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Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of listed church buildings of Vienna), Michaelerkirche, la chiesa d'Arcangelo Michel, la iglesia de Arcángel Miguel, l'église de Saint Michel (archange), church of Saint Michael (archangel) - Archanioł Michał
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Historical Overview - History
Tympanum of a Romanesque portal, by 1225, left of the entrance area
The Church of St. Michael was built in 1220 and already in 1288 a parish church. It is located on one of the most beautiful places in Vienna and it is one of the oldest and most interesting churches in Vienna. Until 1784 it was listed as Hofpfarrkirche (Court Parish). Today it is the parish and monastery church of the Salvatorians.
Besides St. Stephen and the Scots church, St. Michael is named from 1288 as one of the three parish churches, to which belonged to Joseph's parish reform in 1782, inter alia, the districts Mariahilf, Fünfhaus, Sechshaus and Währing.
Romanesque beginnings
The origin of St. Michael's Church was long shrouded in darkness. A dated 1221 Memorandum, first published in 1772, was recognized by Oskar von Mitis as a forgery. Possibly it originated in the 18th Century in a dispute with the neighboring castle parish, to prove its priority. 1953, Alois Kieslinger after extensive investigations of building materials arrived to the conclusion that the uniform origin of the late-Romanesque St. Michael's Church is proved: all the stones of the friezes carry the same stonemason signs.
With this the St. Michael's Church has the only and largest preserved late Romanesque building stock in Vienna. The 1951 followed discovery of the richly structured arch of the west door and the 1982/83 carried out uncovering of the north portal in the transept and the "porta lateral" behind the former Allerseelenaltar (All Soul's alter) 1987/88 confirm the start of construction of the church around 1220. The three late Roman gates with two preserved tympana (Giebelfeld = tympanum above the lintel) are occasionally to visit with special tours. A 25 June 1288 issued letter of indulgence in favor of rebuilding the St. Michael's Church is the oldest document of the St. Michael's College Archives. An indulgence brings about the reduction of the temporal punishments for sin under certain conditions.
Gothic construction phases
On 23 March 1327 burned out Michael's Bell Tower, in the process three bells were melted. The Vienna citizenship and Duke Albrecht II (1330-1358) raised the funds for the restoration. 1350 provided the ducal chef cook Stiborius Chrezzel a generous donation for the construction of the southern Gothic side choir, the today's Chapel of the Cross, of gratitude, that he had been acquitted of the charges brought against him of attempted poisoning of his Lord Albrecht II. On 5 April 1416 consecrated Georg von Hohenlohe, Bishop of Passau, the church after the establishment of the Gothic main choir anew; a little later the northern side choir was built.
Baroque and Classicism
Until 1626 the assets of the church were administered by an urban church master. Emperor Ferdinand II deprived St. Michael of the influence of the Protestant-minded city council and handed the church and presbytery on 4 May 1626 over to the from Milan summoned Barnabites. By cardinal Melchior Khlesl on 16 May followed the transfer to the Barnabites, bringing new architectural ideas from the South and from 1633 to 1636 taking off a large part of the Gothic interior. One of the first changes was the demolition of the since 1419 certifiable rood screen (Lettner - Chorschranke) that separated the three Ostabschlüsse (closings to the east) of the church from the transept. Of the at the beginning of the 16th Century counted 21 altars, there were now only 12 left. The driving force of the Baroquisation was Father Don Florentius Schilling. He was a preacher in Rome and Naples, and in 1634 was sent to Vienna. Father Schilling became the most important preacher of Vienna. St. Michael owes him above all the transformation of the Pietà chapel (Vesperbildkapelle) to an early Baroque jewel.
1724/25 got the to St. Michael's Square oriented West facade a porch. The gable figures represent the Engelsturz (Fall of the Angels). 1781/82 the high altar was erected and thereby also the choir designed anew. After already in 1792 the western facade had been covered classicist, emerged inside the church for the Bicentennial (1826) of the Barnabites in Austria also altars in classicism.
On recent history
Paintings of Jude Thaddeus, venerated helper in dire need, circa 1928, of the Salvatorians commissioned. After nearly 300 years of service in Austria, the Barnabites handed over the management of their property in 1923 to the Salvatorians. The parish of St. Michael with effect from 1 January 1926 was closed, its parish establishment divided to the neighboring parishes of St. Augustine, St. Peter and the Scots. Under the first Salvatorian priest, the Provincial Father Theophilus Muth came back new life to St. Michael; several monuments in memory of the Habsburg Monarchy found here a homestead. By order of 30 January 1938, the parish of St. Michael by Cardinal Innitzer on 1 February 1939 was re-established. In 1976 it got alloted parts of the completely abandoned parish of St. Peter.
2003 the former Allerseelenaltar (All Saints altar) was transferred to the monastery by which one of the Romanesque church doors for the church visitor was made available. 2006 followed the restoration of the great bell of St. Michael's from 1525, which had cracked in 1992 and since then stood in front of the church. On 5 December 2006 the bell sounded with great participation of the population for the day of death of Mozart. The baroque clock tower from 1765 also could be renovated and made functional again. For the Easter 2007, the tower ratchet from 1901 was put into operation again.
www.kirchen-fuehrer.info/michaelerkirche-wien/geschichte....
Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of listed church buildings of Vienna), Michaelerkirche, la chiesa d'Arcangelo Michel, la iglesia de Arcángel Miguel, l'église de Saint Michel (archange), church of Saint Michael (archangel) - Archanioł Michał
(for forther pictures, churches and information please go the end of page and consult the corresponding link!)
Historical Overview - History
Tympanum of a Romanesque portal, by 1225, left of the entrance area
The Church of St. Michael was built in 1220 and already in 1288 a parish church. It is located on one of the most beautiful places in Vienna and it is one of the oldest and most interesting churches in Vienna. Until 1784 it was listed as Hofpfarrkirche (Court Parish). Today it is the parish and monastery church of the Salvatorians.
Besides St. Stephen and the Scots church, St. Michael is named from 1288 as one of the three parish churches, to which belonged to Joseph's parish reform in 1782, inter alia, the districts Mariahilf, Fünfhaus, Sechshaus and Währing.
Romanesque beginnings
The origin of St. Michael's Church was long shrouded in darkness. A dated 1221 Memorandum, first published in 1772, was recognized by Oskar von Mitis as a forgery. Possibly it originated in the 18th Century in a dispute with the neighboring castle parish, to prove its priority. 1953, Alois Kieslinger after extensive investigations of building materials arrived to the conclusion that the uniform origin of the late-Romanesque St. Michael's Church is proved: all the stones of the friezes carry the same stonemason signs.
With this the St. Michael's Church has the only and largest preserved late Romanesque building stock in Vienna. The 1951 followed discovery of the richly structured arch of the west door and the 1982/83 carried out uncovering of the north portal in the transept and the "porta lateral" behind the former Allerseelenaltar (All Soul's alter) 1987/88 confirm the start of construction of the church around 1220. The three late Roman gates with two preserved tympana (Giebelfeld = tympanum above the lintel) are occasionally to visit with special tours. A 25 June 1288 issued letter of indulgence in favor of rebuilding the St. Michael's Church is the oldest document of the St. Michael's College Archives. An indulgence brings about the reduction of the temporal punishments for sin under certain conditions.
Gothic construction phases
On 23 March 1327 burned out Michael's Bell Tower, in the process three bells were melted. The Vienna citizenship and Duke Albrecht II (1330-1358) raised the funds for the restoration. 1350 provided the ducal chef cook Stiborius Chrezzel a generous donation for the construction of the southern Gothic side choir, the today's Chapel of the Cross, of gratitude, that he had been acquitted of the charges brought against him of attempted poisoning of his Lord Albrecht II. On 5 April 1416 consecrated Georg von Hohenlohe, Bishop of Passau, the church after the establishment of the Gothic main choir anew; a little later the northern side choir was built.
Baroque and Classicism
Until 1626 the assets of the church were administered by an urban church master. Emperor Ferdinand II deprived St. Michael of the influence of the Protestant-minded city council and handed the church and presbytery on 4 May 1626 over to the from Milan summoned Barnabites. By cardinal Melchior Khlesl on 16 May followed the transfer to the Barnabites, bringing new architectural ideas from the South and from 1633 to 1636 taking off a large part of the Gothic interior. One of the first changes was the demolition of the since 1419 certifiable rood screen (Lettner - Chorschranke) that separated the three Ostabschlüsse (closings to the east) of the church from the transept. Of the at the beginning of the 16th Century counted 21 altars, there were now only 12 left. The driving force of the Baroquisation was Father Don Florentius Schilling. He was a preacher in Rome and Naples, and in 1634 was sent to Vienna. Father Schilling became the most important preacher of Vienna. St. Michael owes him above all the transformation of the Pietà chapel (Vesperbildkapelle) to an early Baroque jewel.
1724/25 got the to St. Michael's Square oriented West facade a porch. The gable figures represent the Engelsturz (Fall of the Angels). 1781/82 the high altar was erected and thereby also the choir designed anew. After already in 1792 the western facade had been covered classicist, emerged inside the church for the Bicentennial (1826) of the Barnabites in Austria also altars in classicism.
On recent history
Paintings of Jude Thaddeus, venerated helper in dire need, circa 1928, of the Salvatorians commissioned. After nearly 300 years of service in Austria, the Barnabites handed over the management of their property in 1923 to the Salvatorians. The parish of St. Michael with effect from 1 January 1926 was closed, its parish establishment divided to the neighboring parishes of St. Augustine, St. Peter and the Scots. Under the first Salvatorian priest, the Provincial Father Theophilus Muth came back new life to St. Michael; several monuments in memory of the Habsburg Monarchy found here a homestead. By order of 30 January 1938, the parish of St. Michael by Cardinal Innitzer on 1 February 1939 was re-established. In 1976 it got alloted parts of the completely abandoned parish of St. Peter.
2003 the former Allerseelenaltar (All Saints altar) was transferred to the monastery by which one of the Romanesque church doors for the church visitor was made available. 2006 followed the restoration of the great bell of St. Michael's from 1525, which had cracked in 1992 and since then stood in front of the church. On 5 December 2006 the bell sounded with great participation of the population for the day of death of Mozart. The baroque clock tower from 1765 also could be renovated and made functional again. For the Easter 2007, the tower ratchet from 1901 was put into operation again.
www.kirchen-fuehrer.info/michaelerkirche-wien/geschichte....