Erdberg Parish Church (Vienna)

North-east view of the Erdberg parish church

The Erdberg parish church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Erdberg district of Vienna's 3rd district Landstrasse . In the vernacular, the church is also called Alt-Erdberg parish church for better differentiation from the Neuerdberg parish church . The parish is located in the Dean's Office 3 of the Archdiocese of Vienna belonging city Vicariate Vienna . It was built between 1700 and 1723 in the baroque - classical style and is consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul . The building is a listed building .

Location description

The church is elevated above the confluence of Apostelgasse and Erdbergstrasse . The center of the village of Erdberg used to be at this point.

history

A small chapel is said to have been located on the site of today's church as early as 1234, but the first documentary mention was not made until 1333. In the course of land foundations and property listings, the chapel is mentioned more frequently in the subsequent period.

On August 7, 1700, the foundation stone was laid for the new building of the chapel, which was destroyed during the Second Turkish Siege (1683). The building, which was originally only intended as a chapel for the dead for the surrounding cemetery, was consecrated to the holy apostles Peter and Paul around 1723. At the request of the population, however, communion on death could be kept here. In 1726 an application was made for an own pastor. In the same year today's high altar was completed. The facade of the church with the two apostles standing at the top of the portal staircase was erected in 1735. In 1749 the building got a new roof. In 1770 the small chapel was expanded, and the triconch choir with the church tower, which still exists today, was built. 1782 the cemetery that surrounded the church was abandoned. The following year the small chapel was elevated to a parish church. The church was painted in 1809 and in 1810 a new high altar painting was donated by Georg Schelling , which depicts the “Farewell of the Apostles Peter and Paul”. Around 1826 there were negotiations to enlarge the church, but most plans were discarded due to the high costs. The permission to enlarge the church was granted on December 22nd, 1831, on June 12th of the following year work began under the direction of the builder Karl Brandtner and with the assistance of the builder Josef Klee . It was originally planned not to change the presbytery , but due to dimensional errors, the vault had to be raised. The church consecration of the present building took place on September 15, 1833. In 1849 the roof structure of the church tower was renewed. In the following year, master builder Josef Kastan added three ground floor rooms south of the sacristy . In 1887, the original straight staircase at the main entrance was expanded into a portal staircase.

The church has been restored several times, around 1926 or most recently in 1985 and 1986.

Building description

Saint Peter

Saint Paul

Exterior

The small, sober, baroque - classicist church is located on a hill above Erdbergstrasse. The building consists of a classical, cubic nave with a gable roof, to which a baroque triconch choir adjoins in the east , which is only slightly curved on the outside. A low church tower rises above it.

The structure of the facade and the side walls is kept flat. At the corners of the building, the facade is divided by wide and smooth bezels , which are connected by a surrounding entablature . The remaining wall surfaces are somewhat deepened with horizontal ashlar plaster . The entrance side is gabled. The rectangular portal and the semi-circular lunette window are flanked on both sides by pilasters . A coffin cornice runs through the ashlar plaster below the semicircular windows on the entrance side and the side walls . There is a side entrance on both side walls. The entablature on the nave extends to the side cones of the chancel. The middle conche, raised by the tower, is slightly lower in line with the original baroque choir. There is a small arched window on each of the lateral cones and two oval window openings on the apse . The church tower rises above the choir by one storey, which is open on all four sides through semicircular closed sound windows . The curved spire rises above richly profiled and strongly protruding cornices. Tower clocks are set into the frieze-like spaces between the cornice on each side. A nine-step stone staircase leads to the main portal. On the top staircase next to the main portal there are two limestone figures . They represent the Saints Peter and Paul. The 150 cm high statues date from 1735.

Interior

On both sides of the nave there are aisle-like rooms that are connected to one another by passages and are designed into galleries at the top. The nave is divided into two bays and a vestibule by mighty pairs of pillars. The individual sections of the nave are separated from each other by belt arches . There is a Bohemian square vault above the nave and choir . Stairs lead from the vestibule on both sides to the gallery. A 3/8 choir is indicated in the side apses with the help of pilaster strips .

Furnishing

Interior of the parish church

High altar

On a sarcophagus-like cafeteria there is a column retable with an oval-framed picture of the Virgin Mary. This is a copy of the picture "Comforter of the Afflicted" in the Capuchin Church in Vienna . The figures on the 50 × 70 cm oil painting on canvas are crowned with silver crowns. The artwork dates from the late 18th century. The frame of the picture is closed at the top by two flying angels holding a crown. This miraculous image, which crowns the tabernacle , optically overlaps the lowest part of the large, arched high altar image . This simply framed high altar picture above the tabernacle shows the “Farewell of the Apostles Peter and Paul”. This 300 × 120 cm oil painting on canvas was painted by Georg Schilling and donated in 1810. On both sides of the tabernacle, adoring angels kneel on fallen volutes, and candle-holding putti sit on the tabernacle . The wooden tabernacle structure is marbled , the frames and ornaments are gilded and the wooden figures are painted in white.

