Memorial Fresco for Msgr. Eduard Köck

On May 14, 2004, a memorial plaque and a wall fresco were unveiled on the façade of the residential house Mariengasse 15 in the 17th district, commemorating the parish priest and spiritual caregiver Msgr. Eduard Köck. Köck worked as a spiritual caregiver at the regional court during the National Socialist regime and accompanied prisoners condemned to death by the NS regime. The fresco was created by Wolfgang Jell-Paradeiser. During the ceremony for the unveiling, the blessing was performed by Bishop's Vicar Karl Rühringer. Present were representatives of the Catholic Church, the housing cooperative Frieden, the Documentation Center of the Austrian Resistance, the ÖVP Fellowship of politically persecuted individuals and confessors for Austria, as well as numerous residents of the building.