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St. John the Baptist Church, Kronenburg

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St. John the Baptist Church, Kronenburg

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St. John the Baptist Church, Kronenburg

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Location: Kronenburg, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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September 12, 2022

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Saint John the Baptist (also John the Baptist), to whom this Kronenburg church is dedicated, is – like Saint Joseph – a man on the threshold from the Old to …

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January 12, 2021

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The church of St. Johann is integrated in the middle of the Kronenburg. It is integrated in the middle of the Hauserzeile and part of the Way of St. James in Germany the "Via Coloniensis"

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September 8, 2021

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Construction of the church began in 1492 and was completed in 1508. A special feature is that a single pillar supports the entire vault of the church. So it is a so-called “one-pillar church”. The parish church was deliberately built within the defenses of the time, so that the mighty church tower could previously be used as an additional defensive tower.

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