Churches & Sacred Sites
25 places in Cologne
Alt St. Alban – Ruin and Memorial at Quatermarkt
The war ruin of one of Cologne's oldest Romanesque churches at the Quatermarkt – today a memorial with Kollwitz's ‘Grieving Parents'.
Antoniterkirche
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 (Köln-Buchforst)
A striking 1968 Protestant church in Buchforst, now the ‘Kulturkirche Ost' – a listed example of modern post-war architecture.
Basilica of St. Cunibert
The youngest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches, near the Rhine – famous for its splendid medieval stained glass.
Basilica of St. Severin
A Romanesque basilica in the lively Severin quarter – its roots reach back to a late-antique memorial building of the 4th century.
Basilica of St. Ursula
A Romanesque basilica over a Roman cemetery – famous for the Baroque ‘Golden Chamber' with the relics of Saint Ursula.
Cologne Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cologne (157 m), begun in 1248 and completed in 1880 – a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 and the city's landmark.
Great St. Martin Church
One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – its distinctive crossing tower shapes the old-town skyline by the Rhine.
Minorite Church
A Gothic Franciscan church on Kolpingplatz – burial place of the ‘journeymen's father' Adolph Kolping and the theologian John Duns Scotus.
Neu St. Alban
A modern 1959 church by the Stadtgarten, built from rubble bricks – a remarkable post-war design in the spirit of Le Corbusier.
St. Agnes
After the cathedral, Cologne's largest church – a mighty neo-Gothic hall church that gives the Agnesviertel its name.
St. Amandus (Cologne-Rheinkassel)
A Romanesque village church in northern Cologne – with a choir that recreates the famous collegiate church of St. Gereon in miniature.
St. Andrew's Church, Cologne
A Romanesque-Gothic basilica near the cathedral – burial church of Albertus Magnus, with a colourful stained-glass cycle by Markus Lüpertz.
St. Anna-Haus
A former Lindenthal hospital run by the Cellite sisters from 1888 – today the St. Anna seniors' home, not a public visitor site.
St. Aposteln
One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – with a magnificent trefoil choir on Neumarkt and a minor basilica since 1965.
St. Brigiden
A medieval parish church next to Groß St. Martin, demolished after 1802 – its ground plan is today traced in the paving.
St. Cecilia – Schnütgen Museum
A Romanesque basilica that today houses the Schnütgen Museum of medieval art – a sacred space and museum in one.
St. George's Church
A Romanesque columned basilica in the Südstadt, called the ‘Ravenna on the Rhine' – with ancient columns from Roman buildings.
St. Gereon's Basilica
A spectacular Romanesque church with a ten-sided decagon – the largest free-vaulted central building of the Middle Ages north of the Alps.
St. Maria im Kapitol
The largest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches – famous for its trefoil plan, the carved wooden door of 1065 and its Renaissance rood screen.
St. Maria Lyskirchen
The smallest of Cologne's twelve Romanesque churches – with almost fully preserved 13th-century vault frescoes and the ‘Boatmen's Madonna'.
St. Mary of the Assumption
A magnificent Baroque Jesuit church near the cathedral – long Cologne's largest church after the cathedral and one of the city's few Baroque monuments.
St. Pantaleon
An early Romanesque monastery church in the Südstadt with an Ottonian westwork – burial place of the Byzantine empress Theophanu.
St. Peter – Art Station
A late-Gothic church and internationally known art station – home to Rubens' ‘Crucifixion of St Peter' and concerts of new music.
