St. Rupert's Church, Vienna

The Roman Catholic St. Ruprecht's Church is the oldest still existing in its basic substance Church of the City of Vienna. It is located on the Ruprechtsplatz in the 1st district of Vienna Inner City.

History

According to legend, the church was founded in the year 740. The first mention was in 1200, in a document that records a donation of Duke Henry II Jasomirgott to the Schottenstift reference. This donation also included the St. Ruprecht's Church, which is referred to therein as the oldest church in Vienna. From today's perspective, however, this is incorrect, since the first St. Peter's Church, the oldest church in Vienna was the Ruprecht's Church is the oldest church still standing today in Vienna.

The Ruprecht's Church is located on the territory of the former Roman military camp Vindobona. After the destruction of the Roman settlement, the nucleus of the later Vienna originated in the area around the St. Ruprecht's Church. She was the parish of Vienna, before this function in 1147 was transferred to the St. Stephen's Cathedral.

The church is dedicated to St. Ruprecht Rupert, the patron saint of sailors and consecrated salt from Salzburg, and is therefore considered Salzburg foundation. Salt was an important commodity monopoly, which was managed by a specific location, the salt Office in the Middle Ages. In the Ruprecht's Church salt was sold by the salt Office to retailers.

The present church has been changed several times and rebuilt. The church was damaged during a fire in 1276 and subsequently modified ( construction of the new polygonal apse and raising of the tower by a bullet ). AEIOU an inscription is located on the gallery balustrade with the year in 1439. It involves the motto of Emperor Frederick III. , And the year in which he was Duke of Austria.

The Salzamtmann Georg Nagl was to restore the very dilapidated St. Ruprecht's Church according to the inscription of 1622, Johann Baptist Bartolotti of Partenfeld funded the repair of 1701 bis 1703. For floor panels in the front door, and stages a small staircase to the gallery Kaiserstein from Kaiser quarry was used.

In the Ruprecht church are on the one hand the oldest stained glass windows in Vienna ( in the center of the apse, 3rd quarter 13th century), on the other hand, since 1993, 22 modern glass window of Lydia Roppolt. Dominant here are the three big window to the right of the nave, a cycle on " Praise God for salvation from the depths of distress ": Daniel in the Lion's Den, Jonah and the Whale and the three youths in the fiery furnace. The other windows have the " praise of creation " on the subject. Left and right of the Gothic window in the apse there are windows of Henry Tahedl (1949 ). The tabernacle made ​​of cast bronze with staves was created by Ignaz Kienast 1998.

First Church rector of the parish of St. Ruprecht was Roeland P. Joop OSA, his successor is Gernot P. Wisser SJ.

The salt Office next to the St. Ruprecht's Church

The salt Office was housed in the so-called Prague House. The old Prague house was directly attached to the tower of St. Ruprecht's Church. 1433/34 it was called " the Duke house, which is called Prague".

Wenceslas, King of Bohemia, was imprisoned in the next St. Ruprecht located Prague house, but could inexplicably escape on 9 November 1403. Also Albrecht VI. lived up to settle the quarrel between him and his brother, Emperor Frederick IV ( 1458 ) in Prague house.

In this Prague house was later (1775? ) Moved the imperial salt Office and the salt bailiffs took the church of St. Ruprecht under their protection. The mine Salzer was required to wear for the preservation of St. Ruprecht's Church concern. The Salzer were called those " wohlbehausten citizens ", where an imperial patent zusprach the right on the Gries ( Gries salt ) that there arrived by ship salt to sell. They were also called Griesler from which later the name Viennese grocer arose.

Because of the introduced on April 1, 1824 Salt free trade, the Vienna Office salt was dissolved. 1832 the building was demolished. Since it is in the years before the demolition to an "office without function" acted, the Viennese proverb according to which one may be " complain to the salt office" was born.

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Modern stained glass window

Statue under the tower of St. Ruprecht's Church

The Ruprecht staircase connects the Morzinplatz with the Ruprechtsplatz

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