St. Antonius, Gothic Revival parish church in Mülheim, Germany
St. Antonius is a neo-Gothic brick parish church on Tiefentalstraße in Cologne-Mülheim, built in two phases that were blessed in 1906 and 1915. Its side aisles, transept and nave are lit by leaded-glass windows with black-enamel painting on antique glass, installed between 1955 and 1960; the choir windows and rear-wall window are 1983 compositions by Dietmar Bongard.
St. Antonius was built in two phases, blessed in 1906 and 1915, and consecrated by Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte on 30 October 1921, after the parish became independent in 1917. It suffered relatively little damage in the Second World War and was in use again from June 1946. It was listed as a monument on 18 July 1983 under number 1554.
Since 1967 the Salesians of Don Bosco have provided pastoral care at St. Antonius, and the Don-Bosco-Club youth centre was built next to the church soon afterwards. On 1 January 2010 the parish merged with St. Mauritius and St. Clemens and Liebfrauen into the parish of St. Clemens und Mauritius, whose parish church is St. Elisabeth.
St. Antonius stands on Tiefentalstraße, a street called Talstraße when the church was planned; the original site intended was Berliner Straße. The building is a listed monument (No. 1554, since 18 July 1983), and the Don-Bosco-Club youth centre sits directly beside it. Look for the 1970 Verschueren organ with 16 registers on two manuals and pedal.
The choir windows and the rear-wall window were added in 1983 and are free compositions by the artist Dietmar Bongard, distinct from the leaded ornament windows with black-enamel painting on antique glass installed between 1955 and 1960 by unknown artists.
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