Veszprém – Risen Savior Church

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Historical description 1701-1945

This small church was built by the bishop of Veszprém Károly Hornig between 1903 and 1907 for the faithful in this district, the patients of the nearby hospital, and as a family tomb chapel. The designer was the municipal senior engineer Ágoston Kesselbauer. The carved wooden altar was made in Franz Leimert’s workshop in Vienna, the stained glass windows were made by Miksa Róth, and the decorative painting is the work of Rudolf Steiner. It was consecrated on 13 October 1907. The red limestone po...Read more

This small church was built by the bishop of Veszprém Károly Hornig between 1903 and 1907 for the faithful in this district, the patients of the nearby hospital, and as a family tomb chapel. The designer was the municipal senior engineer Ágoston Kesselbauer. The carved wooden altar was made in Franz Leimert’s workshop in Vienna, the stained glass windows were made by Miksa Róth, and the decorative painting is the work of Rudolf Steiner. It was consecrated on 13 October 1907. The red limestone portal was designed by Imre Csiszkei and completed in 1913. Read less

Historical description 1945-

The church was damaged both during the Second World War and in 1956. The originally two-colored Eternit roof covering was replaced with monochrome tiles. Most of the glass windows were destroyed, and the ornamental windows and the window depicting the Risen Christ in the apse are modern replacements. The interior decorative painting was renovated in 1985, and there was another interior renovation in 2017. The new pulpit and the tomb of the builder were made then. The façade was rehabilitated in ...Read more

The church was damaged both during the Second World War and in 1956. The originally two-colored Eternit roof covering was replaced with monochrome tiles. Most of the glass windows were destroyed, and the ornamental windows and the window depicting the Risen Christ in the apse are modern replacements. The interior decorative painting was renovated in 1985, and there was another interior renovation in 2017. The new pulpit and the tomb of the builder were made then. The façade was rehabilitated in 2019. Read less

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Name

Roman Catholic church

Other popular names

Károly (Charles) Church

Location

8200 Veszprém, Mártírok útja; hrsz. 5082.

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Level of protection

locally protected

Recommended for protection

national

Original style

church, tomb chapel

Current defining style

Historicist, Byzantine Romanesque Revival

Position in the church organization

Church

Supporting parish

Veszprém, St. Michael parish

General characteristics

This Byzantine Romanesque Revival church with a complex ground plan and volume is made of red limestone. It has a four-story bell tower on the western side and a sacristy resembling the keep of a fort on the eastern side. The main entrance is on the north, facing the old marketplace. There is a gothic column topped by a pointed arch on either side of the semicircular arched portal with carved jambs and a cross at the top. The initials of its builder, the Baron Károly Hornig are in the middle of ...Read more

This Byzantine Romanesque Revival church with a complex ground plan and volume is made of red limestone. It has a four-story bell tower on the western side and a sacristy resembling the keep of a fort on the eastern side. The main entrance is on the north, facing the old marketplace. There is a gothic column topped by a pointed arch on either side of the semicircular arched portal with carved jambs and a cross at the top. The initials of its builder, the Baron Károly Hornig are in the middle of the tall gable tympanum. Apse-like semicircular auxiliary areas open from the two ends of the transverse narthex built in front of the central-plan church area. A two-story tower rises over the octagonal church area. There are large stained-glass windows on the eastern and western sides of this on the lower level. One includes the initials of Károly Hornig, while the other depicts a pelican. Twin Romanesque windows light the space in the other four wall sections. A blind arcade runs around under the cornice on the upper level. The apse is supported by buttresses and terminates in three sides of an octagon. It is lit by semicircular arched stained-glass windows that have a blind arcade running above them. The apse is surrounded by an ambulatory. The church area is covered with a ribbed stellar vault. The side walls are covered with Historicist architectural and figurative ornaments, images of prophets and angels as well as Biblical scenes. Read less

Veszprém – Risen Savior Church

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