St. Hemma Church (Vienna)

St. Hemma Church

Interior of the St. Hemma Church

The parish church of St. Hemma is a Roman Catholic church in the 13th district of Hietzing on Fasangartengasse, Wattmanngasse 105.

church

After the Invalidenhauskirche had become too small for the parish, the St. Hemma Church was built between 1964 and 1966 according to the plans of the architect Erwin Plevan . The church is reminiscent of a sitting or swimming swan with its long, high pitched roof, with lateral flattening like wings, with the triangular steeple at the front with a belfry similar to a platypus head. The strong gable front, accessible via an outside staircase, is fully glazed.

A stained glass window by Ruth C. Mannhart shows Saint Hemma von Gurk as a benevolent helper and benefactor. A Madonna from 1966 is by the sculptor Karl Jetzinger. The organ from 1978 was built by the Adolf Donabaum company .

After on Sep 25 The church was consecrated in 1966, the parish was relocated from the Invalidenhauskirche to the new church on January 1st, 1967. The parish of St. Johann am Fasangarten became the parish of St. Hemma.

literature

• DEHIO manual: The art monuments of Austria. Vienna X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District XIII. Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.), Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , page 175.

Web links

Commons : St. Hemma Church  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Parish Church of St. Hemma on the website of the Archdiocese of Vienna
• Website of the parish of St. Hemma Vienna
• hietzing.at - Parish Church of St. Hemma

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hietzing: The 13th district of St. Hemma Church: Gerhard Weissenbacher : Built in Hietzing, Volumes I and II
2. ^ Parish of St. Hemma Page on the parish priest Hemma von Gurk, accessed on June 9, 2009

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 20.8 ″  N , 16 ° 17 ′ 34.1 ″  E