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Location: Marienheide, Oberbergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Brucher Dam – View of Brucher Dam loop from Marienheide

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2. Genkel Dam – View of Genkeltalsperre loop from Marienheide

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3. Unnenberg Observation Tower – Unnenberg Communication Tower loop from Müllenbach

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Bettina

August 17, 2024

Beautiful village church; quite simple from the outside, totally beautiful inside and yet not overly decorated

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 12, 2024

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"The now Protestant parish church in Müllenbach belongs to a group of smaller village churches in the Oberbergischer Kreis. The three-aisled pillar basilica dates from the end of the 12th century and is built in the style of the Romanesque small basilicas of Westphalia. In the second half of the 15th century, it was extended to include a cross-ribbed transept with a rectangular choir.

A "Bunte" or "Bonte Kerke" refers to a church with medieval ceiling paintings, as can be found in Germany, particularly in the Oberbergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia. The term was originally only used for the Bunte Kerke in Gummersbach-Lieberhausen (11th century), but is now also used as a collective term for all churches with similar ceiling paintings. In addition to the churches in Lieberhausen and Müllenbach, there are Bunte Kerken in Wiehl-Marienhagen (around 1300), in Nümbrecht-Marienberghausen (13th-15th century) and in Bergneustadt-Wiedenest (12th century)."

(Manuela Kleist, 2004)

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

June 12, 2024

"On the edge of the scattered settlement of Müllenbach, in a walled cemetery, lies the Romanesque church, formerly St. Pankratius. It was mentioned in 1174 as the property of the Cologne Severinstift and in 1190 as a parish church; it has been Protestant since 1580. The building, which was built at the end of the 12th century, is a three-aisled pillar basilica made of quarry stone masonry with a west tower in front. The existing transept and the rectangular choir were added in the second half of the 15th century. The massive tower is only divided by wall anchors. On the top floor it has narrow round-arched windows as sound openings for the bells. One of the bells was cast around 1050; it is therefore one of the oldest in the country and is still in use today. In the basement of the tower, a small round-arched gate leads into a barrel-vaulted tower hall and further into the squat nave, which only has two transverse rectangular bays.
The Müllenbach church is one of the five "Bonten Kerken" or "Colorful Churches" in the Oberbergisches Land. These Romanesque churches were all painted in the late Middle Ages. Most of these paintings were uncovered and restored in the first three decades of the 20th century by the Cologne church painter and restorer Anton Bardenhewer. The church was named after the church in Gummersbach-Lieberhausen, from which the saying "The Libberhüser Kerke is so colorful" came. In the middle of the 19th century, the wall paintings were whitewashed in order to - as the saying goes - "put an end to the annoying saying". The paintings were rediscovered in 1909.
The painting in Müllenbach was discovered in 1913/14, also restored by Anton Bardenhewer and very loosely added to in many places. After the Second World War, it was therefore largely whitewashed, leaving only the cycle of apostles in the choir and a newly discovered stigmata of St. Francis visible."
(Ulrich Stevens, 2011)
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Location: Marienheide, Oberbergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Evangelische Pfarrkirche Bunte Kerke Müllenbach

1. Brucher Dam – View of Brucher Dam loop from Marienheide

2. Genkel Dam – View of Genkeltalsperre loop from Marienheide

3. Unnenberg Observation Tower – Unnenberg Communication Tower loop from Müllenbach

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