St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main
St Paul's Church (
History
The
In 1830, the free city issued the "deeds of dotation" (Dotationsurkunde) fixing its long-lasting practice of owning and maintaining the church buildings in
Because of its typical
From 31 March until 3 April 1848, the building was the meeting place for the Vorparlament, which prepared the election for the National Assembly.
In May 1849, there were a number of uprisings to force the implementation of the constitution,[7] but these were destroyed with the help of Prussia. On 30 May 1849, the Paulskirchenparlament was dissolved. After 1852, St. Paul's was again used for Lutheran services.
In March 1944, during World War II, the church was destroyed along with much of the Frankfurt wider city centre in the Allied Bombing of Frankfurt.[3] As a tribute to its symbolism of freedom and as the cradle of Germany, it was the first structure in Frankfurt the city rebuilt after the war. However, the city itself wanted to make use of the to-be-reconstructed building, thus St. Paul's Lutheran congregation and the city concluded to exchange the congregation's usufruct to this building for that of old St. Nicholas Church, only damaged by bombing.
St. Paul's was reopened on the centennial of the Frankfurt Parliament.[3] Due to financial restraints and an altered concept of use, the original inner form was dramatically altered by the architectural team of Rudolf Schwarz.[3] An inserted floor now divides the basement—which currently serves as a display room—from the actual hall in the main floor.[3]
In 1963,
For the 150th birthday of the German democratic experience in 1998, St Paul's once again attracted public interest.[9]
Today St. Paul's is no longer used as a church, instead it became a venue used for various displays and events. The most well-known is the annual awarding of the
References
- ^ "Paulskirche". frankfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ ISBN 3-926642-22-X.
- ^ ISBN 3-926642-22-X.
- ISBN 978-3-8258-8319-5. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Paulskirche". Frankfurt Interaktiv (in German). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Wollstein, Günter (21 January 2010). "Vorparlament und Paulskirche". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Constitution of the German Empire ("Constitution of Paulskirche") of 28 March 1849, in full text. (in German)
- ^ "The American Presidency Project". presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reden / Rede von Bundespräsident Roman Herzog anläßlich der Veranstaltung "150 Jahre Revolution von 1848/49" in der Paulskirche zu Frankfurt am Main". www.bundespraesident.de (in German). 19 May 1998. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Debatte über rechte Verlage auf der Buchmesse: "Ich mache mir richtig große Sorgen"". Der Spiegel (in German). 24 October 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Get to know Frankfurter Buchmesse". Frankfurter Buchmesse. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels". FRANKFURT.DE – DAS OFFIZIELLE STADTPORTAL (in German). Retrieved 7 March 2022.
Further reading
- Rose, Shelley (2016), "Place and Politics at the Frankfurt Paulskirche after 1945", Journal of Urban History, 42, Cleveland: History Faculty Publications: 145–161, S2CID 145273579
External links
Media related to Paulskirche at Wikimedia Commons
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