Opening Hours
Service hours:
Every 1st and
3rd Sunday of the month in Bad Gastein at 10.00 am
Every 2nd and
4th Sunday of the month in Bad Hofgastein at 10.00 am
Address
Christophorus Church
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse
5640 Bad Gastein, AT
evangel.gastein@aon.at
https://www.sichtbar-evangelisch.at/gemeinden/gastein-christophoruskirche/
+43 6432 6674
The Christophoruskirche/ Christophorus Church is the Protestant
parish church in Bad Gastein in the state of Salzburg. The
neo-Gothic church was built from 1868 to 1871 by master builder
Jacob Ceconi and master builder Pecol from Schladming according to
the plans of Berlin's senior building officer Wilhelm Salzenberg.
The church was consecrated in 1872. Restorations took place in 1959
and 1981. The Protestant parsonage is structurally connected to the
church.
The neo-Gothic church was built from 1868 to 1871
according to the plans of the Berlin chief building officer Wilhelm
Salzenberg by master builders Jacob Ceconi and master builder Pecol
from Schladming. The church was consecrated in 1872. Restorations
took place in 1959 and 1981. The evangelical parsonage is
structurally connected to the church.
The church is built of
stone-faced ashlar masonry on a cross ground plan. It has triangular
gabled facades, stepped buttresses at the corners, and lancet
windows. In the east there is a gorged pointed arch portal with a
triforium window above it and a pointed arch sound window with a
bell. A bell tower with pointed arched sound windows and pointed
helmet is placed in the center. The central room with a cross floor
plan has a neo-Gothic ribbed vault on pillars. The elevated
sanctuary with a pointed-arched niche has a neo-Gothic image of
Christ, signed Binder 1870. In the east of the church is the organ
gallery with an organ in a neo-Gothic case. The neo-Gothic glass
windows were made by the Royal Institute for Glass Painting in
Berlin. The gallery parapet, the benches, the preacher's chair, the
door and the vestibule were designed by the sculptor Wendler from
Berlin. The bell in the tower sounds in the tone e2 and was cast in
1871 by Franz Oberascher in Salzburg and weighs 150 kg.