Capuchin Church, Vienna

Capuchin Church
Capuchin Church, Neuer Markt, Vienna, Austria
Basic information
Location	Vienna, Austria
Geographic coordinates	48°12′20″N 16°22′11″E / 48.20555°N 16.36972°E / 48.20555; 16.36972Coordinates: 48°12′20″N 16°22′11″E / 48.20555°N 16.36972°E / 48.20555; 16.36972
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Country	Austria
Year consecrated	1632
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Active
Leadership	P. Albert Michelitsch OFMCap
Website	www.kapuziner.org
Architectural description
Architectural type	Church
Completed	1632
Specifications
Direction of façade	SE
Length	35 m (114.8 ft)
Width	16 m (52.5 ft)
Width (nave)	10 m (32.8 ft)

The Capuchin Church (German: Kapuzinerkirche) in Vienna, Austria is a church and monastery run by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Located on the Neuer Markt square in the Innere Stadt near the Hofburg Palace, the Capuchin Church most famous for containing the Imperial Crypt, the final resting place for members of the House of Habsburg. The official name of the church is Church of Saint Mary of the Angels, but it is commonly known in Vienna as the Capuchin Church.

About 1599 the Capuchin brothers under Lawrence of Brindisi resided at Vienna on their way to Prague, where they had been sent by Pope Clement VIII in the course of the Counter-Reformation. The church was donated by will of Anna of Tyrol (1585 – 1618), consort of Holy Roman Emperor Matthias of Habsburg. Construction was delayed due to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War and not finished until 1632, under the rule of Matthias' successor Ferdinand II. It was consecrated in 1632.

The aisleless church contains the tombs of friar Marco d'Aviano (d. 1699) and architect Donato Felice d'Allio (1761) as well as a pietà by Peter Strudel. Its subterranean mausoleum is the Imperial Crypt (German: Kaisergruft, though usually called Capuchin Crypt, German: Kapuzinergruft) that has been the principal place of entombment for the Habsburg dynasty, Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, and their descendants.