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Sankt Laurenz am Schottenfeld

Sankt Laurenz am Schottenfeld, Roman Catholic parish church in Neubau, Vienna, Austria

Sankt Laurenz am Schottenfeld is a baroque-classicist hall church with a tower facade, built 1784–1787 to plans by Andreas Zach at Westbahnstraße, corner Zieglergasse. A large Ionic pilaster order rises above a high base; the two-bay nave is widened transept-like at the second bay, and the two-bay choir ends in a rounded apse with oratories on both sides.

Built from 1784 to 1787 to plans by Andreas Zach for the Schottenstift under Abbot Benno Pointner, the church was consecrated to St. Lawrence in 1786 and raised to parish status the same year; the facade tower was finished in 1787. The German Order ran it from 1946 to 2020, though it remains incorporated into the Schottenstift.

The ceiling paintings date from 1869 to 1871 and were made by Leopold Schulz, Ignaz Schönbrunner and Anton Roux. Friedrich Staudinger painted the Last Judgment above painted sham architecture. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence, whose martyrdom also appears in lead reliefs by Johann Ferdinand Prokop on the high altar.

The church stands at the corner of Westbahnstraße and Zieglergasse in Neubau, near the Burggasse-Stadthalle U-Bahn station. The entrance is through a square-vaulted vestibule beneath the organ gallery. The nave is two bays long and widens transept-like at the second bay, with oratories set like bay windows on both sides of the choir.

The organ, originally built by Franz Xaver Krismann in 1788, was rebuilt by Jacob Deutschmann in 1825 and again by Philipp Eppel in 1966, keeping the historic case. Its original console has been missing since 1962. The five bells were cast in Vienna, most by Pfundner in the mid-20th century; the smallest, from the 19th century, names Barbara Fierlinger as its caster.

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Andreas Zach
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1786
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Westbahnstraße 17
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48.20150,16.34470
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