This website (
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"After heavy bomb damage in the Second World War, only the western facade had remained reasonably intact - the church was rebuilt short again after plans by the Bavarian architect Michael. The original appearance of the neo-Gothic church was completely lost during the renovation in the years 1969 to 1972. At the suggestion of the then 83-year-old architect Clemens Holzmeister, a typical Gothic for rather a new style high spiers replaced by short and pyramids and the pediments and other decorations away.
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"The church was destroyed by air raids in World War II, leaving only the western part unscathed. Reconstruction of a simpler version of St. Andrew's Church was completed in 1949. Despite all the changes, the church failed to blend in with its surroundings. Further adaptations were made in 1969/70: the towers were shortened and covered with flat pyramid-shaped roofs. The façade was painted light grey and white to make St. Andrew's Church fit into the cityscape."
The German language Wikipedia page (
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"The Roman Catholic St. Andrew's Church is a large parish church in Salzburg so-called New Town and part of the city deanery . It is the Apostle Andreas ordained, the patron saint festival is on 30th November (St. Andrew) committed. The original church of the existing since 1811 parish was in the Linzer Gasse .
The old church of St Josemaria. Andreas
(Today the house Linzergasse No. 1) established master Georg Bauer, it was consecrated on November 29, 1418. According to the founders letter obtained the municipal judge Martin Reuter gave the order to the order the request of his deceased uncle Hans Reuter nachkam: to build a Andreaskirche and keep it "eternal fair". Martin Reuters tomb, with Founder picture , was then applied centrally in the Church. In the church a hired priest read a daily Mass for the founders and their relatives, they served the 1588 built Stadtkaplanei , from 1811 onwards the new city parish St , Andrae as parish church . The original Gothic church was Wolf Dietrich in 1610 to transform into a Renaissance, 1748 Archbishop Dietrichstein they barockisieren at great expense. The great city fire of 1818 damaged the church, those in charge they could fix up only a makeshift. She was also the increasing traffic in the way. As a result, the church in 1861, the objections of citizens in defiance demolished and started in 1892, a new St. To build Andrä.
The standing near Sebastian Church has always been filial church of S. Andrea and served in the meantime to replace the church.
The neo-Gothic church
From 1892, according to plans by Josef Wessicken the new church, headed by the city architect, Jacob Ceconi in neo-Gothic style in the newly created space behind the looped built bastions, who had previously served as a military barracks. On November 20, 1898 consecrated Cardinal Haller church. With its dimensions, such as the 61m high towers, then the red brick walls and red roof they had shaped the Salzburger Neustadt. When air attacks on 17th Nov. 1944 and 27th February 1945 she was hit severely by bombs, after the church, designed by Michael Short rebuilt. The original appearance of the neo-Gothic church was not made ??in the course of reconstruction again. The now embossed design of the presbytery, in particular of the altar and the stained glass windows created, Karl Weiser (1911-1988). With the change from 1969 to 1972, the neo-Gothic spiers were replaced by short pyramids and the pediment away."