Franz von Assisi Church (Mexikokirche)

Catholic Church Donaustadt (St. Francis of Assisi) Mexicoplatz, Vienna
The Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi (also: Imperial Jubilee Church; colloquially: Mexico Church) is a Roman Catholic parish church completed in 1910.
After the newly acquired land through the first Danube regulation in Vienna from 1870 to 1875 was quickly settled, it lacked its own church and parish; The area temporarily belonged to the Praterstrasse parish. On March 19, 1898, a committee was founded for the construction of a large and representative church on the Danube. The sacred building was to be financed from donations and dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Josef I.
The foundation stone was laid on June 10, 1900 by Prince Archbishop Cardinal Anton Josef Gruscha in the presence of the emperor and more than 100,000 people. After the death of the architect Victor Luntz in 1903, the later cathedral builder August Kirstein continued the construction. Financial problems delayed construction progress. The keystone was laid on June 10, 1910. The provisionally completed anniversary church was opened on November 2, 1913 by Prince-Archbishop Friedrich Gustav Piffl in the presence of Emperor Franz Josef I, the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the mayor of Vienna, Richard Weiskirchner and the president of the church building committee, Prince Carlos Clary and Aldringen (1844 –1920), consecrated. During the First World War, work on the church was interrupted and resumed after the end of the war.[3] The appearance of the Imperial Jubilee Church has remained almost unchanged to this day. The wooden roofs of the three main entrances were only intended as a temporary measure for the inauguration ceremony, but have remained in place to this day.
In 1928, the establishment of the “Donaustadt Parish” was approved retroactively to July 1, 1921; the church was given the status of a parish church.[7] Donaustadt parish because the area, largely bordered by the Danube, the Northern Railway and the new Albrechts and Wilhelm barracks, was called the new Donaustadt (not to be equated with today's 22nd district of Vienna, Donaustadt on the other side of the Danube).
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The Church of St. Francis of Assisi is located just a hundred meters from the Danube; many Viennese people call it the "Mexico Church."The church's design was inspired by the Great St. Martin Church in Cologne. The brick building was designed to be large and massive because it was also intended to serve as a garrison church, which it ultimately failed to do.

The Roman Catholic Francis of Assisi Church at Mexico Square was built at the beginning of the 20th century.