Cathedral And Metropolitan Church Of Saint Stephen And All Saints, Vienna, Austria. (Part One).

English: 

Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of 

Saint Stephen and All Saints, Vienna, Austria.

Deutsch: 

Dom-und-Metropolitankirche zu 

Sankt Stephan und allen Heiligen, 

Wien, Österreich.

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English:

His Eminence Christoph Schönborn OP.

Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna.

Português: Cardeal Christoph Schönborn

na eleição da Conferência Episcopal Austríaca.

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Saint Stephen’s Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Church in Vienna, Austria, and the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Vienna.

It was the Seat of the Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn.

The New Organ,

Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna.

Bach: Toccata.

Played by: Konstantin Reymaier.

Available on YouTube

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The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the Cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz, was largely initiated by Duke Rudolf IV (1339 – 1365) and stands on the ruins of two earlier Churches, the first a Parish Church Consecrated in 1147. 

The most important Religious building in Vienna, Saint Stephen’s Cathedral has borne witness to many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has, with its multi-coloured tile roof, become one of the City’s most recognisable symbols. It has 256 stairs from the top to the bottom [1]

By the middle of the 12th-Century, Vienna had become an important centre of German civilisation, and the four existing Churches, including only one Parish Church, no longer met the Town’s Religious needs.

English:

South Tower and the shorter North Tower,

along with the Roof Tiles mosaic.

Deutsch: Nordostansicht des Stephansdomes in der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien.

Date: 3 August 2014.

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In 1137, Bishop of Passau Reginmar and Margrave Leopold IV signed the Treaty of Mautern, which referred to Vienna as a “Civitas” for the first time and transferred Saint Peter’s Church to the Diocese of Passau.

Under the Treaty, Margrave Leopold IV also received from the Bishop extended stretches of land beyond the City walls, with the notable exception of the territory allocated for the new Parish Church, which would eventually become Saint Stephen’s Cathedral.

Although previously believed built in an open field outside 

the City walls, the new Parish Church was likely built on an ancient Cemetery dating to Ancient Roman times; excavations for a heating system in 2000 revealed graves 2.5 metres 

(8.2 ft) below the surface, which were carbon-dated to the 

4th-Century A.D.

This discovery suggests that an even older Religious building on this site predated Saint Rupert’s Church, which is considered the oldest Church in Vienna.

English: Roof of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna.

Deutsch: Die nordseitigen Wappen am Albertinischen Chordach des Stephansdoms in der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien.

Date: 10 October 2017.

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PART TWO FOLLOWS.