Matthäuskirche Salzburg-Taxham

The Matthäuskirche stands in the Salzburg district of Taxham, a post-war housing estate built for refugees. It belongs to the Evangelical Church A.B. in Austria and was designed by architects Hans Laimer and Eugen Salpius. The church was completed in 1969 under the leadership of long-serving parish priest Nils Koblanck. The building follows the brutalist style of the 1960s, with a heavy, low-pitched roof that extends over the glazed gable. Its entrance is marked by a sharply projecting double door beneath a concrete cross-shaped lintel. A simple bell tower stands at the rear, its single chamber housing the church bells. Inside, the roof structure continues, creating a tent-like space that echoes the Jewish concept of the divine presence. The altar area features a modern organ installed in 1999, designed by Rieger Orgelbau, with a striking crucifix by Sepp Auer. The church’s design reflects both its Protestant identity and broader spiritual symbolism.