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Antoniterkirche (Cologne)
The Antoniterkirche is a Gothic architecture, Gothic church building on the Schildergasse in central Cologne, Germany, named after the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony who founded it between 1350 and 1370–1378. Now used by the Protestant Church, it is the second most-visited church in the city after Cologne Cathedral. The Kreisau Circle, Resistance fighter Freya von Moltke was baptised there. It has become known throughout Germany as the venue for the 'Politisches Nachtgebet' (with the likes of Dorothee Sölle) and the site of Ernst Barlach's artwork ''Der Schwebende'', also known as ''Angel'', as well as ''Kruzifix II'' and ''Der Lehrende''. Since 2016 it has been a member of the Coventry Cross of Nails. References {{Authority control Innenstadt, Cologne Churches in Cologne Gothic architecture in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köln Antoniterkirche Grundriss 1913
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the urban region. Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "cologne" has since come to be a generic term. Cologne was founded and established in Germanic peoples, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
