St. Matthäus, Roman Catholic church in Vochem, Germany

St. Matthäus is a Neo-Gothic cross-shaped church built of reddish brick in Vochem, completed in 1894 to plans by Gerhard Franz Langenberg. Its five-eighth polygonal choir is braced by stepped buttresses, with tall pointed-arch panels and quatrefoils above; a modern transept by Hans Joachim Lohmeyer was added in 1963–1965.

A chapel existed in Vochem by the 11th century, and a church is first recorded in 1274, when Albertus Magnus consecrated its high altar. The 1717 nave with its Romanesque west tower was demolished in 1893/1894; Gerhard Franz Langenberg's Neo-Gothic replacement was finished on 15 July 1894 and consecrated on 5 May 1901. In 1963–1965 Hans Joachim Lohmeyer added a transept.

Vochem only became an independent parish in 1804; before that, children were baptised and marriages held in Brühl. The parish's presentation right belonged to the lords of Vochemer Burg, the von Hersel family, until secularisation. A 1913 find nearby, a gravestone for a Frankish girl named Rignetrudis who died in the 6th century, points to early settlement.

The church stands northeast of the junction of St. Albert-Straße and An der Linde, on ground that rises slightly to the north and is enclosed by a wall. The Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway line runs just northwest of the building. The 1963–1965 cross transept and the two-storey annex on its south side are the most recent parts to look for.

The 1892–1894 neo-Gothic church by Gerhard Franz Langenberg replaced a plain 1717 hall church with a Romanesque west tower. In 1913 a Frankish grave slab found nearby commemorated Rignetrudis, a girl who died in the 6th century, evidence of early settlement at Vochem.