Mehala Roman Catholic Church

Catholic church in Mehala, Romania

Church of the Holy Name of Blessed Virgin Mary

Biserica „Sfântul Nume al Sfintei Fecioare Maria”

The church in 1976

Religion
Affiliation| Roman Catholic
Patron| Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Year consecrated| 1887
Status| Active
Location
Location| 7 Avram Iancu Square, Timișoara
Geographic coordinates| 45°45′53″N 21°12′17″E﻿ / ﻿45.76472°N 21.20472°E﻿ / 45.76472; 21.20472
Architecture
Architect(s)| Eduard Reiter [ro]
Style| Neo-Gothic
Completed| 1887

The Church of the Holy Name of Blessed Virgin Mary is a Catholic church in the Mehala district of Timișoara in western Romania. Holy Masses are celebrated in Hungarian, German and Romanian, with the possibility of being celebrated in Bulgarian in a week's time.[1]

## History

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The Roman Catholic believers from Mehala were initially assigned to the Timișoara-Iosefin parish. The status of parish is granted to the Mehala district only in 1922.[2] The Roman Catholic church in Mehala was built in 1887,[3] on the western side of today's Avram Iancu Square, with the money donated by the inhabitants of this district. In 1896 the Mehala parish was taken over by the Salvatorians.[4] Viennese-born architect Eduard Reiter [ro] (1847–1908) was the master builder of the church, which was consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary on 12 September 1887.[5]

## Architecture

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The church was built in neo-Gothic style with neo-Romanesque elements.[1] It has a main altar and two secondary ones executed in Gothic style by the sculptor Ferdinand Stuflesser from South Tyrol. The painting of the main altar with the Madonna and Child was remade in 1975, after an old photograph, by painter Georg Boicean from Elisabetin, a student of painter Julius Podlipny. The two stained glass windows next to the main altar show the Coronation of Mary on the right and the Annunciation of the Lord on the left and were made in 1928 in the Mayer company's Munich studio. In 1937, two more stained glass windows, also from Munich, were donated by the Müller company. The images of the twelve apostles in the nave were created by Géza Ulrich from Aradu Nou. The four bells were cast in 1921 in the König bell foundry in Arad. The pipe organ with seven registers was built by Carl Leopold Wegenstein [de] in 1903.[6]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mehala Roman Catholic Church.

1. ^ a b "Biserica romano-catolică din Mehala, Timișoara". Welcome to Romania.
2. ^ Călin, Claudiu (21 February 2007). "Biserici Romano-Catolice existente azi pe teritoriul orașului Timișoara". Banaterra. p. 4.
3. ^ Grega, Georg. "Geschichte". Mehala.
4. ^ Zollner, Anton (December 1996). "Die Mehala-er Pfarrkirche". Banater Aktualität. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.
5. ^ von Schuster, Else. Timișoara, "Mica Vienă" de altă dată.
6. ^ Metz, Franz (2008). "Temeswar Mehala". Edition Musik Südost.

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Places in Timișoara

Historical|

* Anchor Palace
* Baroque Palace
* Brück House
* Communal Abattoir
* Count Mercy House
* Dauerbach Palace
* Deschan Palace
* Dicasterial Palace
* Fabric Water Tower
* Hilt-Vogel Palace
* House with Atlantes
* House with Lions
* Huniade Castle
* Iosefin Fire Station
* Iosefin Water Tower
* Lloyd Palace
* Löffler Palace
* Merbl Palace
* Military Casino
* Mühle House
* Nägele Palace
* Neptune Public Bath
* Neuhaus Palace
* Old Town Hall
* Palace of Culture
* Prince Eugene House
* Prison
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* Șari-Neni
* Széchényi Palace
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* Timișoreana Brewery
* Water Palace
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* Banat Village Museum
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* Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre
* German Cultural Centre
* German State Theatre
* Merlin Children's and Youth Theatre
* Mihai Eminescu National Theatre
* National Museum of Art
* National Museum of Banat
* Romanian National Opera

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* Cetate Synagogue
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* Elisabetin Reformed Church
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* Fabric Greek Catholic Church
* Fabric Synagogue
* Fratelia Roman Catholic Church
* Iosefin Orthodox Church
* Iosefin Roman Catholic Church
* Iosefin Synagogue
* Lutheran Church
* Mehala Roman Catholic Church
* Metropolitan Cathedral
* Millennium Church
* Misericordia Church
* New Millennium Reformed Center
* Notre Dame Church
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* St. Catherine Church
* St. Elijah Church
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Educational|

* Ana Aslan National College
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* Central Library of Politehnica University
* Constantin Diaconovici Loga National College
* Eugen Todoran Central University Library
* Francesco Saverio Nitti Economic College
* Grigore Moisil High School
* Ion Vidu National College of Art
* Israelite High School
* King Michael I University of Life Sciences
* Nikolaus Lenau High School
* Piarist High School
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* Sorin Titel County Library
* Tibiscus University
* Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy
* West Technical College
* West University

Statues, monuments and
fountains|

* Capitoline Wolf
* Fidelity Column
* Floral Clock
* Fountain of Cardinal Points
* Fountain with Fish
* Plague Column
* St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument
* Virgin Mary Monument

Forests, parks and
gardens|

* Alpinet Park
* Anton Scudier Central Park
* Botanical Park
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* Green Forest
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* Justice Park
* Queen Marie Park
* Roses Park
* Zoological Garden

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* Alexandru Mocioni Square
* Liberty Square
* Nicolae Bălcescu Square
* Pleven Square
* St. George Square
* St. Mary Square
* Timișoara 700 Square
* Trajan Square
* Union Square
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Sports venues|

* CFR Stadium
* Ciarda Roșie Stadium
* Constantin Jude Sports Hall
* Dan Păltinișanu Stadium
* Electrica Stadium
* Gheorghe Rășcanu Stadium
* Știința Stadium

Business centers|

* AFI Park
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* United Business Center
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Shopping venues|

* Bega Shopping Center
* Iulius Mall
* Shopping City

Infrastructure|

* Cioca Airfield
* Port
* Timișoara East railway station
* Timișoara North railway station
* Timișoara South railway station
* Timișoara West railway station
* Traian Vuia International Airport

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* ISHO
* Iulius Town

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