Minorite Church
A Gothic Franciscan church on Kolpingplatz – burial place of the ‘journeymen's father' Adolph Kolping and the theologian John Duns Scotus.
The Minorite Church (St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception) on Kolpingplatz is a Gothic church from the 13th century, originally the monastery church of the Franciscans. Today it is closely linked to the International Kolping Society.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-06-24
At a glance
- Style: Gothic (begun 1245)
- Location: Kolpingplatz, near the WDR and the cathedral
- Buried here: Adolph Kolping and John Duns Scotus
- Significance: burial church of the "journeymen's father"
Two great names
The Franciscan brothers settled in Cologne in 1222 and began building the church in 1245. The church holds the tombs of the important medieval theologian John Duns Scotus and the Blessed Adolph Kolping, founder of the Catholic journeymen's association. This makes the Minorite Church an important place of pilgrimage and remembrance – right in the city centre.
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