Pictures of Saint Agnes Church in Cologne, Germany

St. Agnes in Cologne is a catholic parish church. St. Agnes is after the cathedral the second largest church of Cologne. It is in the northern new city at the Neusser road. The building construction goes back to the donation of Peter Joseph Roeckerath They sketched the church in neo-gothic style, which was very popular in Cologne after the completion of the cathedral in particular. Model for the sketch was the Elizabeth church in Marburg. The building was established in brick building method and dazzled with bright color. The Columns, the portals and the tracery of the windows were emphasized with red sandstone. It is remarkable that in particular the tower in its conception does not avail itself of the gothic style only. The building of churches was finished 1901. Final works were made in 1924 to finish the crypt.. St. Agnes is 80 m long, 24 m large and has an  approx.. 2.100 m² surface area.. During the Second World War St. Agnes carried substantial damage off. In 1943 led the explosion of a bomb in front of the church for it’s first damage, later it was again damaged when  the roof went up in flames  and in September 1943 collapsed the building was badly consequent of bombardment. In 1958 repairs provided the church again with a roof and 1967 the front of the church was repaired. In 1980 the roof burned once again but repaired right afterwards.