St. Marien (Cologne-Weiden)

The small, originally free-standing hall building aligns its entrance side with the neighbouring houses and carries a small but striking roof turret. A simple hipped roof spans the porch and hall. Alongside the turret, the most conspicuous feature is the two-storey portal frame: it rises slightly above the eaves, is finished on the upper level with horizontal brick bands, and holds a Madonna figure in a triangular frame at its centre. To the left and right of the portal sit two round windows each, one above the other, with bold brick surrounds; the red wooden door is original. On the opposite side, a narrow chancel annex adjoins under its own, lower hipped roof.

During the post-conciliar redesign of 1966, several elements were reused: parts of the former high altar were incorporated into the tabernacle, and the old high altar cross still serves as the altar cross today. It was made by the sculptor Eduard Schmitz in 1927, while the altar table itself was created by Sepp Hürten in the post-war period. Also surviving from the construction period are the Easter candlestick, the eternal light and a seated Madonna of 1926 by Franz Albermann. All windows were designed in 1927 by the Expressionist artist Fritz Schaefler; they are largely original, though partly renewed in 1948 with cathedral glass. The four round windows of the portal wall show portraits of saints, while the side windows illustrate phrases of the Lord's Prayer. The chancel windows depict a pelican feeding its young as a symbol of Christ, along with a chalice, host, ears of grain and grapes as signs of the Eucharist. Of the two-bell peal, one bell cast by the Mabilon foundry in 1927 was destroyed in the war and renewed in 1956; the strike notes are d2–f2.