Parish church Podersdorf am See
The Roman Catholic parish church Podersdorf am See is located on Seestrasse in the market town of Podersdorf am See in the Neusiedl am See district in Burgenland . The parish church of St. Katharina - incorporated into Heiligenkreuz Abbey - belongs to the Frauenkirchen dean's office in the Eisenstadt diocese . The church is a listed building .
history
The parish mentioned in a document in 1379 was incorporated into the Heiligenkreuz Abbey. The old church was destroyed in the Turkish War (1683). The late baroque new building was built according to the plans of the architect FA Pilgram (?). A restoration took place in 1951/1957. The church received a new parish center from 1998/2002 according to the plans of the architects lichtblau.wagner architekten generalplaner zt . On March 17, 2002 the parish center was blessed by Abbot Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck . Diocesan Bishop Paul Iby blessed the altar on June 29, 2002.
Parish center
The new parish center is located nearby and in structural connection with the late baroque old parish church, which is now used as a weekday chapel. The parish center is the new, large Sunday mess room with access rooms and open spaces with a parish hall and a parish home. The old church and the new parish center are also connected with two 7 m high glass panels that are visually translucent. The text in the glass surface comes from parishioners of all ages on the subject of family and has been supplemented with quotations from the Bible.
literature
- The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Burgenland 1976 . Podersdorf am See, Catholic parish church hl. Katharina, on Seestrasse, p. 237.
- Podersdorf, Roman Catholic parish center. Pp. 84-91. In: Constantin Gegenhuber: Built prayers. Christian sacred architecture. New buildings in Austria 1990–2011. Art guide , Verlag Anton Pustet , Salzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7025-0632-2 .
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Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 26.7 ″ N , 16 ° 49 ′ 55.9 ″ E