Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Minoritenkirche

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". The Conventual Franciscans (aka Minorites), had this Gothic church built. The early Gothic choir was erected 1245 to 1260, the nave was completed in the 14th century. Here is the tomb Duns Scotus Duns Scotus (1266 – 1308) was a Scotsman from a town named Duns. He is considered to be one of the most important philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. He was a Friar Minor, his ordination to the priesthood took place in Northampton in 1291. Around 1300 he was in Oxford and in 1302 he began lecturing at the University of Paris. Later that year he was expelled from the university for siding with Pope Boniface VIII in his feud with King Philip IV of France over the taxation of church property. Duns Scotus was back in Paris in 1304 where he continued lecturing there until he was dispatched to the Franciscan studium at Cologne in 1307. Duns Scotus died in Cologne in November 1308. The tomb bears the Latin inscription: "Scotia me genuit. Anglia me suscepit. Gallia me docuit. Colonia me tenet."

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". The Conventual Franciscans (aka Minorites), had this Gothic church built. The early Gothic choir was erected 1245 to 1260, the nave was completed in the 14th century. Here is the tomb of Adolph Kolping. Adolph Kolping, born to a family of as poor shepherd in 1813, proved to be an able student while in school from but his poorness prevented him from furthering his education. In 1831 he travelled to Cologne as a shoemaker's assistant and became shocked with the living conditions of the working class that lived there. He decided to become a priest, though he remained a shoemaker until 1841. Kolping was ordained to the priesthood in 1845 in the "Minoritenkirche". He first served in Elberfeld, a center of industrialisation in that time After his return to Cologne he established Cologne's branch of the "Gesellenverein", the origin of the present international "Kolpingwerk". He is remembered as the "Father of All Apprentices" www.kolpingwerk-europa.net/en/home.html

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". The Conventual Franciscans (aka Minorites), had this Gothic church built. The early Gothic choir was erected 1245 to 1260, the nave was completed in the 14th century. After the French troops occupied Cologne in 1794, the convent had to leave and the building was used for storage. The church became property of the cathedral chapter. and a renovation started. Adolph Kolping, the "Father of All Apprentices", was the second president of the "Gesellenverein" ("Journeymen's Union") had used this church for the Gesellenverein since 1849. After the 262 separate air raids, conducted on Cologne during WWII fire had destroyed the church, the vaults and parts of the southern nave were lost. The reconstruction of the "Minoritenkirche" undertaken by the by the "Kolpingwerk" was completed in 1958.

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany - and one of the oldest. A Germanic tribe, the Ubii, had a settlement here, this was named by the Romans "Oppidum Ubiorum". In 50 AD, the Romans founded "Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium", the city then became the provincial capital of "Germania Inferior". The Conventual Franciscans (aka Minorites), had this Gothic church built. The early Gothic choir was erected 1245 to 1260, the nave was completed in the 14th century. After the French troops occupied Cologne in 1794, the convent had to leave and the building was used for storage. The church became property of the cathedral chapter and a renovation started. Adolph Kolping, the "Father of All Apprentices", was the second president of the "Gesellenverein" ("Journeymen's Union"), he had used this church for the Gesellenverein since 1849. After the 262 separate air raids, conducted on Cologne during WWII fire had destroyed the church, the vaults and parts of the southern nave were lost. The reconstruction of the "Minoritenkirche" undertaken by the by the "Kolpingwerk" was completed in 1958.