Cologne Central Mosque
Also known as: Cologne Central Mosque
mosque
Key facts
- Built
- 2017
- Architect
- Gottfried Böhm
- Capacity
- 1,200 people
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Overview
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The Cologne Central Mosque stands on Venloer Straße in the Ehrenfeld area of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It serves as the central mosque of DITIB, the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Presidency of Religious Affairs. The building was designed by Gottfried Böhm in a modern architectural idiom. The material describes it as a structure with glass walls, two minarets and a dome. Its capacity is 1,200 worshippers. The mosque's design and the height of its minarets were the subject of public debate.
History
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After lengthy debate and objections, the project received approval from the Cologne city council. The official opening was first planned for May 2012, but it was postponed several times because of construction defects. The inauguration took place on 29 September 2018, attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Diyanet President Ali Erbaş.
From Wikipedia
The Cologne Central Mosque (German: Zentralmoschee Köln, Turkish: Köln Merkez-Camii) is a mosque located in the Ehrenfeld neighbourhood of the city of Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Commissioned by the German branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (known as Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği, and abbreviated as DİTİB), the large, representative central mosque (zentralmoschee) was completed in 2017 and inaugurated by Turkish President Erdogan. As the largest mosque in Germany with the capacity to accommodate up to 4,000 worshippers, prior to its construction, there was some local opposition to the project.
Inspired by the Neo-Ottoman architecture, the mosque was designed in a German Postmodern style with glass walls, two minarets and a dome. The mosque has a bazaar as well as other secular areas intended for interfaith interactions. The mosque is one of Europe's biggest mosques, and the largest mosque in Germany, and it has been criticized by some, particularly the height of the minarets.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DITIB-Zentralmoschee_K%C3%B6ln
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Central_Mosque
Wikipedia (es): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita_Central_de_Colonia
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Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosqu%C3%A9e_centrale_de_Cologne
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Agung_K%C3%B6ln
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Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6ln_Merkez_Camii
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