Schottenfelder Church

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Laurentiuskirche in the street (2012)
inside view

The Schottenfeld Church , the parish church of St. Laurenz am Schottenfeld , is a Roman Catholic church in the 7th district of Vienna , Neubau , on Westbahnstrasse, corner of Zieglergasse, in the district of Schottenfeld .

architecture

The baroque-classical hall church with a tower facade was built by order of the Schottenstift as landlord under Abbot Benno Pointner from 1784 to 1787 according to the plans of the builder Andreas Zach in the suburb of Schottenfeld, in 1786 on St. Laurentius and at the same time elevated to the parish church. The facade tower was finished in 1787. The church is incorporated into the Schottenstift, but has been looked after by the Teutonic Order since 1946 .

The tower facade shows a large Ionic structure of pilasters above a high base. The two-bay, square-vaulted nave is extended like a transept in the second bay. The two-bay choir with a rounded end has oratorios built in like a bay on both sides. There is an organ loft above a vaulted porch. The ceiling paintings from 1769 to 1771 are by Leopold Schulz, Ignaz Schönbrunner and Anton Roux. The picture “ Last Judgment ” over rich pseudo-architecture is by Friedrich Staudinger . The stained glass windows Jonas and Marienkrönung were created by the Geyling company in 1905.

Furnishing

The high altar was created by Benedikt Henrici from 1784 to 1786 based on a design by Johann Baptist Hagenauer . On the cafeteria and the pillared pedestals are lead reliefs Martyrs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and the Entombment of Christ by Johann Ferdinand Prokop. The original altarpiece, Apotheosis of St. Laurentius von Peter Strudel was commissioned by Pastor Urban Loritz in 1852 by the painter Carl Hemerlein with a depiction of St. Laurentius painted over.

The organ, which now has 26 registers on two manuals and a pedal , was originally a work by Franz Xaver Krismann from 1788. In 1825 Jacob Deutschmann rebuilt it . In the period that followed, the organ was changed in the most liberal way several times. In 1966, the organ builder Philipp Eppel carried out extensive reconstruction using the historic case . The original gaming table has been missing since 1962.

Personalities

After the Scots fields pastor Urban Loritz (term 1850-1881) 1892 Westbahnstraße in was at the confluence Neubaugürtel near the Burggasse-Stadthalle the Urban-Loritz-Platz named. Loritz 'predecessor as pastor was Honorius Kraus (term of office 1811-1850). Leopold M. Kantner worked here for many years as a church musician .

literature

  • Dehio Wien Vorstädte 1993 new building, churches, Schottenfelderkirche, p. 282f.
  • Johannes Kellner (Ed.): Parish Sankt Laurenz am Schottenfeld 1786–1986 . Lower Austrian Press House, St. Pölten and Vienna 1986.
  • Christian Fastl: St. Laurenz am Schottenfeld (Vienna). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  • Otto Friedrich Winter : Parish St. Laurenz am Schottenfeld 1786–1986 . In: Contributions to the Vienna Diocesan History 28 (1987) No. 1, 5.
  • Honorius Ludwig Kraus: Thinking book of the parish and church to the holy Laurenz in the Schottenfelde. As a contribution to the church's topography and as a book of honor for the excellent benefactors of this church. With an attachment: Schotten Abbey . Printed by the PP Mechitaristen, Vienna 1839 (digitized on Google Books)

Web links

Commons : Schottenfelder Kirche  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna: St. Laurentius am Schottenfeld ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; accessed on Oct. 3, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdw.ac.at

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 5.5 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 41 ″  E