Places to see in ( Cologne - Germany ) Basilika St Aposteln

Places to see in ( Cologne - Germany ) Basilika St Aposteln

At the place where an old apostle's church stood just outside the city wall on the road to Aachen, the archbishop of Cologne Pilgrim ordered after 1021 to build a three-nave basilica and a convent adjoining it. But it was only after a fire in 1198 that the church received its present form, as can be seen in the depiction of the Mercator Plan of 1571. After the fire, the building was begun, to which Aposteln owes its importance, the most mature and most impressive three-choir choir in Cologne, one of the most fascinating architecture charts.

In contrast to the plan of the Latin cross, in which a straight long house in the head area is crossed by a straight transept at right angles, as in St. Aposteln in the west, at the three-conch choir three equal apses on the sides of a square to each other set that the shape of a cloverleaf results in the floor plan, which is why this solution is also called "shamrock" choir. This results in the east at the site of the choir, a building with its own center and equivalent side panels.

After the church is also the third oldest high school in Cologne, originally founded in 1860 in this street, named after the apostle church. The church fell gradually, had to be closed in 1822 because of dilapidation and was soon restored. Until 1891 extensive renovations took place. During the Second World War, the church was destroyed and only a few years ago, the final restoration of all parts was completed. Also, a forgotten, buried crypt was restored.

The number of the twelve apostles, the patron of the basilica, can also be found in the twelve pillars on which the church is founded.
For centuries St. Aposteln was a canon monastery. Only in 1802 after secularization did the parish take over the church. Pilgrim, the founder of the basilica, was praised by the Abbot of Reichenau for his efforts to unite mathematical speculation and heavenly harmony in the praise of God. This gift of Pilgrim shows itself in the building of the basilica, a "complete work of perfect harmony". At the same time it is a constant demand for those who proclaim the praise of God at this Basilica, often in the language of music.

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