Side altars in the choir

In the choir there are two opposing baroque altar structures on the left and right. Both consist of a sarcophagus-like cafeteria and a richly designed reredos. There is a simple column tabernacle on the cafeteria. The altarpieces on the back walls are flanked by pilasters on each side. These are closed at the top with an entablature and each end at the bottom in a volute. The pilasters are each connected by a richly shaped volute gable. On the front of each pilaster are consoles the Empire wear Vases. The structure is decorated with silver-plated clouds and putti. Both altars date from around 1730. The altars are made of marbled wood, the wooden figures are framed in white.

The left altar is an altar of Mary. In the gable is an open book with the inscription: “Macula non est in te” ( Latin : “There is no flaw in you”). The altarpiece depicts the “ Immaculate Conception ”. The oil painting from the mid-19th century was painted on canvas and measures 200 × 130 cm.

The right altar is dedicated to the heart of Jesus . In the crown is an apocalyptic book with seven seals. The altarpiece represents the heart of Jesus. The oil painting from the beginning of the 20th century was painted on canvas and is also 200 × 130 cm in size.

Altars in the aisles

In the side aisles there are late baroque, sarcophagus-shaped wooden canteens. In the cafeteria in the right aisle there is a late Baroque crucifixion group made of painted wood. This work from the end of the 18th century is under glass.

pulpit

The pulpit has a goblet-shaped structure and is decorated with palmettes. The parapet and the staircase are structured by flat pilasters. There are inscription panels in the three fields of the parapet. On the slightly curved pulpit roof there are tablets of the law and seated angel figures holding various attributes in their hands: the heart of Jesus, chalice and cross as well as scepter. The wood of the pulpit is marbled and the structure is gilded. The pulpit was built at the end of the 18th century.

Other inventory

The holy water font is made of wood and was built at the end of the 18th century. The basin is grooved in the shape of a shell and stands on a base.

There is a confessional on each side of the entrance. The middle part dates from the 18th century, the side parts were renewed at a later time.

On a console table next to the right side altar is a gilded wooden relief on the front, which depicts the "Adoration of the Magi ". It dates from the late 18th century. In the choir are two wooden statues painted white, depicting Saints Augustine and Jerome . These approximately 150 cm high statues were created around 1770. In the nave there are two other figures of the Church Fathers of Saints John the Baptist and Mary. A miraculous image of St. Mary of Eisenstadt hangs in the church. This oil painting on canvas with the dimensions 100 × 70 cm was created in the first half of the 18th century.

sacristy

The sacristy is a simple building from the 18th century, which has been greatly modernized inside, with newer furnishings. In the sacristy there is a figure of the risen Christ with a flag. This is made of painted wood that is partially gilded. The 70 cm high statue was created around 1800.

Mary Magdalene Chapel

The chapel is a simple room with a flat ceiling. The three wooden doors with overhangs , which are gable-shaped, have rich rocaille ornamentation and date from the late 18th century.

organ

The organ comes from the Dreher & Flamm workshop from 1931. It has 23 registers, manuals and pedals.

Bells

	volume	Circumference in cm	Weight in kg	Casting year	inscription	Remarks
Maria	g sharp	96	503	after World War II	“Ask, Mother of Mercy, for peace, bread and the joy of heaven. The dead of two world wars. The parish of Alt-Erdberg. "
Peter	H	80	292		"Saint Peter, firm tower of faith, implore us to take courage in the storm of time!"
Paul	cis	68	160	1955	“The great love that urged you, Saint Paul, is also given to us. Alt-Erdberg 1955 "
Philip	dis	63	144	1922		Named after the then pastor Philipp Hofer

literature

• Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vienna. II. To IX. and XX. District, III. District Landstrasse, Erdberger Parish Church Hll. Peter and Paul. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 , p. 52f.
• Géza Hajós: Austrian Art Topography. Volume XLI. The art monuments of Vienna. The churches of the III. District . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-7031-0373-6 , p. 113 ff .

Web links

Commons : Erdberger Pfarrkirche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Erdberg parish

Individual evidence

1. ^ Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 27, 2014 (PDF).
2. ^ Géza Hajós: Austrian art topography. Volume XLI. The art monuments of Vienna. The churches of the III. District . Verlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-7031-0373-6 , p. 113 f .
3. ^ History of the Erdberg parish

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '59.8 "  N , 16 ° 23' 53.9"  E