organ. In 1976 the instrument in question already had 51 registers, but the date of this extension is unknown.

After the Capek organ was shut down, the parish purchased a positive comprising seven stops on a manual and pedal, which had been built by the Walcker-Mayer organ building workshop ; in the church the same was set up in the presbytery facing the congregation. In 1984 it was sold again and transferred by Friedrich Heftner to the Marienfeld Cistercian convent in Maria Roggendorf. There the housing, which was originally made of light wood, was given a salmon-colored paint.

Prospectus of the Rieger organ

The console of the Rieger organ

Since the Walcker positive was only to be regarded as a temporary solution, an order for the construction of a new organ was awarded to the Rieger Orgelbau workshop in 1984 . This instrument, equipped with mechanical slider chests, was initially designed with 27 registers in 1985 and was fully expanded in 1989 to include 35 registers.

I. Main work Cg 3 Principal 16 ′ Octave 8th' Salicional 8th' Coupling flute 8th' Cornett 8th' Octave 4 ′ Night horn 4 ′ Sesquialter 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Super octave 2 ′ mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′ Sharp  2 ⁄ 3 ′ Trumpet 8th' Clairon 4 ′ Tremulant

II. Swell Cg 3 Violin prince. 8th' Holzged. 8th' Gamba 8th' V. Celestis 8th' Prestant 4 ′ Reed flute 4 ′ Nazard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Plein-Jeu 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′ Sifflet 1' bassoon 16 ′ oboe 8th' Tremulant

Pedal Cf 1 Pedestal 32 ′ Princ. bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ Octavbass 8th' Bourdon 8th' Chorale flute 4 ′ Back set 2 ′ Bombard 16 ′ trombone 8th'

• Normal coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P

Bells

The current ringing consists of five bells. Since the Second World War, however, the two big bells in the tones a ° and c´ have been missing. Bells 1 and 4 and 5 are cast in tin bronze and bells 2 and 3 in special bronze.

	volume	Weight	Caster	Casting year
1	e´	1122 kg	Bell foundry Pfundner	1948
2	a´	417 kg	Bell foundry Pfundner	1948
3	c´´	201 kg	Bell foundry Pfundner	1948
4th	e´´	135 kg	Bell foundry Pfundner	1948
5	f´´	88 kg	Peter Hilzer	1897

Web links

Commons : Neuottakringer Kirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the parish Neuottakring

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Excerpt from the chronicle of the Neuottakring parish, exhibited on the right in the entrance area of ​​the church
2. ^ ^{A b c d e} Martin Wadsack: The organs of the 16th district of Vienna. Vienna 2013, p. 47 ff.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 52 ″  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 6 ″  E