Churches & Sacred Sites in Cologne

Alt St. Alban – Church Ruin and War Memorial at Quatermarkt

since 1200

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Preserved Romanesque church ruin at Quatermarkt; left unrestored after WWII bombing and consecrated as a memorial to the war dead in 1959.

Alt St. Cornelius

since 1833

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Only the Romanesque tower survives from this former parish church in Cologne's Rath/Heumar district, a remnant of its medieval predecessor.

Alt St. Katharina (Cologne-Niehl)

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The "Niehler Dömchen": a 12th-century Romanesque basilica on the Rhine riverbank, featuring a Gothic choir and listed heritage status.

Alt St. Maternus

since 950

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Romanesque 'little chapel' on the Rhine — one of 13 small former village churches outside Cologne's medieval city walls.

Alt St. Mauritius (Cologne-Buchheim)

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Romanesque cemetery chapel and surviving remnant of Buchheim's former parish church — featuring a semicircular apse from around 1200.

Alte Dorfkirche Köln-Junkersdorf

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Medieval village church with a Gothic choir — once the parish church of St. Pankratius, now a small chapel after centuries of fire, war, and reinvention.

Antoniterkirche

since 1350

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A Gothic Protestant church in the middle of the Schildergasse – Cologne's most visited church after the cathedral, known for Barlach's ‘Hovering Angel'.

Auferstehungskirche (Cologne-Buchforst)

since 1965

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Listed Brutalist church from 1968 with a striking tetrahedral form, now operating as the 'Kulturkirche Ost' cultural venue for readings, music, and cabaret.

Benedictine Convent of Cologne

Active convent of the Benedictine Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament in Cologne-Raderberg, founded in 1890 and still home to a community of nuns today.

Brüsseler Platz

The heart of Cologne's Belgian Quarter, defined by the Neo-Romanesque church of St. Michael — a vibrant social hub and the scene of a long-running noise dispute.

Chapel Madonna in the Green

Hexagonal Marian chapel in Cologne-Weidenpesch, built as a thanksgiving offering, housing the oak-carved Madonna "Madonna im Grünen."

Christ König

1951 Cologne church whose V-shaped timber trusses evoke the Bethlehem stable — popularly known as the Christmas Church.

Christ's Transfiguration Church (Cologne-Heimersdorf)

since 1966

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A Catholic parish church in Cologne-Heimersdorf, built in the 1960s in a Brutalist style by Josef Lehmbrock on a cross-shaped ground plan.

Christi Auferstehung (Lindenthal)

since 1968

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Sculptural concrete church by Gottfried Böhm at the head of the Lindenthal Canal – with a cave-like interior of branching pillars.

Christi Geburt

since 1969

A Catholic parish church built 1969–1971 in Bocklemünd/Mengenich, notable for its rare dedication to the Nativity of Christ and its angular, right-angle-free architecture.

Christophorus-Kapelle (Longerich)

Denkmalgeschützte Militärkapelle von 1957 auf dem Gelände der Lüttich-Kaserne, benannt nach dem Schutzpatron der Reisenden.

Christuskirche (Cologne-Dellbrück)

Neo-baroque Protestant church of 1905 in Cologne's Dellbrück district, designed by architect Otto March.

Christuskirche

since 1891

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Protestant church in the Belgian Quarter: a historic Neo-Gothic tower fronting a nave that was newly consecrated in 2016.

Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Cologne-Gremberghoven)

since 1955

In Cologne's Gremberghoven district stands a plain 1950s brick church that now serves as the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Exaltation of the Cross — originally built as the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit.

Church of the Redeemer (Rodenkirchen)

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Protestant L-shaped church in Rodenkirchen with a 20-metre campanile; its three bells together carry the Christmas angels' greeting.

Church of the Resurrection Cologne-Ostheim

Protestant church with a round altar window and side light bands, consecrated in 1954 to a design by Gerhard Langmaack.

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Cologne Cathedral

since 1248

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Gothic cathedral and shrine of the Three Kings — at around 157 metres one of the tallest churches in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Cologne Synagogue

since 1899

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Neo-Romanesque synagogue built in 1899 on Roonstraße — heart of Cologne's Jewish community, ravaged in 1938, visited by the Pope in 2005.

Crossing Tower of Cologne Cathedral

since 1861

The crossing tower is the third tower of Cologne Cathedral, built in 1860 as a wrought-iron structure above the crossing. Between 1965 and 1973 it received its present, Art Déco-inspired form featuring eight angel figures.

Crux (Youth Pastoral Centre)

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Home of the 'church with the leaning tower' — Catholic youth pastoral centre in Cologne's Südstadt, combining a church, café, and community spaces under one roof.

