Theninger tolerance prayer house
The Theninger Toleranzbethaus is a building in Thening , which was built in 1783/84 as a tolerance prayer house. After the Evangelical Church was built in the field in the 1850s, it housed the Protestant school until 1907.
local community
In Thening, and especially to the west of it, there was strong secret Protestantism . Since the tolerance patent of Emperor Joseph II. In 1781 Thening has been a capital of the Protestant Christians of Upper Austria: In 1786, 2,449 residents of the area declared themselves to be the new Protestant community of Thening. From Thening, however, the Protestant Christians in Linz were also looked after until their own prayer house was built in 1841 (today's Martin Luther Church ). This is also reflected in the coat of arms of Kirchberg-Thening : The Luther rose in it is a sign of the strong tradition of the Protestant Church in Thening.
Building
The tolerance patent gave the supporters of the Protestant faith the right to build their own prayer houses, which initially were not allowed to look like churches on the outside, i.e. were not allowed to have a tower or arched windows. Therefore, between May 1783 and January 1784, a tolerance prayer house was also built in Thening .
Between June 1856 and June 1859, the Evangelical Church in the field was built in neo-Romanesque form as a successor . After the completion of the church, the former prayer house served as a home for the evangelical school until 1907.