Cologne. Four windows from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was badly damaged by fire in 2019, are being restored in Cologne.

The windows would be delivered to Cologne in January or February 2022 and should be reinstalled in Paris in May 2023, said the former Cologne cathedral master builder Barbara Schock-Werner on Monday the German press agency. The restoration is being carried out in the cathedral building works of Cologne Cathedral. Germany and Cologne in particular are leaders in glass restoration, said the coordinator for German aid in the reconstruction of Notre Dame.

After the devastating fire, around 500,000 euros in donations were received in Germany, and the Central Cathedral Building Association in Cologne raised another 200,000 euros. But you didn’t just want to transfer money, said Schock-Werner. That is why she was looking for a way to use the German donations for concrete help. Let it happen now. “It’s a very good solution that everyone is happy with.”

The windows were designed in 1965 by the glass painter Jacques Le Chevallier (1896-1987) and are not really old either. They are covered with lead dust from the fire on the lead roof of the cathedral. In addition, the glass cracked in some places due to the development of heat. In addition, dirt has accumulated since 1965, which is now also being removed, said Schock-Werner. If there is still money left over, it will go to a French restoration workshop.