Deutz Abbey

since 1001

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Cologne's Deutz Abbey, founded in 1002, is the original home of the golden Heribert Shrine and today serves as a Greek Orthodox church.

Deutz Synagogue

Religious centre of the Jewish community in Cologne-Deutz; the synagogue on Reischplatz, destroyed in 1938, is now a residential building with a memorial plaque.

Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kirche (Köln-Lindenthal)

since 1979

A Protestant parish centre with a pentagonal single-hall church, built 1979/80 in the Deckstein part of Cologne-Lindenthal and named after Nazi-era resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

DITIB Central Mosque Cologne

since 2017

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Central mosque of DİTİB in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, inaugurated in 2018 in the presence of Erdoğan — with two 55-metre minarets and a grand domed hall.

DITIB Central Mosque Cologne-Chorweiler

since 2008

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Opened in 2008 in the Feldkassel industrial estate, this DITIB mosque is the first Islamic house of worship in Cologne's Chorweiler district and an active community centre in the city's north.

Friedenskirche (Cologne-Ehrenfeld)

since 1876

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Ehrenfeld's oldest Protestant church, built in 1876, repeatedly remodelled and heritage-listed since 1982.

Friedenskirche (Köln-Mülheim)

since 1896

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Oldest Protestant church building in present-day Cologne – named after the peaceful union of two congregations in 1837.

Groß St. Martin

since 1150

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Romanesque basilica in Cologne's Old Town with a cloverleaf-shaped east choir and striking crossing tower — built over Roman foundations.

Heilig Geist (Köln-Weiden)

A closed brick church from the 1960s in Weiden, its ribbon window wrapping the whole building and converging into a point above the altar.

Heilig Kreuz

since 1931

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Catholic parish church in Köln-Weidenpesch, built in 1931 to plans by Heinrich Bartmann and consecrated in 1934 – a brick building poised between tradition and modernity, and a listed monument since 1983.

Heilige Drei Könige (Cologne-Rondorf)

since 1987

A Roman Catholic parish church in Cologne's Rondorf district whose present building, erected in the late 1980s, replaced a neo-Gothic predecessor from 1898/99.

Herz-Jesu-Kirche

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Neo-Gothic church on Zülpicher Platz whose tower was modelled on Freiburg Minster — rebuilt in a modern form after wartime destruction.

Immanuel Church (Cologne-Stammheim)

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Multiple award-winning timber church of the evangelical Brückenschlag congregation in Cologne-Stammheim, consecrated in 2013.

Immanuelkirche (Köln-Longerich)

1962/63 errichtete evangelische Kirche mit über 35 Meter langem Schiff und 450 Plätzen, die der ganzen Longericher Gemeinde ihren Namen gab.

Johanneskirche (Cologne-Sülz)

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Protestant church in Cologne-Sülz from the early 1960s, featuring colourful hexagonal concrete honeycomb windows and a baptistery separated by glass walls.

Johanneskirche Köln-Brück

1937 built Protestant greywacke church in Köln-Brück, prized for its acoustics and free-standing round tower, now a popular concert venue.

Kalker Kapelle

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A pilgrimage chapel in Cologne's Kalk district, home to a 15th-century Pietà said to have miraculous powers — a destination for annual processions for centuries.

Kartäuserkirche

since 1350

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Gothic church of the 1334 Cologne Charterhouse — now an Evangelical parish church with stained-glass windows by Charles Crodel.

Katholischer Friedhof Köln-Mülheim

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One of the oldest surviving cemeteries in Cologne, with a 13th-century chapel and still in use for burials today.

Klein St. Martin

since 1460

A lone tower surviving from a demolished Cologne parish church — once crowned with a tall Gothic spire visible across the Rhine skyline, today capped by a flat pyramid.

Kolumba

since 1853

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Peter Zumthor's landmark brick building for the Archdiocese of Cologne's art museum, built over the ruins of the war-destroyed church of St. Columba.

Krieler Dömchen

since 850

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Cologne's second-oldest church after St. Gereon — a small Romanesque village chapel in Lindenthal with roots stretching back to around 900 AD.

Leaning Tower of Cologne (St. Johann Baptist)

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In 2004, its 44 m tower tilted 77 cm westward — earning the church the nickname 'Leaning Tower of Cologne' and making international headlines.

Liebfrauenkirche

since 1864

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Neo-Gothic parish church in Cologne-Mülheim, rebuilt in modern form by Rudolf Schwarz after wartime destruction.

Lukaskirche (Cologne-Porz)

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Protestant hall church in Cologne-Porz blending Art Nouveau beginnings (1914) with a striking Expressionist interior completed in 1927; listed heritage building since 1982.

