Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt
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Evangelical Church in Germany
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in Frankfurt am Main, dedicated to the martyr
Martyr
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ed early Christian saint
Saint
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, Catherine of Alexandria
Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius...
. It is located in the city centre near one of the most famous plazas in the city, the Hauptwache
Hauptwache (Frankfurt am Main)
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This church is built in the baroque
Baroque
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style and stands 54 meters in height. Construction began in 1678 and finished in 1681 only to be destroyed in 1944 as a result of Allied bombing during the Second World War. Reconstruction of the church took place between 1950 and 1954.
It is one of eight Dotationskirchen (dotation church) - since 1802 - in Frankfurt.