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Church of St. Charles Borromeo (Central Cemetery)

Church of St. Charles Borromeo (Central Cemetery)

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Church of St. Charles Borromeo (Central Cemetery)

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Location: Vienna Woods, Lower Austria, Austria

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Tamara (unterwegs)

July 8, 2019

The huge church can be seen from afar and sits on a pedestal overlooking the Central Cemetery. The impressive building is also known as the “St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church”.

The church was built according to the plans of architect Max Hegele, a student of Otto Wagner, and was completed in 1911. The foundation stone was laid by the then mayor of Vienna, Dr. Karl Lueger. The Dr. Karl Lueger Memorial Church is not dissimilar to the church at Steinhof. Be sure to take a look inside.

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Paul

October 26, 2021

Cemetery Church of St. Charles Borromeo
The Cemetery Church of St. Charles Borromeo (also: Charles Borromeo Church, formerly: Dr. Karl Lueger Memorial Church, popularly known as Lueger Church) is a Roman Catholic church in the Vienna Central Cemetery in the 11th district, Simmering. It was built from 1908 to 1911 according to designs by the architect Max Hegele. The church is a listed building.
The designs for the design of the Central Cemetery submitted by the Frankfurt architects Karl Jonas Mylius and Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli in 1870 already included a cemetery church in the center of the area. After the cemetery opened in 1874, decades passed until the Vienna city administration, as the operator of the cemetery, announced a competition for the completion of the Central Cemetery in 1899, which was won by Max Hegele.
The portal system at the main entrance to the cemetery grounds (Gate 2) was built, as were the funeral halls I and II to the left and right of the entrance area. From 1905 to 1907, the crypts on both sides of the church - the arcades and columbaria - were built.
The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on May 11, 1908 by the mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger, and work lasted until October 1910. After Karl Lueger's death in March 1910, the municipality of Vienna decided to name the church the Dr. Karl Lueger Memorial Church. Lueger's mortal remains, which had been provisionally buried in the family grave, were moved to the church crypt under the high altar at the end of October 1910. Karl Lueger is depicted kneeling in his shroud on the mural in the upper part of the chancel. On June 16, 1911, the church was consecrated to St. Charles Borromeo.
During the Second World War, the dome of the church was destroyed by an incendiary bomb; repair work after the end of the war lasted until the 1950s.
From 1995 to 2000, the church was completely renovated on the initiative of city councilor Johann Hatzl; the cost was 183 million schillings. The interior dome, which had only been roughly restored after the Second World War, was also restored to its original condition. The reopening took place on October 27, 2000 by the mayor of Vienna, Michael Häupl, and the re-consecration four days later by the archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. During the reopening, the new name Cemetery Church of St. Charles Borromeo was decided upon.
Text / Source: Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedhofskirche_zum_gesundheiten_Karl_Borrom%C3%A4us

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JakobusPilger

June 2, 2025

Saint Charles Borromeo (1538 to 1584), to whom this imposing church is dedicated, came from a noble family and was Cardinal of Milan. Since one of his interests was education, the Association of Catholic Public Libraries in Germany, founded in 1845, was named after him (if interested, see borromaeusverein.de/). Saint Charles Borromeo's feast day in the calendar of saints is November 4th.

A massive monument is dedicated to him in his Italian homeland (Arona in Piedmont), see =>> komoot.com/de-de/highlight/585434

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