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Church of Greater St. Martin in Cologne

The Church of Greater St. Martin (Groß St. Martin) is a three-nave basilica with a clover-shaped altar and four corner towers and largely determines the left-bank panorama of Cologne from the Middle Ages. In the Roman period, the territory of the church was an island in the middle of the Rhine, on which there were warehouses. Their ruins served as the foundation for the church. Under the altar of Greater Martin destroyed in.

Church of Greater St. Martin (Groß St. Martin) It is a three-nave basilica with a clover-shaped altar and four corner towers and largely determines the left-bank panorama of Cologne since the Middle Ages.

In the Roman period, the territory of the church was an island in the middle Reinawhere the warehouses were located. Their ruins served as the foundation for the church. Impressive archaeological finds were made under the altar of Greater Martin, destroyed during air raids, after the war. The smooth transition of the foundation of the walls of the Roman warehouse into the side walls of the nave is noticeable today.

The Greater St. Martin Church is a prime example of the typical architecture of the Rhine region between 1150 and 1250. The interior of the church combines the grandeur of the building itself and the Spartan setting. The area around also reflects its era. For example, the quadrant of tree seating recalls the era of the Crusades.

For more than six centuries, it was a church of the Benedictine Abbey, but in the 19th century, after secularization, it was used as a parish church. The air raids of World War II almost completely destroyed it. The towers were rebuilt by 1965. The restoration lasted until 1985, when the church was reopened as a parish. In 2009, St. Martin again became the property of the Benedictine monastery.

Church of Greater St. Martin (Groß St. Martin)
Am Groß St. Martin, 50667 Köln, Deutschland

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