Matthäuskirche, Gothic Revival church in Neckarau district, Mannheim, Germany

The Matthäuskirche is a church building with three naves, a high tower, and elaborately decorated facades featuring pointed arch portals in Gothic Revival style. The architectural design combines traditional Gothic elements with their interpretation in the 19th century.

The building was constructed between 1891 and 1893 under the direction of Hermann Behaghel and represents the fourth church built at this location. Its construction on ground with a long history of religious use shows the enduring importance of the site to the community.

The four bells cast for the 1891–93 church were named after Peter, John, Paul and James — apostles, not evangelists. The three large bells were surrendered in 1917 for war use and the small bronze bell was sold in 1922. The name Matthäuskirche only became customary in the 1920s, when the neighbouring parishes built the Luke and Mark churches, completing a quartet named after the four evangelists alongside St John's in Lindenhof.

The church stands in the centre of Neckarau, aligned toward the Hauptstraße, with three pointed-arch portals on the front and two more on the sides. Inside, a sandstone strip runs down the central nave from the entrance to the altar, while the side aisles have a lime-sandstone-coloured terrazzo floor. The interior was redesigned in 2005/06 by Lamott Architekten, work that received the Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg award for exemplary building in 2007.

During construction, workers discovered the foundations of three earlier church buildings that stood at this exact spot. These archaeological traces reveal that the site has been a center of faith for generations.