Lutherkirche (Cologne-Nippes)

since 1886

Neo-Gothic Protestant church in the Sechzigviertel that has hosted concerts, readings and cabaret as Cologne's Kulturkirche since 2002.

Lutherkirche

since 1904

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Protestant church in Cologne's Südstadt, its bells inscribed with Luther's chorale – bombed to its tower in 1944, deconsecration planned for autumn 2026.

Luthernotkirche

Emergency church built from the rubble of the destroyed Lutherkirche, designed by Otto Bartning — the only one of its surviving kind fully preserved.

Matthäuskirche (Cologne-Lindenthal)

since 1975

A Protestant parish centre with church in Cologne-Lindenthal, built between 1975 and 1977 by Busmann + Haberer in a modern architecture of cubic volumes.

Melanchthonkirche

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Protestant church from 1929/30 in Zollstock — one of Germany's early examples with the worship hall upstairs and a community centre below.

Minoritenkirche

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Burial church of Adolph Kolping and Johannes Duns Scotus — a 13th-century Gothic mendicant church and place of pilgrimage.

Museum Schnütgen

since 1910

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One of Europe's richest medieval collections, housed in the Romanesque basilica of St. Cecilia in Cologne's historic city centre.

Nathanaelkirche (Bilderstöckchen)

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A 1965 Protestant church with a hexagonal footprint, its free-standing campanile rises on three tapering concrete legs like a modernist sculpture.

Neu St. Alban

since 1958

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Post-war church in the Stadtgarten built from rubble bricks of the destroyed Cologne Opera, with a pentagonal floor plan inspired by Le Corbusier.

Neu St. Katharina

since 1894

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A heritage-listed Neo-Romanesque brick basilica from 1892–1894 in Cologne's Niehl district.

Nikolaus-Kapelle

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Built around 1100 near the Rhine in Westhoven — Cologne's smallest surviving Romanesque village chapel, enclosed by an ancient churchyard.

Our Lady of Sorrows (Cologne-Lindweiler)

Branch church in Cologne-Lindweiler whose organ traveled from the Netherlands via Bonn before reaching Cologne.

Parish Church of Christ's Resurrection

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Old Catholic parish church in Cologne's Südstadt — a red steel frame on its 1990s successor traces the silhouette of the wartime predecessor at full scale.

Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche

A neo-Gothic brick church in Cologne-Lindenthal, popularly called the "Red Church," featuring an organ built in 2011.

Petruskirche (Cologne-Merheim)

1979 Protestant church in Cologne-Merheim, featuring furnishings partly gifted by its partner parish in Zabrze, Poland.

Reformationskirche

Protestant church in Cologne-Marienburg famed for its 15-metre concrete-glass window depicting creation striving toward Christ.

Rochuskapelle

The oldest surviving building in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district – a chapel founded in 1666 following a plague outbreak.

St. Adelheid (Cologne-Neubrück)

since 1968

A 1960s Catholic parish church on the market square of Neubrück, dedicated to Saint Adelheid of Vilich.

St. Aegidius (Cologne-Wahn)

Neo-Gothic parish church in Cologne-Wahn, unusually aligned north–south instead of the traditional east-facing orientation.

St. Agnes

since 1896

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Cologne's largest church after the Cathedral: a Neo-Gothic hall church that gave its name to the surrounding Agnesviertel district.

St. Albertus Magnus

Catholic church in Cologne-Lindenthal, known for a 1962 chancel-wall fresco by Cologne church painter Peter Hecker.

St. Amandus (Köln-Rheinkassel)

since 1200

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Romanesque church on the Rhine whose twin-towered chancel is a miniature echo of nearby St. Gereon — an extraordinary feature for a rural parish church.

St. Andreas

since 974

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One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches — home to the tomb of Albertus Magnus in its crypt and stained-glass art by Markus Lüpertz.

St. Anthony's Church (Cologne-Mülheim)

Neo-Gothic Catholic church in northern Cologne-Mülheim, notable for stained-glass windows spanning several eras and a 1970 organ.

St. Aposteln

since 1020

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One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches — known for its trefoil-shaped trichoral apse at Neumarkt and celebrated as the city's premier music church.

St. Bartholomew's Burial Church

since 1959

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Former parish church in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, used since 2014 as a columbarium with a prayer room.

St. Bernhard (Longerich)

since 1961

St. Bernhard is a Catholic branch church in the Cologne district of Longerich, built in 1961 to designs by architect Fritz Lill. Since a 2021 conversion its nave has served as a diocesan depot, while a reduced worship space remains in use.

