English summary: St. Stephen in Vienna was a construction site for over 300 years, so everyday church life always had to be inventive. Barbara Schedl illuminates the history of its medieval architecture for the first time, including liturgical practice, and shows the church as it was seen, built, and used by its contemporaries. Over several centuries St. Stephen grew and fulfilled various functions: parish church to the city's population, representative object to the local rulers, and finally bishop's church. The building ...
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English summary: St. Stephen in Vienna was a construction site for over 300 years, so everyday church life always had to be inventive. Barbara Schedl illuminates the history of its medieval architecture for the first time, including liturgical practice, and shows the church as it was seen, built, and used by its contemporaries. Over several centuries St. Stephen grew and fulfilled various functions: parish church to the city's population, representative object to the local rulers, and finally bishop's church. The building site has been an important economic factor for the city for generations and remained accessible for services during construction. To this purpose, finished and semi-finished sections, as well as still extant parts of the old church were used, partitioned off with wooden slats and covered with shingles; windows were often covered with animal skins. Celebrations of mass, processions, hymn, organ music, and the ringing of the bells, all had to adapt to the ongoing building process, which is why mobile objects such as altars, organ, and sermon stage were repeatedly moved. Against this background Barbara Schedl investigates the questions: How can the building process of the church be traced through the written sources? Which building plans and concepts were envisioned by the principals and the city's population? And how was the construction financed? Through thorough source studies, the author provides insight into the construction phases, the organization of the building site, and liturgical practice during the construction of this Gothic church. German description: St. Stephan in Wien war uber 300 Jahre eine Baustelle, in der der Kirchenalltag erfindungsreich weiterlief. Barbara Schedl beleuchtet die mittelalterliche Baugeschichte erstmals unter Einbeziehung der liturgischen Praxis und zeigt die Kirche, wie sie die Zeitgenossinnen und -genossen sahen, bauten und benutzten.\n \nuber mehrere Jahrhunderte ist St. Stephan in Wien gewachsen und erfullte verschiedene Funktionen: Pfarrkirche der Stadtbevolkerung, Reprasentationsobjekt der Landesfursten und schliealich Bischofskirche. Die Baustelle bildete uber Generationen hinweg einen wichtigen okonomischen Faktor fur die Stadt und blieb auch wahrend der Bauarbeiten fur die Liturgie zuganglich. Dafur wurden fertige, halbfertige und die noch nicht abgerissenen Bauteile der alten Kirche benutzt, indem diese mit Holzlatten abgetrennt, mit Schindeln gedeckt und Fenster oft mit Tierhauten verschlossen wurden. Messfeiern, Prozessionen, Gesange, Orgelspiel und Glockengelaute mussten auf die Arbeiten Rucksicht nehmen, weshalb bewegliche Gegenstande wie Altare, Orgel und Predigtbuhne immer wieder verschoben wurden.Vor diesem Hintergrund geht Barbara Schedl den Fragen nach: Wie lasst sich der Bauverlauf der Kirche mittels der Schriftquellen darstellen? Welche Bauplane und Konzepte schwebten den Bauherren und der Stadtbevolkerung vor? Und wie finanzierte sich der Bau? \nAuf Basis fundierter Quellenstudien gibt die Autorin Einblick in die Bauphasen, die Organisation der Baustelle und die liturgische Praxis wahrend der Entstehung der gotischen Kirche.
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