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St. Kolumba, Cologne

St. Kolumba was one of the largest parish churches in medieval Cologne, dating back to 980, and dedicated to Columba of Sens. The original Romanesque church was replaced by a Gothic church. Artworks in it included the Saint Columba Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, and an altar by an anonymous artist.

St. Kolumba

Catholic

Diocese of Cologne

ruins as memorial

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

50°56′18″N 6°57′15″E / 50.93833°N 6.95417°E / 50.93833; 6.95417

Gothic

1943

It was almost completely destroyed by bombing in World War II. From 1947, a chapel was built on the ruins, dedicated to Mary as "Madonna of the Ruins". The chapel was called St. Kolumba from 2007, when it became part of the Kolumba, the museum of the archdiocese of Cologne.

: St. Kolumba in Köln: eine mittelalterliche Grossstadtpfarrei in ihrem Werden und Vergehen. (in German) Schmitt Verlag, Siegtburg 1996, ISBN 3-87710-177-1.

Eduard Hegel

W. Geis: Denkmalpflege im Rheinland, 1992,  0177-2619.

ISSN

Günter A. Menne: Die Kölner Kirchen, J. P. Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1731-3.

Manfred Becker-Huberti

Hiltrud Kier: Historisches Köln Kunstführer, Stuttgart 1980.

P. Gabriel Weiler: St. Kolumba, Köln, Herausgeber: Kirche St. Kolumba, Gestaltung: Max Schneidermann, 36 pages

in the German National Library catalogue

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