Modern architecture

Christi Geburt

since 1969

A Catholic parish church built 1969–1971 in Bocklemünd/Mengenich, notable for its rare dedication to the Nativity of Christ and its angular, right-angle-free architecture.

Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kirche (Köln-Lindenthal)

since 1979

A Protestant parish centre with a pentagonal single-hall church, built 1979/80 in the Deckstein part of Cologne-Lindenthal and named after Nazi-era resistance figure Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Maternushaus

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Conference centre of the Archdiocese of Cologne in the old town, built from 1978 to 1983 to a design by Hans Schilling and Peter Kulka.

Matthäuskirche (Cologne-Lindenthal)

since 1975

A Protestant parish centre with church in Cologne-Lindenthal, built between 1975 and 1977 by Busmann + Haberer in a modern architecture of cubic volumes.

St. Fronleichnam (Cologne-Porz)

since 1958

In Cologne's Porz district stands St. Fronleichnam, a Catholic branch church that architect Gottfried Böhm shaped between 1958 and 1960 around the idea of God's "tent among the people." The striking tent-roof building has been a listed monument since 1997.

St. Joseph (Braunsfeld)

since 1952

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Roman Catholic post-war church in Köln-Braunsfeld, built between 1952 and 1954 to designs by Rudolf Schwarz and Joseph Bernard, and listed as a protected monument since 1999.

St. Joseph (Cologne-Rodenkirchen)

since 1955

Catholic parish church in Cologne-Rodenkirchen from 1956, the last completed work of architect Dominikus Böhm.

St. Petrus Canisius

since 1930

Catholic parish church in Cologne's Buchforst district, built in 1930/31 by Wilhelm Riphahn and Caspar Maria Grod as the centrepiece of the Weiße Stadt housing estate and one of the few Cologne churches in the Bauhaus style.

St. Stephan

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A church in Cologne's Lindenthal district: the 1887 Neo-Gothic building was destroyed in the war and replaced in 1961 by a modern glass church that incorporates the old tower.