Evangelische Heilskirche

Schedule: - 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month: Bad Gastein at 10:00 AM - 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month: Bad Hofgastein at 10:00 AM History: 1500-1550 - Flourishing of gold mining in Gastein. Reformation ideas spread into the valley. 1533 - Craftsman Martin Lodinger emigrates to Augsburg on Luther's advice because he does not receive communion in both forms in Gastein. 16th/17th century - Protestantism in Gastein fluctuates between temporary tolerance and suppression by the Salzburg archbishops. 1615 - First expulsion of 629 Protestants from Gastein. 1731/32 - Expulsion of Protestants by Prince-Archbishop von Firmian. 668 Protestants leave Gastein. 480 find a new home in East Prussia. 1781 - Tolerance edict of Joseph II. In the Gastein Valley, no one confesses to the Protestant faith. From 1864 - Protestant church services during the summer season for Protestant spa guests in Bad Gastein. 1868-1872 - Construction of the "Christophoruskapelle" under the patronage of Kaiser Wilhelm I of Prussia in Bad Gastein. 1950 - Evangelicals in Gastein form a daughter congregation of Hallein. 1959/60 - Construction of the "Heilskirche" in Bad Hofgastein. June 25, 1960 - Dedication of the "Heilskirche" and granting of the status of an independent parish to the Evangelicals in Gastein.