St. Josef und St. Quirinus
St. Josef und St. Quirinus stands in Linz’s Kleinmünchen district as a Catholic parish church dedicated to Saint Joseph and Quirinus of Siscia. Its late historicist mixed style combines several historical influences. Matthäus Schlager designed the building, erected between 1905 and 1906 and protected as a historic monument. Nearly 59 metres of tower rise above the park-like surroundings.
Religious life here reaches back to a wooden church recorded in Kleinmünchen during the tenth century. A document mentions the former Quirinus church in 1290. Archaeological excavations later uncovered wooden foundations, a choir-square church, rebuilding phases, and parts of a cemetery. The old church stood on Dauphinestraße until demolition in 1930.
War and renovation left visible chapters in the building’s history: the First World War took its bells, copper roof, and organ pipes. A bomb struck the church in December 1944. The interior now includes a Quirinus chapel added in 1988, curved pews, and an altar moved into the nave. Gerhard Knogler redesigned the entrance doors for the centenary in 2006.
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