Machstrasse parish church
The Machstrasse parish church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 2nd district of Vienna Leopoldstadt in the courtyard of a residential complex at Machstrasse 8-10. The parish is in the deanery 2/20 of the Archdiocese of Vienna belonging city Vicariate Vienna . It is consecrated to St. Klaus von der Flüe .
history
The parish church is part of a residential complex that was built from 1964 to 1966 by Josef Wöhnhart according to the plans of the architect Erich Boltenstern . In 1967 the church was elevated to a parish church. From 1966 to 1996 Paul Weß was parish chaplain and later parish priest.
architecture
The simple hall building with a flat roof stands a little higher on pillars. The entrance wall and the altar wall have glass windows by Günther Kraus .
literature
- Paul Weß: Parish Church - Future of the People's Church. The learning path of a parish. Herder, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-210-24524-X .
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Vienna suburbs 1993 . Leopoldstadt, p. 14.
- Paul Weß: And keep the good. Contributions to the practice and theory of belief. Preface by Franz König , Thaur 1996, ISBN 3-85400-026-X .
Web links
- Parish church Machstraße on the website of the Archdiocese of Vienna
- Website on the history and building of the Machstrasse parish church
Buddhist stupa: Peace Pagoda (port access road)
Evangelical Church AB: Transfiguration Church (Am Tabor)
Mormon Church: Mormon Church (Böcklinstraße)
Orthodox Church: Romanian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection | Serbian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection
Roman Catholic churches and chapels: Alexander-Poch-Platz (Leopoldskirche) | Am Schüttel (Church of the Redeemer) | Am Tabor (Church of the Resurrection) | Augarten (Mother of God Church) | Monastery Church of Mercy Brothers (Taborstrasse) | Machstrasse (Klaus-von-Flüe-Church) | Mexikoplatz (Franz-von-Assisi-Kirche) | Praterstrasse (Johann Nepomuk Church) | Johannes Nepomuk Chapel (Am Tabor) | Johannes Nepomuk Chapel (Wilhelm Kienzl Park) | Taborstrasse (Carmelite Church) | Hospital chapel hl. Family of the Merciful Brothers (Grosse Mohrengasse) | Pilgrimage Church Maria Grün (Prater)
Synagogues: Leopoldstädter Tempel (Tempelgasse) (1938 largely destroyed) | Schiffschul Synagogue (Große Schiffgasse)
Disused religious buildings: Pazmanite temple | Polish school | Association Synagogue Malzgasse | Turkish temple
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 6 " N , 16 ° 24 ′ 50.8" E