St. Bonifatius (Cologne-Nippes)

since 1914

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A neo-Romanesque basilica from 1914 in Cologne-Nippes, regarded as the city's only Art Nouveau church.

St. Brictius (Cologne-Merkenich)

Catholic parish church whose 12th-century Romanesque tower stands freely beside the modern 1963 building.

St. Bruder Klaus (Cologne-Mülheim)

since 1956

Catholic church by Fritz Schaller with a three-part structure and hexagonal clerestory, awarded the Cologne Architecture Prize in 1967.

St. Bruno

since 1924

A Catholic parish church in Cologne's Klettenberg district, built in the 1920s in a restrained Expressionist style and repeatedly remodelled after heavy wartime damage.

St. Cäcilien – Museum Schnütgen

since 801

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One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches — home to the Museum Schnütgen for medieval art since 1956.

St. Clemens (Cologne-Langel)

Neo-Gothic brick hall church in Cologne-Langel, part of the cycling-route churches network since 2024, open to cyclists and hikers along the Rhine.

St. Clemens (Cologne-Mülheim)

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A former sailors' church on the Rhine in Cologne-Mülheim, rooted in a Romanesque hall church built in the 12th and 13th centuries.

St. Clemens (Cologne-Niehl)

Catholic parish church by Karl Band, defined by a multiply folded roof, a sculptural brick facade, and a 32-metre tower.

St. Cornelius Church (Cologne-Rath/Heumar)

since 1835

A classicist brick hall church in eastern Cologne, home to a venerated statue of St. Cornelius and an octagonal neo-Romanesque tower from 1886.

St. Cosmas und Damian (Köln-Weiler)

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Parish church in Köln-Weiler whose Baroque predecessor from 1766 has been preserved; the 1910 organ was restored to its original specification in 2007.

St. Dimitrios (formerly St. Mark's)

since 1973

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A Rum Orthodox church in Cologne's Seeberg district, built in the 1970s by Fritz Schaller as a Catholic branch church and today the seat of a bishop.

St. Dionysius

Neo-Gothic brick basilica of 1898/99 in Cologne-Longerich, its furnishings blending medieval figures with 20th-century works.

St. Dreikönigen

since 1929

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Catholic parish church of 1928/29 in Cologne-Bickendorf, blending New Objectivity with Expressionist touches.

St. Engelbert

since 1930

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Cologne's first modern church: Dominikus Böhm's central-plan building with a star-shaped dome, built 1930–1932 in Riehl.

St. Franziskus

since 1957

Catholic parish church in Köln-Bilderstöckchen, built by Hans Schilling as a round red-brick structure between 1957 and 1961 and listed as a historic monument since 2003.

St. Fronleichnam (Cologne-Porz)

since 1958

In Cologne's Porz district stands St. Fronleichnam, a Catholic branch church that architect Gottfried Böhm shaped between 1958 and 1960 around the idea of God's "tent among the people." The striking tent-roof building has been a listed monument since 1997.

St. Georg

since 1059

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11th-century Romanesque collegiate church rising above a columned crypt with Roman spolia — one of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque basilicas.

St. Georg (Cologne-Weiß)

since 1953

A listed Catholic hall church in Cologne's Weiß district, consecrated in 1954, whose outdoor altar faces directly toward the Rhine.

St. George's Chapel

Late Gothic chapel in Cologne-Weiß, first mentioned in 1433, featuring vivid murals from the 1980s.

St. Gereon

since 1201

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Romanesque church in Cologne with a ten-sided domed rotunda from the Hohenstaufen era — the largest surviving free-vaulted central-plan building of the Middle Ages north of the Alps.

St. Gereon (Cologne-Merheim)

Catholic parish church in Cologne's Merheim district, built around 1820 on the site of a Romanesque predecessor and known for its setting amid open fields.

St. Gertrud

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Brutalist church by Gottfried Böhm in the Agnesviertel — a cave-like raw concrete structure that won the Cologne Architecture Prize in 1967.

St. Gregorius im Elend

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Baroque church rebuilt after WWII destruction, born from the 'Elendskirchhof' — Cologne's historic burial ground for strangers, outcasts, and the dishonoured.

St. Hedwig

since 1967

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Award-winning Catholic church of 1966/67 in Cologne-Höhenhaus, a plain natural-stone building with a striking pyramid roof.

St. Heribert

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Parish church in Cologne-Deutz, nicknamed the "Düxer Dom" — home to the Heribert Shrine, completed around 1175.

St. Hubertus (Cologne-Brück)

since 1931

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A Roman Catholic hall church from 1930/31 in the modernist style — home to a 15th-century Madonna statue and original stained-glass windows from 1931.

