Kreuzbergkirche

Baroque pilgrimage church above Bonn, known for its Holy Stairs and hillside setting.

Kreuzbergkirche sits above Bonn on the Kreuzberg, giving the city a pilgrimage church with both architectural and landscape appeal. The church is especially known for its Holy Stairs, a devotional feature modelled on Rome’s Scala Santa tradition.

It is a little outside the central museum-and-Beethoven circuit, which is part of the reason to go. The visit works best for travellers interested in religious architecture, quiet viewpoints, and the older spiritual geography around Bonn.

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