Parish church Kaiserebersdorf

The parish church Kaiserebersdorf is a Roman Catholic parish church in the center of Kaiserebersdorf in Vienna's 11th district Simmering . The parish is located in City Deanery 11 of the Vicariate Vienna City of the Archdiocese of Vienna, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul . The building is under monument protection ( list entry ).

Location description

The church stands on Münnichplatz across from Kaiserebersdorf Palace in the old town center of Kaiserebersdorf in Vienna-Simmering.

history

The church is a foundation of the Lords of Himberg (later Lords of Ebersdorf) from the end of the 12th century. The parish was probably founded at the beginning of the 14th century and is first mentioned in a document in 1353. The church fiefdoms were owned by the Lords of Ebersdorf until 1604 and were then administered by sovereigns. Since the transfer of the miraculous image “Maria am Baum” from the Ebersdorfer Wiese to the church in 1746, the parish church has also been a place of pilgrimage to Mary.

The early baroque church was built in the first third of the 17th century over a Gothic building with a defensive tower in the northwest. After the Turkish sieges in 1529 and 1683 , the church was restored. In 1696 renovation measures were carried out on the church tower. In 1747 the church building and the oratory extensions were based on an axis of symmetry. The renovation work was carried out under the supervision of Matthias Gerl . In the first quarter of the 19th century, extensions were built in the southeast and the windows of the choir moved. The south-western extensions were destroyed in World War II in 1944 and rebuilt after the war. Restorations took place in 1901, 1903, 1925, 1936/37, 1949/50, 1965/66.

Building description

Exterior

Detail of the Johannes Nepomuk statue in front of the northern side front

The church is an early baroque hall building with a distinctive facade tower. The exterior is characterized by an undivided structure, as was customary in the earliest Baroque and early 18th century. The nave is narrow, with a facade that protrudes slightly to the side. The choir with apse and the nave are under a uniform, flat hipped roof, with the choir being higher from the outside than the nave. The extensions are symmetrical and covered with a hipped or pent roof. The extensions to the side of the choir bay are two-story. They house staircases, oratorios and a chapel. At the end of the choir yoke there is a single-storey extension that is used today as a sacristy or angel's chapel. There is a corridor-like extension on both sides of the southeastern nave yoke. The windows and doors are sparingly accentuated by stone window and door frames and eaves.

The facade in the north-west is dominated by the prominently protruding high central tower. In the middle of the facade is a baroque rectangular portal with an ornamental frieze from 1901. A statue of the Madonna stands in a round arched niche above the portal. On the side of the church tower there are figures of St. Peter and Paul. All statues date from the last quarter of the 17th century. In front of the north side is a statue of St. John Nepomuk from the second quarter of the 18th century.

The arched sound windows on the church tower are in rectangular niches. Above it is a baroque onion helmet from the 17th century. In the attic, in the area of the choir additions, you can still see three walled-up segment arch windows of the early baroque choir. The iron door in the choir extensions is from the beginning of the 19th century.

Interior

View towards the high altar

Inside the church is a hall, consisting of four rectangular yokes, which are separated by pilasters and belt arches . In between there is barrel vault with deep stitch caps . Like the nave, the gallery, which rests on pilasters, is barrel-vaulted with stitch caps. The single-bay choir is drawn in and vaulted in the same way as the nave. The choir is opened to the side chapels through wide segmental arch openings with wooden glass doors. Above are the curved oratorio windows . The apse is closed in a semicircle. In the vaulted area there is a cornice and arched windows from around 1800. The north-eastern chapel has a groin vault , which is supported by pillars. Stucco moldings from the first quarter of the 17th century can be seen in the vault. the central choir annex protruding in the southeast is the so-called “angel's chapel”. This is square vaulted with lateral belt arches. This was created around 1800. The individual floors of the church tower are vaulted with a stitch cap. In the right flanks of the tower there are small round chapels from the late Renaissance on two floors . These have dome-like vaults in the form of lined-up stitch caps. These are divided by ribbons. Just like the honeycomb-shaped Renaissance brick pavement, they date from the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. The left round staircase in the tower consists of a late baroque wooden spiral staircase from the middle of the 18th century. The interior of the church is painted on the belt arches and stitch caps in the nave and choir with uniform neo- rococo decoration. The stained glass windows in the choir and in the angel chapel were made in 1965. A pane in the choir shows the dove of the Holy Spirit .