St. Hubertus (Flittard)

since 1896

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Catholic church in Cologne-Flittard featuring a Romanesque tower from the 12th century and a neo-Romanesque nave built in 1897.

St. Johannes der Täufer

since 1958

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Listed clinic church of the University Hospital Cologne in Lindenthal, built 1962–1965 by Gottfried Böhm from exposed concrete and connected to the hospital buildings via an underground passage.

St. Johannes vor dem Lateinischen Tore (Cologne-Bocklemünd)

since 1851

Neo-Gothic hall church by Vincenz Statz crowning a rise above Bocklemünd, its patronage recalling a martyrdom before Rome's Porta Latina.

St. John XXIII – Church of the Catholic University Parish Cologne

since 1969

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A sculptural 1960s concrete church in Sülz whose entire architecture grows out of the symbol of a tree.

St. John XXIII (Cologne-Chorweiler)

since 1977

A 1977 Catholic parish church in Chorweiler that stood unconsecrated for 28 years, finally named after Pope John XXIII in 2009.

St. John's Church (Deutz)

since 1859

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Protestant church from 1861 in Cologne-Deutz with an octagonal tower; gutted by fire in 1942 and gradually restored over the following decades.

St. Josef (Cologne-Porz)

since 1911

A listed Neo-Gothic parish church in Cologne-Porz, built as a hall church in 1910–1911 to designs by Eduard Endler.

St. Joseph (Braunsfeld)

since 1952

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Roman Catholic post-war church in Köln-Braunsfeld, built between 1952 and 1954 to designs by Rudolf Schwarz and Joseph Bernard, and listed as a protected monument since 1999.

St. Joseph (Cologne-Kalk)

Neo-Gothic brick hall church in Cologne-Kalk featuring stained-glass windows by Dominikus Böhm, including seven Stations-of-the-Cross windows in the transept.

St. Joseph (Cologne-Rodenkirchen)

since 1955

Catholic parish church in Cologne-Rodenkirchen from 1956, the last completed work of architect Dominikus Böhm.

St. Joseph Church (Cologne-Ehrenfeld)

since 1872

St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic parish church on Venloer Straße in Cologne-Ehrenfeld. Originally a neo-Gothic brick basilica by Vincenz Statz, it was rebuilt in the 1950s after wartime destruction.

St. Karl Borromäus

since 1930

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A Catholic parish church in Cologne-Sülz dating from 1930, listed as a protected monument since 1983 – the first Cologne church to be built as part of an enclosed residential block.

St. Katharina von Siena

since 2001

Cologne's most recently built Catholic church (as of 2020), its two thick concrete shells forming a body that resembles a ship's hull.

St. Kolumba

since 1150

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'Madonna in the Ruins' — a medieval chapel enclosed within the ruins of a Gothic parish church, now embraced by the Kolumba art museum.

St. Kunibert

since 1215

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Youngest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches — with original 13th-century windows preserved in wartime storage, rising just north of the Cathedral.

St. Laurentius (Cologne-Ensen)

since 1894

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Neo-Gothic parish church in Ensen with a 56-metre tower and an unusual 'Christ at Rest' figure lacking nail and side wounds.

St. Margareta

Neo-Gothic brick basilica of 1909–1911 in Cologne-Libur, whose original interior—altars, pulpit, and windows—survives intact.

St. Mariä Geburt

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Roman Catholic parish and pilgrimage church in Cologne-Stammheim, home to the miraculous image of the Joyful Mother and a medieval core within its Neo-Gothic extension.

St. Mariä Himmelfahrt

since 1629

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Baroque former Jesuit church near Cologne Cathedral — for centuries the city's largest after the Cathedral, and one of Cologne's few surviving Baroque landmarks.

St. Maria im Kapitol

since 1100

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Cologne's largest and oldest Romanesque church — built on the foundations of a Roman temple, featuring a trefoil choir and a thousand-year-old carved wooden door.

St. Maria in der Kupfergasse

since 1705

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Baroque pilgrimage church in Cologne's old town that has enclosed a Loreto chapel with its venerated Black Madonna since 1715.

St. Maria in Lyskirchen

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The smallest of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches — the only one with largely intact 13th-century vault frescoes.

St. Maria Königin

Catholic parish church in Cologne-Marienburg by Dominikus Böhm, its glass south wall opening onto the Südpark.

St. Maria Magdalena und Lazarus

An early Gothic chapel on Melaten Cemetery, rooted in a medieval leper hospital and older than Cologne Cathedral.

St. Mariä Namen

A 1967/68 brick church in Cologne-Esch by Hans Schilling, where the font, altar, and tabernacle are aligned along a single axis.

