Redemptorist Church, Roman Catholic church in Hernals, Austria.
The Redemptorist Church is a Neo-Gothic pseudo-basilica by architect Richard Jordan on Clemens-Hofbauer-Platz in Hernals. Built of exposed brick, its south front with the tall tower faces the square, while a three-storey convent and monastery garden adjoin to the north. Sandstone reliefs sit above the portals of the entrance porch, and statues of saints stand on the buttresses.
Built between 1886 and 1889 as the monastery church of the Redemptorists, the building became a parish church in 1937. Bombing in 1944 and 1945 damaged it; the tower was renovated in 1954, repairs and new bells followed in 1957, and the interior was restored in 1974.
The church keeps a copy of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, whose original is in Sant'Alfonso all'Esquilino in Rome. The high altar was made by the Redemptorist brother Maximilian Schmalzl, who also painted the Stations of the Cross. The altar in the tower chapel is dedicated to Alphonsus Liguori, that in the side chapel to Clement Mary Hofbauer, Vienna's city patron.
The church stands at Clemens-Hofbauer-Platz and is accessible by several tram lines. Regular services are held, and visitors can enter during opening hours to view the interior.
Inside hangs an 18th-century icon, the Madonna of the Lovers, which came originally from the St. Elisabeth hospital in Landstraße. The church also keeps a copy of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, whose original is in Sant'Alfonso all'Esquilino in Rome.
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