title: Matsch
text: # Matsch
  
  Matsch is a name of Austrian origin that means "mud" or "slush". It may refer to the following:
  
  ## People
  
  * Elisabeth von Matsch, (1380's — around 1439), last countess of Toggenburg
  * Franz von Matsch, (1861 — 1942), Austrian artist
  * Richard Paul Matsch (1930–2019), United States federal judge
  * House of Matsch, Swiss and Austrian nobility, see de:Matsch (Adelsgeschlecht)
  
  ## Places
  
  * Matsch Ridge, ridge in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
  * Matscher Tal ("Matsch valley"), valley in northern Italy
  
  ## Other
  
  * Matsch (cards), a situation in certain card games where one side takes no tricks or scores few points.
  