St. John's Church (Deutz)

In the mid-19th century, Protestants living east of the Rhine — directly across from Cologne — had only the Mülheim Friedenskirche at their disposal. This prompted plans to build a dedicated place of worship in what was then the independent town of Deutz. During the Second World War, the building was gutted by fire on the night of 1 June 1942; a year later, a high-explosive bomb caused further destruction. Restoration unfolded in stages: the curved organ gallery was rebuilt in 1952, the organ installed in 1963, and the tower finally returned to its original height in 1970.

The church originally stood alone; as the population grew, it became integrated into the street frontage of Tempelstraße. Above the tripartite west block rise the octagonal tower and the entrance portal. In his execution, Kramer blended classicist and Neo-Romanesque elements, drawing on the work of Friedrich August Stüler and Ernst Friedrich Zwirner as well as the Eisenach Regulation.

The organ was built in 1963 by the Cologne workshop of Willi Peter, located nearby in Mülheim. Its 27 stops, two manuals, and pedal are controlled by mechanical action. A positive organ added in 1973 was built by the firm Gebr. Oberlinger. Both instruments were overhauled in 2003 by the Berlin workshop of Karl Schuke. The peal consists of four bells cast by the bell foundry Rincker.