Around May 1st, the Mariendom in Linz will celebrate 100 years. At 5,851 square meters, it is the largest church in Austria. The Archbishop of Vienna dismissed the fact that this is not the highest level in 2018. She announced that the tower in Linz – as specified at the time of construction – was almost two meters below the landmark Viennese at 134.69 meters, according to a new measurement at the time of the renovation. This does not hinder the party atmosphere in Linz.
On Sunday, April 28, Bishop Manfred Scheuer will celebrate the 100th anniversary service with the Mass in D minor by Anton Bruckner. Bishop Franz Joseph Rudigier laid the foundation stone for St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 1, 1862. After 62 years of construction, the largest construction project in Europe was dedicated on April 29, 1924. According to the diocese, the neo-Gothic cathedral “as an episcopal church, is an essential crystallization place” of the Catholic Church in Upper Austria. “It is an important literal place, a spiritual place, but also an important artistic and cultural monument for our federal state. “
The cabaret artist Günther Lainer also wrote an article in the commemorative publication. For many years he was an altar boy in the “Neues Dom”, as the church in Linz is also called. He talks about the meaning of the word “new” in his contribution: “Just as the cathedral is constantly being renewed, the church should also renew itself,” he asks them to study “a- into and into the new subjects.”
With the renovation of the cathedral tower in 2019, the “time capsule” was taken down from the cross member and opened. Various things are stored there that remind us of the building or are intended to avoid a disaster from the cathedral. After the update operation was completed, the time capsule was “updated”. In 2021, new contemporary certificates were added to the documents and memorabilia already submitted – including a 3D print of the Holy Family and an FFP2 mask, which is expected to reminded later generations of the pandemic. It is expected that the complete renovation of the church will be completed in 2030 and it is estimated that it will cost 14 million euros.
This year’s birthday weekend starts with a cathedral open day on Saturday. The new cathedral center will also open then. In the future, the glass “reception room” will be an “information and reception center for events in the cathedral and on Cathedral Square”.
(SERVICE – anniversary information at www.100jahremariendo.at)
2024-04-16 04:27:21
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