St. Brigiden (Cologne)

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To the left of Groß St. Martin, the tower of St. Brigiden can be seen on the woodcut by Anton Woensam .

St. Brigiden (also St. Brigida ) was a parish church in the Rhine suburb of Cologne with the patron saint Brigida von Kildare . The north wall of the church was in direct structural connection with the south nave wall of the later Great St. Martin Basilica .

St. Brigiden was mentioned for the first time as a parish church in 1172, a folk priest with the name Wilhelm has been documented since 1178. Since 1452 Brigiden belonged to the Martinsabbey as a parish church.

Outlines of St. Brigiden in today's development of the Martinsviertel, highlighted digitally

After the decree on secularization issued by the French occupation government in 1802 , St. Brigiden was auctioned off for demolition.

Groß St. Martin subsequently took over the function of parish church and St. Brigiden was gradually demolished; the initially preserved tower was closely connected to the Martinskirche and served it as an organ staircase for several decades.

In 1900 the foundations of the nave and plinth were uncovered during excavations, of which photographs have been preserved. Today the outlines of the church in the ground in front of and next to the Martin's basilica are marked by darker paving stones.

literature

  • Hans Erich Kubach: Romanesque architecture on the Rhine and Maas: Catalog of the pre-Romanesque and Romanesque monuments (monuments of German art) . Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-87157-053-2 , pp. 522-523

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Ditges: Great St. Martin in Cologne. A commemorative publication for the seventh secular celebration of the consecration on May 1, 1872 . P. 66, L. Schwann'schen Verlagshandlung, Cologne 1872

Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 18.1 ″  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 40.1 ″  E