Heilige Drei Könige (Cologne-Rondorf)
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.
Heilige Drei Könige is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Cologne district of Rondorf. Part of the Archdiocese of Cologne, it forms the parish community Heilige Drei Könige within the Cologne city deanery together with St. Blasius in Meschenich, St. Katharina in Godorf and St. Servatius in Immendorf.
Source: Wikipedia
At a Glance
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- District
- Rondorf (Cologne)
- Dedication
- the Three Magi (Heilige Drei Könige)
- Present building
- 1987–1989, on Hahnenstraße
- Architect
- Karl-Josef Ernst
- Predecessor
- neo-Gothic church of 1898/99
- Organ
- Klais organ (1998), 27 stops across three manuals
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Cologne, Cologne city deanery
The original neo-Gothic church of 1898/99 still stands today — but deconsecrated and converted into a residence after a larger new building went up nearby in 1987–1989.
Things to do here
- Attend a service of the parish community
- Listen to the 1998 Klais organ with its 27 stops
- Take in Karl-Josef Ernst's modern church architecture
- Walk to the former old church, now converted into a residence
- Explore the four churches of the parish community in southern Cologne
History
The earlier church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1898/99, itself replacing an older structure, and was raised to parish church status in 1919. A massively formed west tower was added in 1957. When the building could no longer accommodate the growing congregation, a larger new parish church was erected on Hahnenstraße between 1987 and 1989 to designs by architect Karl-Josef Ernst, with the foundation stone laid in 1987. The old church was deconsecrated and converted into a residential building.
Community and Organ
Today Heilige Drei Könige belongs to a parish community uniting several churches in southern Cologne. For the new building the Bonn-based Johannes Klais Orgelbau workshop built an organ in 1998 as its Opus 1759, comprising 27 stops distributed over three manuals.
Timeline
- 1898Construction of the neo-Gothic predecessor church (1898/99)
- 1919Raised to the status of parish church
- 1957A massive west tower is added
- 1987Foundation stone laid for the new building on Hahnenstraße
- 1989Completion of the new, larger parish church
- 1998Klais organ (Opus 1759) with 27 stops built
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