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Wien, 1./9. Bezirk (the very art of listed Gothic church buildings of Vienna), la chiesa votiva, la iglesia votiva, l'église votive, Votivkirche, Votiv Church, Kościół Wotywny w Wiedniu (Rooseveltplatz/Schottentor)
The "Ringstraßendom (Ring Road Cathedral)" was consecrated on April 24, 1879
The Votive Church is one of the most important neo-Gothic religious edifices in the world. The emergence of the "Ring Road Cathedral" next to the main building of the University of Vienna is linked to the assassination of the young emperor Franz Joseph I on 18 February 1853 by the tailor's apprentice Janos Libenyi.
The emperor's brother, archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, later emperor of Mexico, after the assassination "in gratitude for the salvation of His Majesty" called for donations to build a new church in Vienna. The church should be built as a "thank-you present to God" (votive offering, hence the name) of the peoples of the monarchy for the salvation of Francis Joseph. 300,000 citizens followed the call for donations. In the new "cathedral" all nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire should have found their spiritual and political "home".
The church building in an architect competition in April 1854 was tendered. Of 75 projects submitted by architects from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, England and France, a jury awarded the project of the then only 26-year-old architect Heinrich von Ferstel. 1856 construction began. After 23 years of construction, the church was consecrated on 24 April 1879, the day of the silver wedding of the imperial couple.
The three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic French cathedral style is one of the most important buildings of European historicism. Arosen from the environment of the revival of Dombauhütten (Cathedral masonry works), it represents the culmination of the historicist church architecture in Vienna.
The church originally was thought as a Hall of Fame for great Austrian people, similar to the Westminster Abbey in London. Realized this idea was only through the installation of the Tumba (grave) of count Niklas Salm. Although the Votive Church could be completed in 1879, but a "cathedral of the nations" it became not. Meanwhile prevailed in the Habsburg monarchy compared to 1853 a completely new general mood; the political victory of National Liberalism led to fierce nationality battles.
In 1880, the Votive Church was elevated to the status of a parish church, with a parish area stretching on the land of the former glacis from the Bellaria to Roßauer Lände (landing site).
Today: parish church and "cosmopolitan" House of God
On the parish territory of the Votive Church live around 2,700 Catholics (men and women). As the homestead of various foreign-language congregations of Vienna, the Votive Church is also a very "cosmopolitan" God's house. The peoples encompassing thought that was at the beginning of the foundation of the Votive Church is different today, but even more comprehensively alive in the Votive Church. Thus, the Votive Church closes the arc of the peoples of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which should find a spiritual home in this church, with the States that are now reconnected by the EU enlargement in a new Europe with Austria.
The church is used by the German-speaking parish and the English-speaking community in Vienna. In addition, there is the important role of the church for the Latin-Americans in Vienna, because a side altar is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Very close is also the Afro-Asian Institute with students from many non-European nations.
A pastoral emphasis in the Votive Church is put on the care of foreign visitors. Pastor Joseph Farrugia's is tourism pastoral worker of the Archdiocese of Vienna.
Wien, 1./9. Bezirk (the very art of listed Gothic church buildings of Vienna), la chiesa votiva, la iglesia votiva, l'église votive, Votivkirche, Votiv Church, Kościół Wotywny w Wiedniu (Rooseveltplatz/Schottentor)
The "Ringstraßendom (Ring Road Cathedral)" was consecrated on April 24, 1879
The Votive Church is one of the most important neo-Gothic religious edifices in the world. The emergence of the "Ring Road Cathedral" next to the main building of the University of Vienna is linked to the assassination of the young emperor Franz Joseph I on 18 February 1853 by the tailor's apprentice Janos Libenyi.
The emperor's brother, archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, later emperor of Mexico, after the assassination "in gratitude for the salvation of His Majesty" called for donations to build a new church in Vienna. The church should be built as a "thank-you present to God" (votive offering, hence the name) of the peoples of the monarchy for the salvation of Francis Joseph. 300,000 citizens followed the call for donations. In the new "cathedral" all nations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire should have found their spiritual and political "home".
The church building in an architect competition in April 1854 was tendered. Of 75 projects submitted by architects from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, England and France, a jury awarded the project of the then only 26-year-old architect Heinrich von Ferstel. 1856 construction began. After 23 years of construction, the church was consecrated on 24 April 1879, the day of the silver wedding of the imperial couple.
The three-aisled basilica in neo-Gothic French cathedral style is one of the most important buildings of European historicism. Arosen from the environment of the revival of Dombauhütten (Cathedral masonry works), it represents the culmination of the historicist church architecture in Vienna.
The church originally was thought as a Hall of Fame for great Austrian people, similar to the Westminster Abbey in London. Realized this idea was only through the installation of the Tumba (grave) of count Niklas Salm. Although the Votive Church could be completed in 1879, but a "cathedral of the nations" it became not. Meanwhile prevailed in the Habsburg monarchy compared to 1853 a completely new general mood; the political victory of National Liberalism led to fierce nationality battles.
In 1880, the Votive Church was elevated to the status of a parish church, with a parish area stretching on the land of the former glacis from the Bellaria to Roßauer Lände (landing site).
Today: parish church and "cosmopolitan" House of God
On the parish territory of the Votive Church live around 2,700 Catholics (men and women). As the homestead of various foreign-language congregations of Vienna, the Votive Church is also a very "cosmopolitan" God's house. The peoples encompassing thought that was at the beginning of the foundation of the Votive Church is different today, but even more comprehensively alive in the Votive Church. Thus, the Votive Church closes the arc of the peoples of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which should find a spiritual home in this church, with the States that are now reconnected by the EU enlargement in a new Europe with Austria.
The church is used by the German-speaking parish and the English-speaking community in Vienna. In addition, there is the important role of the church for the Latin-Americans in Vienna, because a side altar is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Very close is also the Afro-Asian Institute with students from many non-European nations.
A pastoral emphasis in the Votive Church is put on the care of foreign visitors. Pastor Joseph Farrugia's is tourism pastoral worker of the Archdiocese of Vienna.