St. Remigius, Bonn

St. Remigius is a Catholic church and parish in Bonn, Germany.

[1] Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena Keverich were married in the church on 12 November 1767.

[3] Their son Ludwig van Beethoven was baptized here on 17 December 1770.

[4] At that time the Baroque organ of the church was the largest in Bonn, with 33 registers.

[4] Beethoven, aged 12, substituted the main organist, playing the morning mass in the church, and was engaged as assistant organist the following year.

Interior, looking towards the altar