Saint Leopold Church (Donaufeld)
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Parish
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church of Donaufeld in Floridsdorf
Floridsdorf
Floridsdorf is the 21st district of Vienna, Austria .Floridsdorf is located in the northern part of Vienna.The District Office and the centre of Floridsdorf are located round Am Spitz, at the junction of Prager Straße and Brünner Straße .Since 2004, Floridsdorf has had its own tower: the...
, the 21st district of Vienna
Districts of Vienna
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, Austria
Austria
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Located at Kinzerplatz, it stands at a height of 96 m (315 feet), which makes it the third tallest church in Vienna
Vienna
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. Construction was completed in 1914. Earlier plans to use the church as a cathedral
Cathedral
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for a new diocese east of the Danube
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were abandoned when Floridsdorf was merged into Vienna in 1904. The rectory
Rectory
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was built under the premise of serving as a bishop's residence. Today the parish belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna and is entrusted to the pastoral care of the Augustinian Canons
Canons Regular
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of Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg is an attractive small town in Lower Austria, Austria with a population of 24,442.It is located on the Danube, immediately north of Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills...
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It is dedicated to Saint Leopold
Saint Leopold
Saint Leopold may refer to:* Leopold III, Margrave of Austria , patron saint of Austria* Leopold Mandić , Croat-born saint*Saint Leopold Church , Vienna, Austria...
, patron saint
Patron saint
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of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and founder of Klosterneuburg.