St. Laurentius (Cologne-Ensen)

The church was heavily damaged by several bomb strikes during the Second World War, leaving only the outer walls standing. By 1951 it had been restored sufficiently to hold services again. The tower was renovated in 1965 and the rest of the building in 1984/85. A refurbishment in 1999/2000 gave the interior a new colour scheme.

Almost nothing from the original furnishings survived the war. Between 1965 and 1980 sculptor Sepp Hürten created the altar, ambo, tabernacle, and altar cross. The church also holds figures of St. Lawrence and the Virgin Mary. The organ's 21 stops across two manuals incorporate parts of the 1909 instrument by the Seifert firm of Cologne, which was destroyed in the war.

One of the church's most notable pieces is a figure of Christ at Rest in an unusual form: the Saviour wears a crown of thorns and bears the wounds of the scourging, but lacks the wounds from the nails and the lance — that is, neither the nail wounds nor the side wound are present.

The ring consists of four bells cast in 1957 in Gescher by Hans Hüesker (Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock). They hang from timber yokes in a steel bell frame, with the fourth bell on a straight steel yoke. The Angelus is rung by the Mary bell; the full peal sounds on Sundays and feast days.