St. Amandus (Cologne-Rheinkassel)

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St. Amandus with the choir flank towers

St. Amandus is the Roman Catholic parish church of Cologne-Rheinkassel in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is a scaled-down copy of the St. Gereon Collegiate Church in Cologne .

history

The exact circumstances of the creation of the Amandus Church in Rheinkassel can only be deduced indirectly from the sources today. It may have been founded by the Amandus monastery in Elno, today's Saint-Amand-les-Eaux . In 899, Charles the Simple confirmed possessions on the Rhine to this monastery. The monastery and the parish church share the patronage of St. Amandus of Maastricht . In 1156 a comparison was made about the ownership rights to the parish church between Knechtsteden monastery and St. Gereon monastery in Cologne . In a document from 1185, Rheinkassel is finally assigned to the Gereonsstift.

Excavations of the Roman-Germanic Museum in 1979 uncovered the foundations of a first hall church from the 11th century under today's church. This simple church was raised by three meters in the 12th century and received its west tower, which still exists today, around 1200, which was reduced by one storey in the 17th century. Around 1220 the Gereonsstift started extensive enlargement and beautification of the church. The nave was given two side aisles and a new choir, elaborately structured inwards and outwards, which, following the example of the collegiate church St. Gereon, received two flank towers. The nave was also vaulted for the first time. The current Gothic vault dates from the 17th century.

  • Floor plan 1897

  • Look at the choir

literature

  • Manfred Becker-Huberti u. a .: Cologne Churches , Cologne 2004.
  • Paul Clemen: The art monuments of the Rhine province , Vol. 4: District of Cologne, Düsseldorf 1897.

Web links

Commons : St. Amandus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 2'27.3 "  N , 6 ° 56'10"  E.