St. Peter und Paul, Gothic Revival church in Neuwiesen, Winterthur, Switzerland

St. Peter und Paul is a church building in the Neuwiesen area featuring multiple spires and towers that dominate the local roofline. The structure displays Gothic Revival design with stone walls and ornamental details throughout its exterior.

On 10 August 1862, the feast of St. Lawrence, the first official Catholic service since the Reformation was held in Winterthur's old city chancery. The parish was founded on 13 December 1863, and the church opened in 1868 as the first Catholic church built in the canton of Zurich after the Reformation. Of the 114 Catholics listed at the founding, only 12 held citizenship, and a third of the non-citizens were foreigners, mainly from southern Germany and Vorarlberg.

The church is the mother parish of Winterthur's Catholics, founded by a small, wealthy lay elite: of 114 named Catholics at the 1863 founding assembly, only 12 held city citizenship and about a third of the non-citizens were foreigners, mainly from southern Germany and Vorarlberg. Its patronal feast day, 10 August, recalls St. Lawrence, on whose day in 1862 the first official Catholic service since the Reformation was held in the old city chancery.

The church stands in the Neuwiesen quarter, close to Winterthur's main railway station, so it is reached on foot from the station or by city bus. The building faces the street and its position near the tracks makes it a useful landmark when leaving the station.

The parish was founded on 13 December 1863, before the cantonal church law existed. Of the 114 Catholics named in the founding minutes, only 12 held Winterthur citizenship; about a third of the rest were foreigners, mainly from southern Germany and Vorarlberg. A small, wealthy Catholic upper class led the community and drove the church's construction.