Residential park church Alt-Erlaa

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Residential park church
West elevation of the church

The residential park church Maria Mutter der Kirche is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Atzgersdorf district in the 23rd  Vienna district of Liesing in the Alt-Erlaa residential park at Anton-Baumgartner-Strasse 44.

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The residential park church in the park between apartment blocks B and C is structurally connected to the south with a municipal kindergarten. The church was built between 1983 and 1984, when the residential buildings in the residential park had already been completed, according to the plans of the architect Thomas Reinthaller , who was also involved in the planning of the residential buildings. On September 10, 1983, the residential park church was opened by Archbishop Coadjutor Dr. Franz Jachym “In memory of Mary, the mother of the Church and the Pope of Peace Johannes XXIII. “Inaugurated. In 1989 it was finally raised to parish church in city ​​dean's office 23 .

The residential park church has the shape of an octagon , which was particularly popular in church buildings in the early Middle Ages. The interior is clad with wood. The octagonal tabernacle and the ambo are by Günther Kraus , a wooden crucifix by Oskar Höfinger . The icon of Mary is from the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Wohnparkkirche Alt-Erlaa  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , p. 706

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 4.7 ″  N , 16 ° 18 ′ 43.6 ″  E