Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Albertus Magnus

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". In 1221 the Dominicans in Bologna sent monks to Cologne to found a convent here. Some decades later the convent was already able to erect a hall church, that got enlarged by a Gothic choir in 1271. The apse window was donated by Albertus Magnus and can still seen in the cathedral ("Earlier Bible window"). The French King Louis IX. had donated a precious cross relic to Albertus Magnus. This relic is still kept in the church seen here - and gave it the name "Holy Cross". More than a hundred Dominicans lived in that convent in medieval times. The monastery was finally closed as result of the French Revolution and demolished in 1804, but the displaced Dominicans returned in 1898 back to Cologne. In 1902 the foundation stone was laid for the new monastery, the church was consecrated two years later. This neo-Gothic building was destroyed during the bombing raids of 1942 and 1945. After WWII the convent erected the new church "Heilig Kreuz", designed by Cologne architect Hans J. Lohmeyer, that was consecrated in 1952. www.dominikanerkloster-koeln.de

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". In 1221 the Dominicans in Bologna sent monks to Cologne to found a convent here. Some decades later the convent was already able to erect a hall church, that got enlarged by a Gothic choir in 1271. The apse window was donated by Albertus Magnus and can still seen in the cathedral ("Earlier Bible window", see prev. uploads). The French King Louis IX. had donated a precious cross relic to Albertus Magnus. This relic is still kept in the church seen here - and gave it the name "Holy Cross". More than a hundred Dominicans lived in that convent in medieval times. The monastery was finally closed as result of the French Revolution and demolished in 1804, but the displaced Dominicans returned in 1898 back to Cologne. In 1902 the foundation stone was laid for the new monastery, the church was consecrated two years later. This neo-Gothic building was destroyed during the bombing raids of 1942 and 1945. After WWII the convent erected the new church "Heilig Kreuz", designed by Cologne architect Hans J. Lohmeyer, that was consecrated in 1952. www.dominikanerkloster-koeln.de

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 "Krieler Dömchen", officially named "St. Stephanus", is the second oldest church of Cologne (see previous uplaods). It is located in the former village of Kriel, now part of Cologne-Lindenthal. Already within the 19th century this church was too small for the growing population. After WWII a new parish church, dedicated to St. Albertus Magnus, was erected next to the old Romanesque church. Dominican Albertus Magnus, lawyer, scientist, theologian, was on of the founders of the University of Cologne (1388). He was on of the really important medieval polymaths, his tomb is in the crypt of St. Andreas in Cologne.

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 official name of this Romanesque church is "St. Stephanus", as it is dedicated to the protomartyr. It is believed, that this small building is the second oldest church in Cologne. Only St. Gereon is older. a legend tells, that Hildebold, who became Archbishop of Cologne later, has worked here, when Charlemagne met him. When Charlemagne was here, the existing church was made from timber. This church got replaced around 900, that again was enlarged and remodeled a couple of times later. There are remains of a small hall, that may have existed to the 16th or 17th century. Here the local judge met the delinquents.This now bricked up side door once lead to that hall from the church. In the early times - and over centuries - this was the parish church of the village Kriel, and while the neighbouring City Cologne had a Dom (Cathedral), Kriel had a Dömchen (small Dom). In the 19th century Kriel became a part of Lindenthal - and by now this is Cologne. Of course the church was to small, when the population grew. In the backdrop is the bell-tower of the new parish church, dedicated to Albertus Magnus.