Pfarrkirche Sandleiten, Parish church in Ottakring district, Vienna, Austria.
Pfarrkirche Sandleiten is a parish church located in Vienna's Ottakring district, designed to serve the adjacent large housing complex. The building employs a steel-concrete frame with a bell tower on its eastern side and features a distinctive round window displaying a Christogram above the entrance.
The church was built between 1935 and 1936 following designs by Josef Vytiska as a complement to what was then Europe's largest municipal housing settlement. It was conceived to support the social life of the new residential community.
The church takes its name from the Sandleiten housing complex, one of Vienna's landmark social housing developments for which it was originally built. Today it serves as a gathering place for the neighborhood, and its straightforward design reflects the practical spirit of the era's social housing movement.
The church is easily identified from the outside and conveniently located for access from the neighborhood. The entrance is reached by climbing several steps, which limits accessibility for those with mobility challenges.
The organ inside was built by the renowned builder Pirchner and represents one of the first mechanical instruments constructed after a long period of pneumatic designs. This blend of contemporary building technology with traditional organ craftsmanship creates a notable historic combination.
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