Döbling Parish Church

The Döblinger Parish Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the district part Oberdöbling in the 19th district of Vienna Dobling.

History

The first mention of a church in Dobling dates from 1267, as an Ecclesia was first mentioned in Tobelico ( Church in Dobling ). Your location is unknown. From the 15th century is detectable by the traditional name of the pastor Döblinger a continuous inventory of the church. In the 15th century the church was destroyed first by Matthias Corvinus, but quickly rebuilt. 1640 was solved on the existing parish Dobling and beat them to the parish Währinger parish church. After another destruction of the church in 1683 in the wake of the Second Siege of Vienna, however, made ​​only more safety work. The services were now temporarily in the Johann von Nepomuk Chapel: held (today Döblinger main road 83). The building was restored only through the parish reform of Joseph II and the collection Döbling to your own parish. However, the church soon proved too small and was from 1826 to 1828 brought to plans by Joseph Reininger in the present form and dedicated to St. Paul.

Architecture and Facilities

The church is designed around a baroque central chamber and been outside running through her ​​temple-like appearance typical of the style of that construction. Important works of art Döblinger parish church are the high altarpiece Conversion of St. Paul Josef Schönmann (1829 ), the side altar paintings by J. Kreßler, the pulpit from the early 19th century and a wooden statue of Mary from the 18th century. Before the church there are stone statues of St. Erasmus (early 18th cent.) And of St. John of Nepomuk ( 1800 ). The organ of the parish church was built by Gerhard Döblinger Hradetzky and has 2 manuals and pedal.