Wotruba Church

Liesing, Austria

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Church of the Most Holy Trinity, known as the Wotruba Church, stands in Liesing, Vienna, as a striking Catholic structure completed in 1976. Designed by Austrian sculptor Fritz Wotruba with planning architect Fritz Gerhard Mayr, the church was built between 1974 and 1976 on the site of former Nazi barracks, initiated by Margarethe Ottillinger as a bold religious and artistic statement during an era of growing secularization. Wotruba died before its completion, leaving Mayr to oversee the final work. Constructed from 152 concrete blocks in a Brutalist idiom inspired by Chartres Cathedral, the church eschews visible symmetry and employs clear glass windows to flood its interior with light. Its altar is fashioned from artificial marble, while a bronze crucifix—a copy of a work Wotruba designed for the Hofkirche in Bruchsal, Germany—adorns the space. A listed heritage building in Austria, the Wotruba Church remains a deconstructivist masterwork of post-war religious architecture.