Pfarrkirche Oberlaa, Baroque parish church in Favoriten, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Oberlaa is a Baroque parish church located in Vienna's Favoriten district with traditional ecclesiastical design. The interior features a central worship space with carved details, ornate decoration, and multiple windows that fill the sacred space with natural light.
A church in Oberlaa is documented in 1267, and it served as a parish church from about 1324. It was destroyed during the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna in 1683 and only provisionally rebuilt. Mathias Gerl erected the present Baroque building in 1744–1746.
The name Oberlaa comes from the area above Laaer Stream and has defined the neighborhood's identity for centuries. Visitors can see how the church continues to serve as a social gathering point for the district community.
Entry to the church is free and the building is accessible during service times. Visitors should be prepared for the typical conditions of a historical church interior, with limited seating space and possibly steep stairs.
The organ was built in 1903 by Matthäus Mauracher, not 1860. It has over 15 stops on two manuals and pedal, with suspended valve chests and pneumatic action for both keys and stops, and its case is in Neo-Renaissance forms.
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