Obermühle Kolping Museum

Adolf Kolping was born in the Obermühle on 8 Dec. 1813. In the construction of the half-timbered house, the Kolping Society has set up a small museum that gives an insight into the life and work of the Catholic social reformer. Only after a shoemaker's apprenticeship and 7 journeyman years he was able to attend the Cologne Marzellengymnasium and later study theology. He was ordained a priest in 1845 in the Menoritenkirche. He later set up hospitals and savings banks for homeless apprentices and set up further education programs. He offered the journeymen a home and got so many off the street

The Minorite Church in Cologne, where Blessed Adolph Kolping (1813 to 1965) was ordained a priest in 1845 and returned to Wuppertal-Elberfeld after years as a chaplain to serve as rector of the church and president of the "Catholic Journeymen's Associations" (today "Kolping Families") work, has also become his final resting place.
The hiking highlight Minoritenkirche Cologne is available under this link:
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