Church of the Teutonic Order, Vienna
Church of the Teutonic Order | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Catholic Church |
Leadership | P. Johannes Kellner[1] |
Location | |
Location | Vienna, Austria |
Geographic coordinates | 48°12′27.2″N 16°22′22.7″E / 48.207556°N 16.372972°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Church[2] |
Style | Gothic, Baroque |
Groundbreaking | 1326 |
Completed | 1375 |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | SSW |
Capacity | 150 |
Length | 25 m |
Width | 10 m |
Website | |
Official Website |
The Church of the Teutonic Order (German: Deutschordenskirche), also known as the Church of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (German: Hl. Elisabeth von Ungarn), is the mother church of the
Church
This
The walls are decorated with rows of numerous armorial bearings of the Order of Teutonic Knights and several commemorative stones, such as the tombstone of Count Siegfried Sarau with relief work by Giovanni Stanetti and of bailiff Jobst von Wetzhausen (1524) by Loy Hering.[citation needed]
Of particular interest is the
Treasury of the Teutonic Order
The church is incorporated in the Deutschordenshaus, the seat of the Order. Next to the cobbled inner courtyard is the Schatzkammer (the Treasure Room), a real ecclesiastical treasure trove that has been turned into a museum, consisting of five rooms on the second floor. The different collections have been built by successive Grand Masters during eight centuries. They constitute one of the oldest treasure collections in Vienna, covering the Gothic,
The first room displays Gothic coins, medals, seals, crosses, and a 13th-century coronation ring.
The second room shows
The other rooms contain a collection of oriental arms such as a
The treasury is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 10am-12noon, Wednesdays and Fridays 3-5pm.
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Preceptory (Deutschordenshaus) in 1733 (Drawing of S. Kleiner).
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Winged triptych made in part by Jan van Wavere in 1520.
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Capture of the Lord (detail of triptych)
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Burial and resurrection of the Lord (detail of triptych)
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Coronation ofSaint Helena (Tobias Pock, 1667).
See also
Notes
- ^ Homepage des Deutschen Ordens[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dom- und Metropolitanpfarre St. Stephan" (in German). Erzdiözese Wien. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
- ^ Kirche St. Elisabeth
- ^ "Jan van wavere". Art Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
References
- Pillich, Walter (1953). "Zur Baugeschichte der Deutschordenskirche in Wien". Wiener Geschichtsblätter. VIII (1). Wien: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien: 1–10. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007.
- Demel, Bernhard and Krones, Wolfgang. Das Deutsch-Ordens-Haus zu Wien: Von den Anfängen des Ordens im Jahre 1190 bis heute. Wien 1994.
- Brook, Stephen (1994). Eyewitness Travel Guide to Vienna. New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing. ISBN 1-56458-647-2.
- Humphreys, Rob (2005). The Rough Guide to Vienna – Edition 4. London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-84353-411-8.
External links
- Homepage of the Teutonic Order (in German)
- Treasury and museum of the Teutonic Order (in German)