Münzgrabenkirche, Graz, Catholic parish church in Graz, Austria.
The Münzgrabenkirche is a Catholic parish church in Graz's Jakomini district, built 1952–60 to Georg Lippert's plans. It consists of a nave, a clearly separate choir and a side bell tower, with convent wings alongside. A statue of St Michael by Josef Troyer (1954) crowns the south gable, and an Annenkapelle on the south side recalls the earlier St Anna Church destroyed in 1944.
The church was designed by architect Georg Lippert following the 1944 destruction of Saint Anna Church. Construction took place between 1952 and 1960, rebuilding the Catholic community's place of worship in the postwar period.
The church displays artwork including a statue of Saint Michael by Josef Troyer that catches visitors' attention. Glass windows by Gunter Damisch and Fritz Panzer fill the interior with colored light throughout the day.
The church stands on Münzgrabenstraße in the Jakomini district, its bell tower set beside the nave and the convent wings. North of the tower, a circular winding path leads to the small Fatima chapel. The entrance is on the street side; the Annenkapelle memorial chapel sits on the south side of the church.
The church holds seven bells cast in 1961 by the Grassmayr foundry in Innsbruck; the source describes them as one of the largest and finest-sounding peals in Graz. The organ, built in 1956 by Dreher & Reinisch, has 42 stops across three manuals and pedal.
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