St. Remigius is a

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church and parish in

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, Germany. The building was completed in 1307, in

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History

Construction of the church, originally intended as a monastery church, was begun in 1272 by the

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. It was completed and consecrated in 1307, dedicated to

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. In 1806 the church was taken over by the parish of St. Remigius, after the church in that parish was struck by lightning in 1800.The Church of St. Remigius, Bonn
GPSMyCity. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
SWB Bus und Bahn. Retrieved 12 May 2018. The building was damaged when Bonn came under siege by Brandenburg troops in 1689, and was damaged by a fire in 1888. It again suffered damage during the Second World War. From 1957 to 2007 it was again a monastery church under the care of the Franciscans. In 2006 the independent parish of St. Remigius merged with the parish of St. Martin.

Association with Beethoven

Johann van Beethoven Johann van Beethoven (14 November 1740 – 18 December 1792) was a Duchy of Brabant, Brabantine-Germans, German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the fa ...

and

Maria Magdalena Keverich Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, née Keverich (19 December 1746 – 17 July 1787) Their son

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

was baptized here on 17 December 1770.Tracing Beethoven's steps in Bonn
dw.com, 19 September 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2018. At that time the Baroque organ of the church was the largest in Bonn, with 33 registers. Beethoven, aged 12, substituted the main organist, playing the morning mass in the church, and was engaged as assistant organist the following year.Spieltisch von "Beethovens Orgel" aus der Kirche St. Remigius (bis 1803 Minoriten-Kirche) im Museum Beethoven-Haus Bonn, 2001
Beethoven-Haus Bonn. Retrieved 13 May 2016. During bombardment in 1944 the organ was destroyed. However the organ console had been replaced during an earlier renovation, and in 1905 the old console was given to the

Beethoven House The Beethoven House (German: ''Beethoven-Haus'') in Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association, it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van ...

in Bonn.

References

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