Salzburger Kirche, Neoclassical church building in Gusev, Russia

Salzburger Kirche is a Neoclassical hall church built of brick, with a square west tower and three large round-arched windows on each long side. Its yellow exterior and white interior with a gallery are on Mendeleyeva Street northwest of Gusev station. It is a regional cultural heritage site.

Construction of the current structure began between 1839 and 1840 from designs by Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel to replace an earlier building. The church suffered severe damage in January 1945 with loss of its tower before later restoration brought it back to use on Reformation Day 1995.

The church takes its name from some 16,000 Protestants expelled from the Archbishopric of Salzburg who settled in East Prussia after King Frederick William I's immigration patent of 2 February 1732. About 12,000 of them came to the area of present-day Gusev. Since 1998 the neighbouring Diakoniezentrum "Haus Salzburg" has served local needs, and the Salzburger Verein, founded in Gumbinnen in 1911, still maintains ties among their descendants.

The building sits in central Gusev and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors should know this is an active place of worship with variable opening times, so checking local conditions before visiting is wise.

The church lost its tower in January 1945 and was then used as a shed for the road-building department. It was the only church in Gusev to be fully rebuilt, rededicated on Reformation Day, 31 October 1995. Since 2010 a small used organ from Berlin-Johannisthal stands on the floor of the nave; built in 1990 by Alexander Schuke of Potsdam as Opus 569, it has five stops on one manual and pedal.