Sacred architecture

DITIB Central Mosque Cologne-Chorweiler

since 2008

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Opened in 2008 in the Feldkassel industrial estate, this DITIB mosque is the first Islamic house of worship in Cologne's Chorweiler district and an active community centre in the city's north.

Permanently closed St. Hildegard in der Au

St. Hildegard in der Au

since 1961

Former Catholic parish church in Cologne-Nippes, built 1960/61, deconsecrated since 2020 and slated for probable demolition.

Permanently closed St. Laurentius (Cologne-Lindenthal)

St. Laurentius (Cologne-Lindenthal)

since 1961

A plain brick cube by Emil Steffann in Lindenthal, deconsecrated in 2019 and set to become a university lecture hall. Built in 1961/62, it counts as a notable example of Cologne's post-war architecture.

St. Maria Magdalena und Lazarus

An early Gothic chapel on Melaten Cemetery, rooted in a medieval leper hospital and older than Cologne Cathedral.

St. Michael (Cologne-Zündorf)

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Romanesque church in Cologne's right-bank district of Zündorf, the village's parish church until 1897 and known for its 7th-century Merovingian tendril relief.