Stiegenkirche

The Stiegenkirche is a Roman Catholic church in the first district of Graz Innere Stadt. It is to enter through a characteristic staircase from the Sporgasse, as it stands behind the row of houses. It forms the 'Rectorate at the Stiegenkirche in Graz' of the Graz Dompfarre in the deanery Graz-Mitte of the city church Graz. The Stiegenkirche is the oldest parish church in Graz. It is located in the oldest part of Graz, where once the 'Paulzburg' was located, and is first mentioned in 1343 in an Ablassverleihung documentary. From 1886 to 1957, the staircase church was the church of the Jesuits. During the Second World War, the church was damaged in 1945 by a bombing and rebuilt from 1950 to 1953 according to the plans of the architect Franz Klammer. Since 1957 a separate church rectorate has been established.