Furnishing

High altar, side altars and hanging pulpit

The high altar from 1746 was changed in 1821. On the late Baroque, curved cafeteria there is a round tabernacle with pillars on the side and a volute top. Above it is the miraculous image “Maria am Baume”, which is a copy of the statue of Mary in the pilgrimage church in Dorfen ( Bavaria ). It probably dates from the 17th century and was repainted in the mid-18th century. The picture is decorated with rich pearls and stones and is framed by a richly decorated Rocailles frame. To the side of the tabernacle and the miraculous image there are late Baroque angel figures. Behind the altar is the rest of the original tree trunk on which the picture previously hung. Above it is a wrought iron crown of leaves that towers above the altar. The high pedestals with figures of Saints Peter and Paul are added to the side and date from 1821. The figures, however, were made in 1746.

The two early Josephinist side altars are identical in structure and date from the third quarter of the 18th century. The altars are volute-framed wall altars with a laurel-crowned round gable. In the arched field , an eye of God is shown in a halo. The altarpieces were created at the same time, but were created by different artists. On the left altar, St. Florian is depicted with a fire-extinguishing angel under the patronage of the miraculous image. The right altarpiece shows a representation of St. Anne with her daughter Maria and the baby Jesus .

The hanging pulpit with rich rocaille and garland decoration was made by Joseph Pliemb between 1747 and 1749 . "Jesus as the Good Shepherd" is depicted in relief on the pulpit.

In the church there are figures of St. John Nepomuk from the middle of the 18th century, as well as St. Nicholas , St. Antonius , St. Joseph and Jesus Christ from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. In the lower Renaissance chapel there is also a crucifixion group from the end of the 19th century. In the nave there is a picture that shows the "offering in the temple". It was created around 1600 in northern Italy . Three other paintings by Peter Strudel from the end of the 17th / beginning of the 18th century show St. Francis Xavier , St. Sebastian and St. Antonius . In the adjoining rooms there is a picture of the “ Man of Sorrows ” according to Guido Reni from the middle of the 18th century, a “Our Lady of Sorrows” from the third third of the 18th century and a depiction of the Heart of Jesus from the middle of the 19th century.

The baroque baptismal font consists of a clam shell that stands on a squat baluster foot from the 17th century. The small group of figures from the 18th century shows the baptism of Christ.

In the chapel to the left of the choir there is a vestry cabinet with rocaille ornamentation from the mid-18th century. In the upper renaissance chapel there is an inlaid cabinet from the first third of the 18th century.

organ

The organ's work and case date from the first quarter of the 18th century. It is decorated with putti holding garlands.

Originally built as a two-manual work, your gaming table was directly connected to the positive . Franz Ullmann rebuilt it in 1875 and 1876; At an unknown point in time, the positive was shut down, the case with the wind chest , pipe sticks and prospectus being preserved. The Kauffmann company looked after the instrument from 1922 until Hans IV. Kauffmann rebuilt it in 1970 and 1971, which also included general repairs. In this context he expanded the pedal work to three registers and enlarged its range to 27 notes. He also reactivated the positive with four new registers and changed the disposition in the main work . In 1995 Andreas Kaltenbrunner carried out a restoration, with the organ receiving new prospect pipes in addition to other modifications. Since then it has comprised 14 stops on two manuals and a pedal .

Church life

The parish of Kaiserebersdorf belongs to the Simmering Ost development area of the city dean's office 11. There is a Le + O distribution point of Caritas Vienna in the parish . Food is distributed to people at risk of poverty.

literature

Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria: Vienna. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District, XI. District Simmering, parish church Kaiserebersdorf. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , p. 46ff.
Wolfgang J. Bandion: Stone witnesses of faith. The holy places of the city of Vienna . Herold Verlag, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-7008-0375-3 .

Web links

Commons : Pfarrkirche Kaiserebersdorf - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Homepage of the parish Kaiserebersdorf

Individual evidence

^ Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).
↑ Martin Wadsack: The organs of the 11th Viennese district. Vienna 2014, p. 49ff.
^ Archdiocese of Vienna, parishes. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .
^ Caritas Vienna, Le + O, issuing offices. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .

48.158611 16.474444Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 31 ″ N , 16 ° 28 ′ 28 ″ E

[1] Vienna - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) . Federal Monuments Office , as of June 26, 2015 (PDF).

[2] Martin Wadsack: The organs of the 11th Viennese district. Vienna 2014, p. 49ff.

[3] Archdiocese of Vienna, parishes. Retrieved May 28, 2019 .

[4] Caritas Vienna, Le + O, issuing offices. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .