von Hochstaden, laid in 1259 the foundation of a larger church "St. Mariä Himmelfahrt" (Assumption of Mary). The choir of the new church, in Gothic style...

covers the city of Cologne, as well as several surrounding cities (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling)...

Building work then began on today's Gothic Revival parish church, Maria Himmelfahrt (“Assumption of Mary”), which was consecrated on 15 August 1901. There...

with the round towers of the Hexenturm gate and the spire of the Mariä Himmelfahrt church, and the citadel with the palazzo in fortezza in the left....