St. Maria vom Frieden

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Baroque monastery church of the Discalced Carmelites in Cologne's Old Town — associated with Edith Stein, canonized martyr and co-patron of Europe.

St. Marien (Cologne-Weiden)

since 1927

St. Marien is a Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Weiden, built in 1927 to designs by Alois Böll and Otto Neuhaus. The building is regarded as a well-preserved example of Rhenish Expressionism of the 1920s and has been a protected monument since 1983.

St. Martin's Church (Zündorf)

A small Romanesque church in Cologne-Zündorf, known for the unusually structured facade of its tower.

St. Martinus

Former parish church of Esch with an 11th-century Romanesque core and a late Gothic expansion.

St. Mary's Church (Cologne-Fühlingen)

Neo-Gothic church in Fühlingen featuring pointed-arch windows salvaged from a demolished English church.

St. Maternus

since 1863

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Neo-Gothic brick church in Rodenkirchen housing an American pipe organ from 1869 and hosting an annual Maternus pilgrimage every September.

St. Matthias

Neo-Gothic Catholic church in Cologne-Bayenthal, of which essentially only the tower survived the destruction of the Second World War.

St. Mauritius

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Romanesque pier basilica in the Altstadt-Süd district, consecrated in 1141 — the first church in Cologne with a fully vaulted nave and side aisles.

St. Maximilian Kolbe

since 1977

Catholic church in Cologne-Finkenberg with a concrete inlay in the floor commemorating the starvation bunker of Auschwitz.

St. Mechtern

Catholic parish church in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, built in 1954 by Rudolf Schwarz, continuing the tradition of Cologne's martyr church Mechtern.

St. Michael (Cologne-Zündorf)

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Romanesque church in Cologne's right-bank district of Zündorf, the village's parish church until 1897 and known for its 7th-century Merovingian tendril relief.

St. Nikolaus (Cologne-Dünnwald)

since 1150

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Romanesque basilica from 1117/1118, once a Premonstratensian canonesses' convent — with a twin-tower façade until the 16th century.

St. Nikolaus (Köln-Sülz)

since 1908

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Known as the 'Sülzer Dom', this Neo-Romanesque basilica (1903–1909) features a Pantocrator mosaic, Otto-cast bells, and an organ with a unique 'distant work' swell.

St. Pankratius (Cologne-Junkersdorf)

A modest 1960s Catholic parish church with a freestanding 40-metre tower and abstract windows in shades of blue and red.

St. Pantaleon

since 1002

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Early Romanesque abbey church with an Ottonian westwork; burial site of Byzantine Empress Theophanu and Archbishop Bruno of Cologne.

St. Paul

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Neo-Gothic parish church consecrated in 1908 in Cologne's Neustadt-Süd, whose construction was championed by chocolate manufacturer Ludwig Stollwerck.

St. Peter

Neo-Gothic Catholic hall church in Cologne-Neuehrenfeld with a 62-metre tower, affectionately known as the "Ihrefeld Cathedral."

St. Peter – Kunst-Station

since 1515

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Cologne's latest surviving Gothic church — and since 1987 a venue for contemporary art and new music, run by Jesuits.

St. Petrus Canisius

since 1930

Catholic parish church in Cologne's Buchforst district, built in 1930/31 by Wilhelm Riphahn and Caspar Maria Grod as the centrepiece of the Weiße Stadt housing estate and one of the few Cologne churches in the Bauhaus style.

St. Petrus und Paulus (Vom Guten Hirten)

since 1962

Built between 1962 and 1964 to designs by Fritz Schaller in Cologne's Lindenthal district, this church began as a convent church for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and has served the Syriac Orthodox community as St. Petrus und Paulus since 1991.

St. Pius

Catholic church in Cologne-Zollstock with one of the city's tallest steeples and a peal of seven bells.

St. Pius X.

since 1958

A listed Catholic parish church built from 1959 to 1962 in Cologne's Flittard district, designed by Margot and Joachim Schürmann with a nave suspended from steel cables.

St. Quirinus

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Catholic parish church in Cologne-Mauenheim, built in 1927 as a three-nave early Christian basilica with a detached bell tower.

St. Salvator (Cologne-Weidenpesch)

1958 brick hall church with concrete honeycomb windows, a freestanding bell tower, and a natural-stone Christ mosaic.

St. Servatius

since 1874

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The Catholic parish church of Cologne's Immendorf district, on the "Heidenberg" hill, built 1873/74 on the site of several older predecessor buildings.

St. Severin

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One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches, grown from a late-antique burial chapel — home to the relics of Saint Severin.

St. Severin (Lövenich)

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Romanesque pillar basilica in Cologne's Lövenich district, named after Severin of Cologne and rooted in the 12th century — though heavily remodelled in the 1800s.

