- Cochem
The chronicle mentions a St. Martin's Church as early as around 1130; a second one is mentioned around 1456. The "Old Choir" of the present church dates from this time and is its oldest part, which also survived the Second World War. According to the designs of the architect Marx from Trier, a new nave with choir and the tower were rebuilt in 19331/33. This new building was totally destroyed by bombs on 5 January 1945. In 1959, an extension was built according to plans by Prof. Dominikus Böhm, Cologne, which embedded the "old choir" in the architecture. The present onion dome was built between 1959 and 1963. The Church of St. Martin and its amazing stained glass windows The special windows of the church on the Moselle promenade surprise the visitor with their intense, three-dimensional colourfulness. A wave movement of watercolour light connects the 8 windows of the old choir and makes it clear that they have a common theme in their sketched narratives: "God is experienced in world history and in the personal history of the individual." The large nave attached to the old choir (a Dominikus Böhm church built in 1959) is also bathed in pastel light from the sun, which the "butterfly windows" reflect onto the white walls. Worth knowing: The new church windows were installed in 2009, artistic design of the colourful three-dimensionality: Graham Jones, England, pictorial representation of the biblical narrative: Patrick Reyntiens, England. Execution studio: The internationally renowned glass studio Derix, which also executed the Richter windows in Cologne Cathedral. Also worth seeing are: - Reliquary bust of St. Martin. Emperor Maximilian is said to have given it to the parish in 1512. - the Cochem Madonna, which was recovered intact from the ruins of the church in 1945. - the Oberlingen organ from 1997 - the large cross above the main altar by Hans and Käte Reihndorf, Cologne 1951 - the altar, designed by the artist Christoph Anders, takes up the Moselle vine in its cultivation technique as a parable of Jesus' passion. - Figures of saints from various centuries. Every second Friday of the month there is a guided tour of the church always at 9:30am. For further information please contact the Tourist Information Ferienland-Cochem. 0049 2671-6004-0
The chronicle mentions a St. Martin's Church as early as around 1130; a second one is mentioned around 1456. The "Old Choir" of the present church dates from this time and is its oldest part, which also survived the Second World War. According to the designs of the architect Marx from Trier, a new nave with choir and the tower were rebuilt in 19331/33. This new building was totally destroyed by bombs on 5 January 1945. In 1959, an extension was built according to plans by Prof. Dominikus Böhm, Cologne, which embedded the "old choir" in the architecture. The present onion dome was built between 1959 and 1963.
The Church of St. Martin and its amazing stained glass windows
The special windows of the church on the Moselle promenade surprise the visitor with their intense, three-dimensional colourfulness. A wave movement of watercolour light connects the 8 windows of the old choir and makes it clear that they have a common theme in their sketched narratives: "God is experienced in world history and in the personal history of the individual." The large nave attached to the old choir (a Dominikus Böhm church built in 1959) is also bathed in pastel light from the sun, which the "butterfly windows" reflect onto the white walls. Worth knowing: The new church windows were installed in 2009, artistic design of the colourful three-dimensionality: Graham Jones, England, pictorial representation of the biblical narrative: Patrick Reyntiens, England. Execution studio: The internationally renowned glass studio Derix, which also executed the Richter windows in Cologne Cathedral. Also worth seeing are: - Reliquary bust of St. Martin. Emperor Maximilian is said to have given it to the parish in 1512. - the Cochem Madonna, which was recovered intact from the ruins of the church in 1945. - the Oberlingen organ from 1997 - the large cross above the main altar by Hans and Käte Reihndorf, Cologne 1951 - the altar, designed by the artist Christoph Anders, takes up the Moselle vine in its cultivation technique as a parable of Jesus' passion. - Figures of saints from various centuries.
Every second Friday of the month there is a guided tour of the church always at 9:30am.
For further information please contact the Tourist Information Ferienland-Cochem. 0049 2671-6004-0
