Frankfurter Paulskirche
Church in Frankfurt-Innenstadt I, Germany, dating from 1833
St Paul's Church (German: Paulskirche) in Frankfurt is a former church building used as an exhibition, memorial and meeting place. It was built between 1789 and 1833 to replace the medieval "Barfüßerkirche", which was demolished in 1786, and served as Frankfurt's main Protestant-Lutheran church until 1944, when it was replaced by St. Catherine's Church. From 1848 to 1849, the delegates of the Frankfurt National Assembly, the first parliament for the whole of Germany, met in the neoclassical circular building designed by architect Johann Friedrich Christian Hess. Alongside Hambach Castle, St Pa
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- Type:
- Church
- Period:
- 1833
- Where:
- Frankfurt-Innenstadt I, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.11°N, 8.68°E
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