St. Stephan

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A church in Cologne's Lindenthal district: the 1887 Neo-Gothic building was destroyed in the war and replaced in 1961 by a modern glass church that incorporates the old tower.

St. Stephanus Chapel

Gothic Catholic chapel in Cologne-Weiden, first documented in 1407 and commonly known as the Üsdorf Chapel.

St. Theodor

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A modern circular building of ochre-coloured concrete above a community-use ground floor — defined by the vision of parish priest Franz Meurer.

St. Thomas More

Catholic church in Cologne-Lindenthal from 1962/63, whose tower's rising folded spire defines the local skyline.

St. Ursula

since 401

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Romanesque basilica near Cologne Cathedral housing the Golden Chamber — the largest ossuary north of the Alps, with roots in Roman Cologne.

Tersteegenhaus

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Protestant church in Cologne-Sülz, consecrated in 1928 as a community hall — its former event hall now serves as a worship space with chairs arranged in a circle around the altar.

The Choir Pillar Figures of Cologne Cathedral

since 1320

Fourteen larger-than-life, brightly painted statues of Christ, Mary and the twelve apostles on the pillars of Cologne Cathedral's high choir – a principal work of early 14th-century European sculpture.

The Richter Window – Gerhard Richter's Window in Cologne Cathedral

since 2007

An abstract church window made of 11,263 randomly arranged coloured squares, designed by artist Gerhard Richter for the south transept of Cologne Cathedral.

Thomaskirche

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Protestant church in the Agnesviertel with an octagonal nave and pyramid ceiling – scheduled for deconsecration and demolition in autumn 2026.

Trinitatiskirche

since 1860

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The oldest newly built Protestant church on Cologne's left bank of the Rhine — a classicist basilica inspired by northern Italian models.

Ursulinenkirche St. Corpus Christi

since 1709

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Baroque former convent church of the Cologne Ursulines, built in Venetian style by Matteo Alberti — now a school chapel and concert venue.

Zum Göttlichen Erlöser

since 1955

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Catholic church built 1953–1955 in Rath/Heumar, an early Fritz Schaller design that anticipated post-Vatican II ideas.

Zum Heiligen Geist

Catholic church in Cologne's Zollstock district, known for its landmark bell tower housing five bells.

Zündorf Synagogue

Consecrated in 1882, the synagogue in Cologne's Zündorf district survives today as a residential house; a memorial plaque recalls its history.

Zur Heiligen Familie

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Deconsecrated orphanage church in Cologne-Sülz by Dominikus and Gottfried Böhm — featuring a 'children's orchestra' of 128 octagonal stained-glass windows.

No longer exists Alt St. Paul

Alt St. Paul

Romanesque parish church in medieval Cologne, dissolved in 1803 and demolished in 1807 — remnants of its furnishings survive today in St. Andreas.

No longer exists Benedictine Convent of the Holy Maccabees

Benedictine Convent of the Holy Maccabees

Medieval convent near the Eigelstein named after Maccabean relics brought to Cologne — its buildings have long since vanished.

Permanently closed Cellitine Convent of the Holy Trinity

Cellitine Convent of the Holy Trinity

Former Cologne convent of the Cellite Sisters, who nursed the sick — tracing its roots to a beguinage founded in 1365.

No longer exists Cellitinnenkloster Zederwald

Cellitinnenkloster Zederwald

A beguine convent in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord that cared for the sick for five centuries, from 1302 to 1802.

No longer exists Ehrenfeld Synagogue

Ehrenfeld Synagogue

A synagogue in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, consecrated in 1927 and destroyed during the 1938 pogrom – a mural and floor markers keep its memory alive.

No longer exists Heiligkreuzkapelle

Heiligkreuzkapelle

Small 14th-century Cologne chapel whose south wall rested on the Roman city wall — demolished in 1818.

No longer exists Hildebold Cathedral

Hildebold Cathedral

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Carolingian predecessor of Cologne Cathedral, which housed the relics of the Three Kings until its demolition in 1248.

Permanently closed Jeremiahaus

Jeremiahaus

Protestant church center whose street-facing façade looked just like an ordinary 1960s brick apartment building, hiding a sanctuary behind.

Permanently closed Karmel St. Joseph Cologne

Karmel St. Joseph Cologne

Former Carmelite convent whose neo-Gothic chapel survives only as a truncated core embedded within a modern office complex.

No longer exists Karmelite Monastery Cologne

Karmelite Monastery Cologne

Former Carmelite monastery south of Cologne's Waidmarkt, founded in 1256 and secularized in 1802 – the female Carmelite branch still exists in Cologne today.

