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St. Andreas Church is a listed building in Ostönnen. Its Gothic organ is one of the oldest playable organs in the world, probably dating from the first half of the 15th century. The church in Ostönnen was first mentioned in a document in 1169. Excavations have revealed the existence of two earlier churches. While the west tower dates from the first half of the 12th century and comes from an earlier building, the older nave was replaced in the second half of the 12th century. In 1979, the entire building was plastered and repainted in the presumed original colour.

St. Aposteln is a Roman Catholic church of a pure Rhenish Romanesque style. It was built in the 11th century during the Ottonian Renaissance.

Construction works of the glamorous St. Augustine Church in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg began in April 1927. The church was consecrated in April 1928. It was planned by Josef Bachem together with the artist Otto Hitzberger as a combination of clear lines, intense colour contrasts, the finest materials and surfaces, as well as technically sophisticated lighting. During a renovation from 2006 to 2007, St Augustine's was given back its original colour scheme.

St. Barbara Church in Duisburg, Germany, designed by Toni Hermanns and built from 1961 to 1964, features a distinctive dragon-shaped floor plan, rough-cut stone walls, and a hyperbolic-paraboloid concrete roof. Deconsecrated in 2011, it currently awaits future use.

The St. Bernardus Church in Oberhausen, Germany, built in 1927, underwent renovations and was repurposed in 2007. The historic building features Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements and now serves as an event venue and chapel.

Since Easter 1927, the parish of Muhlhausen has taken over the pastoral care for Schlotheim and the wide environment. There was no church of its own. The divine services were held in the hall of the Ratskeller. From 1945 onwards, the expulsion resulted from the II. World War II many Catholics in the area and Schlotheim got his own pastor. In order to do justice to the situation, the divine services were transferred to the Protestant Church. After long and exhausting efforts, it was not until 1978/79 that a separate church with parish apartment and community rooms could be built, which was built on the 4th. November 1979 by Bishop Hugo Aufderbeck. By today's standards, the church complex is a modern building that is very accommodating to today's pastoral care. The large area has a park-like character. In 2008, the parish of Schlotheim was dissolved and the parish of St. Marien Bad Langensalza assigned. Until 2010, a pastor lived on site. Since 1.1.2017 Schlotheim has been a church place of the parish of St. Josef Muhlhausen. The church is dedicated to St. Bonifatius, who as a missionary brought the Christian faith to Thuringia.

St. Cäcilien is one of twelve Romanesque churches in the old town of Cologne. Built in the 12th century, it was part of the Weiher Monastery from the 15th century to 1802. Since 1956 it houses the Schnütgen Museum of Medieval Art.

St. Catherine's Church, first mentioned in 1217, was endowed with its late Gothic brick during a reconstruction in the 1380s. Restorations were carried out on the exterior in 1864-65 and on the interior in 1842 and 1911-12. The restoration, which was carried out from 1970 to 1992, restored the room's decoration in late Gothic style. The restoration of the roofs, tower and exterior cladding was completed in 2004.

St. Catherine's Church was built in the early 13th century. In the second half of the 13th century, the church was transformed into a Gothic hall church as indicated by an indulgence of 1252. One of the towers burst into flames in 1815 after a thunderbolt. Between 1887 and 1890, the city construction officer Ludwig Winter restored the interior of the church. After the destruction of the church during the Second World War, restoration began in 1946. The helmets of the spire and the interior were renewed from 1957 to 1958.

Around 1182, the church became the Holy Cross (St. Crucis) and raised to the parish church when Erfurt was divided into parishes. It stood in the Neustadt ("on the new plant") built in 1166 and was therefore nicknamed "Neuwerkskirche".