St. George's Church, Minor basilica in Altstadt-Süd, Germany

St. George's Church is a minor basilica in Altstadt-Süd featuring Romanesque architectural style with thick stone walls, rounded arches, and geometric ornaments. The interior showcases these design elements that define the building's religious and structural character.

Construction of the former collegiate church began in 1059, and it was consecrated around 1067, when Archbishop Anno II gave the canons a relic of Saint George's arm. The nave was vaulted in the mid-12th century, the westwork followed in 1188, and the north portal in 1551. After wartime damage, the Baroque belfry was replaced by a simple hip roof.

The church is named for Saint George, whose arm relic was given to the collegiate foundation by Archbishop Anno II on the consecration day, probably in 1067. The relic came from St. Pantaleon in Cologne. The church later became a parish church after St. Jakob was demolished in 1825.

The church stands in Altstadt-Süd, a short walk from the Severinstraße and Heumarkt stops of Cologne's tram and U-Bahn lines. The north portal of 1551 is the entrance to look for; the westwerk's five-metre-thick walls and the trefoil east end are best seen from outside. The floor is level grey stone, and the nave is entered past the rows of dark pews.

In the crypt, a capital beside the main altar bears the medieval inscription "herebrat me fecit" (Herebrat made me), likely naming the stonemason. The crypt's columns end in cube capitals and support the raised eastern end, whose floor lies higher than the nave because of this five-aisled space beneath.