Show R REPAIRING AN OLD Celebration to Be Held In the Karls Karls- kirche Vienna Made Famous by Plague Karls Karls- famous old Vienna The The church erected here kirche or Karl's Karls as a thank offering after atter the cessation of tho great pl plague of two centuries ago Is undergoing extensive repairs The work Is being done In preparation for a great celebration The church had Its origin In much the same way as M the Passion Play came Into existence r A APi s I II Ir r Pi r r r I p The Famous Ka When Bavaria was visited by a pestilence pestilence I lence peasants in the them mountain village if ft they were registered a vow yaw that I spared they would perform a religious play ev every ry ten years It was nearly one hundred years Austria suffered later that parts of from a plague When it subsided the resolved on the c construction of a great t temple mple Work on an the Karls Karls- kirche began in 1716 and was completed completed com com- 20 years later The celebration celebration- now being planned will be held hed In 1916 It will be be- beIn In the the- nature of a thanksgiving service commemorating the completion of at two centuries In the life lite of the parish The church Is a D. lofty lofty building building surmounted surmounted sur mounted by a huge dome Two belfries bel fries each res resembling Trajan's col- col column lumn and ea each h feet high and 13 feet in diameter flank the portico Effects Effects Ef of f the plague are represented In relief in th tympanum The building occupies a commandIng command command- Ing position on an elevation in the south-central south p part rt of the city The dome Is now now- en encircled by scaffolding while the decorative material of the exterior is being replenished |