St. Johannes in front of the Latin Gate (Cologne-Bocklemünd)
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St. Johannes in front of the Latin Gate is the Roman Catholic parish church of Bocklemünd , a district of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
A church in Bocklemünd has already been mentioned when Archbishop Wichfrid donated the church there to the Cäciliensstift in 941 . In 1836 the old church was to be expanded to accommodate the growth of the parish. Since there was not enough space for a suitable extension, it was decided to build a completely new building at the northern end of the village on a slope that towers above the village.
The new building was built in neo-Gothic forms based on a design by Vincenz Statz between 1851 and 1853 as a single-nave hall church with a choir closed on three sides. The west tower was built in 1875. The old church was demolished in 1855.
literature
- Manfred Becker-Huberti , Günther A. Menne (ed.): Cologne churches. The churches of the Catholic and Protestant communities in Cologne . JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7616-1731-3 . P. 81.
- Paul Clemen (greeting), Ludwig Arntz (arrangement): The art monuments of the Rhine Province , Volume 7, Section III: The art monuments of the city of Cologne . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-32106-7 (reprint of the Düsseldorf edition 1934). P. 917f.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '24.4 " N , 6 ° 51' 48.2" E