Trinity Church, Religious monument in Altstadt-Süd, Germany.
Trinitatiskirche is a basilica-style church with side aisles and galleries, built of light tuff with a darker brick bell tower about 41 metres high set beside the choir. Its street front carries a six-arch portico modelled on north Italian churches, and the interior has a coffered ceiling, a round rose window and a hanging cross above a plain altar.
The building was created in the 19th century under architect Friedrich August Stüler in response to Cologne's rapid growth during that period. It was part of a broader movement to construct new churches for the city's expanding population.
The church is a partner of the WDR Rundfunkchor and hosts concerts, art exhibitions and installations in the nave and galleries; the Cologne Opera performed here in 2011. It also serves as the place of worship for Cologne's Protestant deaf congregation, and central events of the Protestant church association for the Cologne region are held here.
The church stands on Filzengraben in the southern old town, a short walk from Heumarkt. Regular congregational services no longer take place because of the depopulation of the city centre, so visits depend on the special services, concerts and art exhibitions held here; check the programme beforehand. The entrance is through the porch across the street front.
The organ came from the Aachen Dreifaltigkeitskirche, deconsecrated in the 1980s: built by Klais in 1987, it was moved to Cologne in 2009/2010 with 44 stops and 3,000 pipes, funded by donations of about half a million euros. Its inauguration on 24 January 2010 featured the premiere of Michael Ostrzyga's Trinity – Tripelvariationen.
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