No longer exists Klein-Nazareth Cellite Convent

Klein-Nazareth Cellite Convent

Former Cologne convent whose Cellite sisters, unlike the rest of their order, did not permanently work in nursing care.

No longer exists Kloster Herrenleichnam

Kloster Herrenleichnam

An Augustinian canon monastery on Klingelpütz in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord, founded around a chapel commemorating a Eucharistic miracle.

No longer exists Presbyterian Church (Kalk)

Presbyterian Church (Kalk)

Neo-Gothic evangelical parish church in Cologne-Kalk, demolished in 1951 to make way for the expansion of the Chemische Fabrik Kalk.

Permanently closed Servitinnenkloster St. Lucia in Cologne

Servitinnenkloster St. Lucia in Cologne

Convent of the Servite Sisters on Filzengraben, dissolved in 1802 and demolished in 1857 — today the site is home to the Protestant Trinity Church.

No longer exists St. Apern Monastery

St. Apern Monastery

Former Cistercian convent in Cologne's Altstadt-Nord, named after St. Aper of Toul and dissolved in 1802.

No longer exists St. Gertrude's Convent (Old Cologne)

St. Gertrude's Convent (Old Cologne)

Former Dominican nuns' convent at the northwest corner of Neumarkt, founded before 1257 and dissolved in 1802.

Permanently closed St. Hildegard in der Au

St. Hildegard in der Au

since 1961

Former Catholic parish church in Cologne-Nippes, built 1960/61, deconsecrated since 2020 and slated for probable demolition.

No longer exists St. Jakob

St. Jakob

A lost Cologne parish church at the Waidmarkt, built in the 11th century under Archbishop Anno and standing until 1825.

No longer exists St. Johann Evangelist

St. Johann Evangelist

Demolished parish church that once stood south of Cologne Cathedral on the Domhof, serving for a time as the Archbishop's private chapel.

No longer exists St. John and St. Cordula

St. John and St. Cordula

Former Knights Hospitaller commandery in Cologne that housed the relics of Saint Cordula — demolished in 1807, its memory preserved in the street name "Jakorden".

No longer exists St. John the Evangelist (Cologne-Stammheim)

St. John the Evangelist (Cologne-Stammheim)

Catholic church in Cologne-Stammheim built as a literal "tent of God," its copper roof sweeping all the way to the ground — demolished in 2025.

No longer exists St. Laurenz (Cologne Old Town)

St. Laurenz (Cologne Old Town)

since 1188

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Parish church demolished as early as 1818 — its legacy lives on in the street names Laurenzplatz and Laurenzgittergässchen in Cologne's city centre.

No longer exists St. Lupus

St. Lupus

Long-demolished medieval parish church with hospital near today's central station square — cited in Cologne's oldest written record of beer consumption.

No longer exists St. Maria Ablass

St. Maria Ablass

since 1431

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Of the demolished parish church of St. Maria Ablass, only the chapel of grace survives — today the Russian Orthodox Church of Saints Constantine and Helena.

No longer exists St. Maria ad Gradus

St. Maria ad Gradus

since 1062

Demolished Romanesque collegiate church east of Cologne Cathedral — today only the 'Cathedral Column' at the east choir survives as a reminder.

No longer exists St. Maria ad Ortum

St. Maria ad Ortum

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Lost late-Romanesque convent church of Cologne's Cistercian nuns — the "Mariengarten" community grew from an earlier settlement in the Riehl district.

No longer exists St. Maria im Pesch

St. Maria im Pesch

Long-demolished parish church of Cologne Cathedral's staff — its late-Gothic Entombment group survives today inside the Cathedral.

No longer exists St. Maria in Jerusalem

St. Maria in Jerusalem

The Cologne city council's former chapel on today's Rathausplatz, created from the medieval synagogue after the expulsion of the city's Jewish population in 1424 — destroyed in the Second World War.

No longer exists St. Maria Magdalena

St. Maria Magdalena

Founded before 1196 as a chapel of St. Severin's collegiate church, demolished in 1805 — parts of its furnishings survive to this day.

No longer exists St. Michael am Weidenbach

St. Michael am Weidenbach

Cologne's second house of the Brothers of the Common Life, famed for its book production; its church fell to barracks expansion in 1827.

Permanently closed St. Remigius

St. Remigius

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Neoclassical former parish church in Sürth (1825–1830) blending ancient and medieval forms, preserving baroque furnishings rescued from a demolished Cologne church.

Permanently closed The Poor Clares' Convent of St. Clare in Cologne

The Poor Clares' Convent of St. Clare in Cologne

A convent of Poor Clares by today's Roman Tower, documented from 1306 until its dissolution in the 1802 secularization.