Pfarrkirche Königin des Friedens, Parish church in Favoriten district, Vienna, Austria
Pfarrkirche Königin des Friedens is a parish church in Favoriten, Vienna, built from 1933 to 1935 to designs by Leo Schmoll and Robert Kramreiter. Its entrance is formed by two nearly 20-metre-high tower-like pylons that enclose a forecourt and house chapels, small group rooms and the parish library. The church measures 52 metres long and 22 metres wide, with a 16.5-metre-high nave.
The parish grew from a wooden chapel clad in Eternit, consecrated in 1922 for 800 people and taken over by the Pallottines in 1924. The site for a new church was bought in 1930, the foundation stone laid on 3 September 1933, and Cardinal Innitzer consecrated the building on 16 November 1935. On 1 November 2015 the parish was merged into the new parish Göttliche Barmherzigkeit.
The church was built to the requirements of the People's Liturgical Movement around Pius Parsch, and its layout lets the congregation follow the service at the altar directly. The furnishings and stained-glass windows were designed by architect Robert Kramreiter, while the Pallottine altar and Stations of the Cross are by Sepp Kals.
The church stands at Buchengasse 158 in Favoriten, with its entrance set back between two nearly 20-metre pylons that form a forecourt. The pylon chapels, group rooms and parish library are used at church level and up to the bell chambers. As an active parish of Göttliche Barmherzigkeit, entry follows service times.
Inside the apse hangs a fresco by artist Albert Ferenz created in the late 1940s that shapes the sacred space. This is complemented by stained glass windows designed by architect Robert Kramreiter that direct light throughout the interior.
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