Parish church Gießhübl

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Catholic parish church of the Holy Trinity in Gießhübl

The parish church of Gießhübl is located in the municipality of Gießhübl in the Mödling district in Lower Austria . The Roman Catholic parish church , consecrated to the Holy Trinity , belongs to the dean's office Perchtoldsdorf in the vicariate Unter dem Wienerwald of the Archdiocese of Vienna . The church is a listed building ( list entry ).

history

Parish history

Gießhübl belonged to the Mödling parish and was raised to local chaplaincy in the course of the Josephine church reform on November 7, 1783 . On May 30, 1868, Gießhübl became an independent parish by decree of the auxiliary bishop and later archbishop Johann Rudolf Kutschker . In 1913 he was assigned to the dean's office in Mödling and in 1970 to the dean's office in Perchtoldsdorf . In 1951, Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein resigned his patronage over the parish of Gießhübl and handed the parish over to the Archdiocese of Vienna.

Church history

A church building fund was established around 1890 to build a new church that could accommodate around 1,000 people. Around 1894 the plans were changed in favor of a simpler and smaller building project. On May 28, 1899 the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the new parish church, carried out by master builder Rückershäuser from Hinterbrühl . The tower cross was consecrated in 1902 and the four new bells were ceremonially raised on the new tower on September 24, 1904.

The new church was blessed on June 28, 1905 by Dean Dedic from Heiligenkreuz. Two days before the reading of the last mass took place in the old parish church. This church was built in the second half of the 18th century and demolished in September 1905. On July 25, 1908, the new church was solemnly consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Godfried Marschall .

Architecture and equipment

In the nave to the choir

The mighty basilica also shows elements of home style. The presented north tower is on the side. The facade of the nave and the tower is an unplastered quarry stone masonry. The basilica nave has neo-Gothic pointed arch windows. The semicircular choir has high arched windows. The main front to the north has a large rose window, the main portal under a gable shows a tympanum mosaic of Christ between angels with the Liechtenstein coat of arms . The mighty square north tower on the side has an open ogival gallery above the clocks and has a pyramid helmet.

There is a neo-Gothic side altar with a tabernacle. The font and pews are from the construction period.

The ringing consists of four bells with a total weight of around 1,100 kg. They were cast by the Graßmayr bell foundry and ceremoniously wound up on October 26, 1958, after the previous bell was disconnected and poured in as part of the metal donation by the German people in February 1942.

Web links

Commons : Parish Church Gießhübl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Archdiocese of Vienna: Parish Gießhübl: History of the parish church ; Retrieved on Nov. 7, 2017
  2. ↑ a b The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Gießhübl, parish church of St. Trinity, pp. 526-527.

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 ′ 50.1 "  N , 16 ° 14 ′ 11.3"  E