Lutherische Stadtkirche
Here, the Lutherische Stadtkirche survives only as ruins or fragments, but its past reaches into the royal and religious politics of early modern Vienna—part of the Historic Centre of Vienna UNESCO listing since 2001. The building was erected in the Renaissance period as the monastery church of the Catholic Königinkloster from 1582 to 1583, founded by Elisabeth of Austria, widow of King Charles IX of France. That Poor Clare monastery was consecrated to Mary, Queen of the Angels, and the original monastery plans were by Pietro Ferabosco, with construction carried out by Jakob Vivian. Later, the Lutheran church remembered three imperial hearts—those of Empress Anna, Emperor Matthias, and Emperor Ferdinand II—whose burial niches originally held their marble locking plates. …
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