St. Maria vom Frieden is a Baroque church and Carmelite convent church in Cologne's southern old town. Consecrated in the late seventeenth century, it was badly damaged in the Second World War and then rebuilt over the following decade.
It is a quieter stop than Cologne's Romanesque headline churches, which is exactly why it can be rewarding. Step in for the calm interior, the sense of post-war reconstruction, and a different religious layer in a city where the cathedral tends to absorb all attention.