Petruskirche (Cologne-Merheim)

After the Second World War, waves of refugees and displaced persons swelled the number of Protestant parishioners in Brück and Merheim. Services were initially held in the Johanneskirche in Brück, and from 1961 in the assembly hall of Merheim's primary school. A church-building association was founded in 1966, and with the support of Pastor Rolf Wagner construction became possible. Ground was broken on 28 May 1978 to designs by Ulrich von Bonin and Ludwig Groth, the topping-out ceremony followed in March 1979, and the finished church was consecrated on 4 November 1979 under the name Petruskirche.

The church-building association founded in 1966 was renamed the Protestant Building and Support Association of Cologne-Merheim in 1996. It supports the church choir, soloists and musicians, and helps fund the parish's youth work.

The current tower, erected in 1991 with three bells financed by donations, replaced an earlier structure: in 1974 the parish received a wooden bell tower with a small bell on permanent loan from the Wahn military training area. After the wooden structure collapsed in July 2005, an oak-timber frame holding the bell was put up in its place in 2006.

Sculptor Klaus Bönnighausen designed the altar, cross, lectern and font. Pastor Rolf Wagner himself crafted a cross, the candlesticks and the carved dove atop the font. A silver baptismal bowl and ewer were donated by Prelate Paul Adenauer, a son of Konrad Adenauer, on the occasion of Pastor Wagner's induction on 14 November 1971. A sandstone Luther rose above the entrance and a wooden cross are gifts from the partner parish of Zabrze in present-day Poland. The furnishings also include limewood statues of Peter and Mary, and the relief "Hear, O Israel!" beside the organ, depicting Moses proclaiming the Ten Commandments. Ryszard Zając of Jelenia Góra carved seven Stations of the Cross reliefs as well as the wooden cross to the left of the entrance to the nave.

Built in 1983 from pine, oak and mahogany, the organ was crafted by the organ-building firm Siegfried Schulte of Kürten and features mechanical key action with electric stop action. The stained-glass windows were made by the Winnen firm (today Winnen und Peeters) of Merheim, based on designs by Klaus Bönnighausen. The south wall window depicts biblical scenes from the life of the Apostle Peter, the window by the font shows the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the gallery window depicts the Crucifixion of Christ.