Allerheiligenkirche Zwischenbrücken, Modern Catholic church in Brigittenau, Austria
The Allerheiligenkirche Zwischenbrücken is a modern church building in Brigittenau featuring contemporary architectural design. Located at Vorgartenstraße 56, it displays the clean lines and simple forms typical of mid-twentieth-century religious architecture.
The building was completely destroyed during bombing raids in 1945 and required full reconstruction afterward. Architect Josef Vytiska directed the rebuilding effort from 1949 to 1950.
The parish, renamed Zu allen Heiligen in 2017, now also covers Zum Göttlichen Erlöser and Muttergottes im Augarten. The name Zwischenbrücken recalls the island between Vienna's two Danube bridges, and the coat of arms shows the cut-off tongue of John of Nepomuk, a nod to the earlier chapel.
The church stands in the row of buildings at Vorgartenstraße 56, just south of Allerheiligenplatz, with the main entrance in the middle of the six-axis facade and the tower set above it. The site is walled off along the street line on both sides and kept visually open by four round-arched gates. The raised choir lies at the far end of the hall.
The 1930 tabernacle and the 1931 Pietà altar with a wooden Passion relief predate the church's 1950 consecration, having been brought in for the new building. The organ, built by Rudolf Novak in 1959–1960, has 16 registers.
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