Zwinglikirche, Protestant church in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria.
The Zwinglikirche is a Protestant Reformed church at Schweglerstraße 39 in Vienna's Neu-Fünfhaus district. The U-shaped complex, built by Siegfried Theiss and Hans Jaksch, groups the church, a two-storey parish house and a one-storey sexton's flat around a square courtyard closed by a wall and gate. A small tower holds a bell visible from outside.
The parish traces back to a 1901 preaching station funded by a 100,000-kronen donation from industrialist Philipp Wilhelm von Schoeller, based in the Volkscafé at Thaliastraße 41; it became independent in 1924. The cornerstone was laid on 27 September 1936 and the church consecrated on 20 June 1937. A bomb hit on 12 April 1945 damaged the roofs of church and parish house; repairs were finished by March 1946.
The church is named after Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli, who studied at the University of Vienna. A 1946 relief by sculptor Karl Jedlicka on the wooden pulpit depicts Zwingli's head, and one of the north-side stained-glass windows, installed in 1955, is dedicated to him. The red head wall carries a gold inscription of John 14:6 in Luther's translation.
The parish house contains offices, a sacristy, and a meeting room seating around 130 people. These spaces serve various community activities and gatherings for the local Protestant congregation.
The bell hangs freely visible in the small tower, not enclosed behind louvers. The church also gave its name to the Zwingligasse behind it, named in 1937, the year the building was completed. The pulpit carries a relief of Zwingli's head by sculptor Karl Jedlicka, added in 1946.
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