St. Laurenz (Cologne city center)
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St. Laurenz (actually St. Laurentius) is the name of a former Catholic parish church and parish in Cologne , which was demolished in 1818 . The church was dedicated to St. Lawrence of Rome .
history
It is believed that the church emerged from the palace chapel of the late antique praetorium. St. Laurenz was first mentioned in a document in the 10th century. A larger Romanesque church was built in the 12th century . The late Gothic renovation then took place in the 15th century . In the 17th century , the later Vicar General Anton Wormbs from Cologne was at times pastor at St. Laurenz.
As a result of the secularization , the St. Laurenz church was closed in 1803 and was used as a tobacco store at times. The demolition took place in 1818.
The parish is considered the first parish in Cologne to keep shrine registers - the forerunners of today's land register - from 1130 .
Furnishing
The church was home to valuable pieces of equipment that can be seen today in museums in Cologne , Munich , Frankfurt am Main , Brussels , New York and Cleveland . These include altar paintings by Stefan Lochner , Dierick Bouts , Derick Baegert and others. The stained glass that was in the St. Laurenz Church is particularly noteworthy.
A painter in the first quarter of the 15th century, the so-called Master of St. Laurenz , is named after a picture that was once there.
St. Laurence in the city's memory
The street names Laurenzplatz and Laurenzgittergässchen still bear witness to the location in the central old town.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Wilhelm, Das große Köln-Lexikon , 2008, p. 396 f.
Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′ 18.5 ″ N , 6 ° 57 ′ 28.6 ″ E