Kirche am Steinhof

The Church am Steinhof, also known as the Church of St. Leopold, is considered the most important religious building of Viennese Jugendstil and a key work by Otto Wagner. It was built between 1904 and 1907 as the chapel of the Baumgartner Hoehe psychiatric clinic in Penzing, then the most modern social-medical centre in Europe. Wagner thought every detail through for a hospital congregation: rounded confessionals, a floor sloping gently toward the centre for easy cleaning, holy-water fonts with running water, pews of different widths for calm and agitated patients. The gilded copper dome - which earned it the nickname "Limonikirche" - shines across the Vienna Woods. Inside, mosaics by Remigius Geyling and stained glass by Koloman Moser glitter under the dome. Visitors can join guided tours on Saturdays.