The Döbling Parish Church (Döblinger Pfarrkirche) is a
Roman Catholic parish church in the suburb of
Oberdöbling in the
19th district of
Vienna,
Döbling.
History
The first reference to a church in Döbling dates from 1267, when a ''Ecclesia in Tobelico'' (church in Döbling) was mentioned in an official document, but it is not known where this church stood. The continuous existence of a church can be proven from the 15th century, as the names of the Döbling parish priests have been recorded since that time.
The Döbling Parish Church was destroyed by
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in the 15th century, but it was quickly rebuilt. In 1640, the
parish of Döbling was dissolved and the area was allocated to the parish of
Währing. The church was destroyed for a second time during the
second siege of Vienna
The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mou ...
in 1683; the remains were shored up but not rebuilt. The Johann-von-Nepomuk-Kapelle in the Döblinger Hauptstraße was used as a replacement until the parish church was restored following emperor
Joseph II’s reform of the parishes and the restoration of Döbling to the status of an independent parish.
The church however quickly proved to be too small. It was rebuilt between 1826 and 1828 in line with designs drawn up by
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and dedicated to
Saint Paul
Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
. The church features a
Baroque
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main room; its temple-like appearance is typical for the period. The church’s three most prominent artistic features are the picture on the altar ''Bekehrung des heiligen Paulus'' (''The conversion of Saint Paul'') by
Josef Schönmann Josef may refer to
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(1829), the pictures on the side altars, which these are the work of J. Kreßler, the
pulpit
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, which dates from the early 19th century, and a wooden statue of
Mary dating from the 18th century.
References
* Christine Klusacek, Kurt Stimmer: ''Döbling. Vom Gürtel zu den Weinbergen''. Wien 1988, , S. 161 f.
External links
Pfarre Döbling – St. Paul
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Roman Catholic churches in Vienna
Buildings and structures in Döbling