Churches & Sacred Sites
11 places in Cologne
Alt St. Alban – Ruin and Memorial at Quatermarkt
The war ruin of one of Cologne's oldest Romanesque churches at the Quatermarkt – today a memorial with Kollwitz's ‘Grieving Parents'.
Antoniterkirche (Cologne)
A Gothic Protestant church in the middle of the Schildergasse – Cologne's most visited church after the cathedral, known for Barlach's ‘Hovering Angel'.
Auferstehungskirche (Köln-Buchforst)
A striking 1968 Protestant church in Buchforst, now the ‘Kulturkirche Ost' – a listed example of modern post-war architecture.
Cologne Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cologne (157 m), begun in 1248 and completed in 1880 – a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 and the city's landmark.
Neu St. Alban
A modern 1959 church by the Stadtgarten, built from rubble bricks – a remarkable post-war design in the spirit of Le Corbusier.
St. Agnes (Cologne)
After the cathedral, Cologne's largest church – a mighty neo-Gothic hall church that gives the Agnesviertel its name.
St. Amandus (Cologne-Rheinkassel)
A Romanesque village church in northern Cologne – with a choir that recreates the famous collegiate church of St. Gereon in miniature.
St. Andrew's Church, Cologne
A Romanesque-Gothic basilica near the cathedral – burial church of Albertus Magnus, with a colourful stained-glass cycle by Markus Lüpertz.
St. Anna-Haus
A former Lindenthal hospital run by the Cellite sisters from 1888 – today the St. Anna seniors' home, not a public visitor site.
St. Aposteln
One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches – with a magnificent trefoil choir on Neumarkt and a minor basilica since 1965.
