Unterheiligenstädter parish church

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The Unterheiligenstädter Parish Church
Southeast view of the parish church

The sub Heiligenstädter Parish is a Roman Catholic parish in the district of Heiligenstadt 19th Viennese municipal district Döbling . She is consecrated to Mary, Mother of Grace .

history

The impetus for the construction of the church at Heiligenstädter Straße 101 was the construction of the Karl-Marx-Hof . In 1931 the church bought a piece of land with an old, single-storey house on the site of today's church. The house was already uninhabitable due to heavy moisture, but a kitchen and a chamber were converted into a chapel. This was consecrated to the Iberian Mother of God of Moscow . After the upheaval in 1934, the new, authoritarian city administration converted a coffee house in Karl-Marx-Hof (Heiligenstädter Straße 82) into a house of worship. However, in 1939 this was converted into a meeting place for the National Socialists. The parish church in Unterheiligenstadt did not experience a renaissance until October 27, 1945. On this day a wooden barrack was inaugurated as an emergency church at the current location. A suitable church could ultimately be built through the acquisition of neighboring properties. The church was finally built between 1965 and 1966 according to a design by the Offenbach architects Carl Müller and Wolfgang Müller ( Carl Müller und Sohn office ) and consecrated to Mary, Mother of Grace on December 8, 1967 . The emergency church already had this dedication.

Building

The church structure is a modern, three-sided free-standing structure with a rounded choir and tent roof . On the side fronts, window slits open between lamellar concrete pillars, the window openings facing Klabundgasse are arranged irregularly. The square bell tower is also criss-crossed by lamellar pillars. The interior has a rounded choir wall with exposed bricks and a continuous southern organ gallery. It is equipped with a copper statue of Christ, a baptismal font and cross by Paul Peschke and antique glass windows by the architects.

literature

  • Christine Klusacek, Kurt Stimmer: Döbling. From the belt to the vineyards. Vienna 1988.

Web links

Commons : Unterheiligenstädter Pfarrkirche  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '49.2 "  N , 16 ° 21' 40.7"  E