Bruder-Klaus-Kirche, Graz, Modern parish church in Innere Ragnitz, Austria

Bruder-Klaus-Kirche is a modern parish church in Graz designed with clean architectural lines and geometric forms. The interior features a distinctive wooden ceiling shaped like a ship's keel that defines the entire worship space.

The church was built in 1987 to serve the growing population of Ragnitztal after the Berliner Ring settlement expanded in the 1960s. Its construction responded to the neighborhood's rapid growth and created a new community center for residents.

The church houses a late Baroque Madonna from Salzburg and wooden statues of Saint Nicholas of Flue alongside his wife Dorothea. These religious artworks shape how visitors experience the interior and connect to the patron saint's veneration.

The church stands in Innere Ragnitz, in Graz's Ries district (X), east of the city in the Ragnitztal. A paved forecourt ringed by an arcade connects the church with the pastoral, group and administrative rooms and the kindergarten. The free-standing bell tower is held by concrete pillars; the interior is entered from this forecourt.

The church interior repeats the ship motif: the wooden ceiling is shaped like a ship's keel, matching the bow-shaped bell tower outside. The cross and tabernacle were designed by sculptor Thomas Hoke, and the weekday chapel keeps mementos of the emergency church that stood here before 1987.