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St. Katharinen Church is a Protestant church in Frankfurt am Main. The Baroque building was built from 1678 to 1681 and rebuilt between 1950 and 1954 after being destroyed during the Second World War.

The original church of Saint Sebastian was constructed in 1016, with various additions thereafter. The church's modern form took place after renovations in 1953 and 1959. It sustained damage during a fire in the 14th and 15th centuries, and during the thirty-years war.

The Protestant Church of Kehna is one of the half-timbered churches in Hesse. Built in 1779, it dominates the small village of Kehna (90 inhabitants), which is entirely made up of extremely well preserved half-timbered buildings.

The Keilstraße Synagogue in Leipzig is an Ashkenazi synagogue from 1904. The architect of the synagogue is Oscar Schade. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The former Evangelical Church in Dorstfeld, Dortmund, built between 1903 and 1905, now serves as an event venue. Its striking brick Gothic architecture and impressive interior offer a unique space for private and commercial events.

Built in 1933 by Clemens Holzmeister, the church in Waldhausen, Mönchengladbach, was repurposed in 2010 as a climbing facility. It features a prominent tower and original stained glass windows.

The Bürgel Monastery is a former Benedictine abbey with a Romanesque church, founded in the 12th century, in 1133. The monastery was reformed in 1510 due to a decline in religious practices and poor management and was dissolved in 1526 under the influence of the Reformation. The monastery buildings were partly demolished, partly used for economic purposes, and the church partly fell into ruin. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the church was rebuilt and belongs to the local Protestant parish.

The church of Kloster Sonnenkamp dates from the 13th century. It was probably built in three phases between 1219, 1227 and 1240. The buildings showed late Romanesque forms in transition to Gothic. Soon the first parts of the monastery church were completed, so that in 1236 it was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and St. John. Around 1245, the complete church was then standing.

The Kocatepe Mosque, which opened in 2008, is the largest mosque in Bavaria. In the classic Ottoman dome-shaped style, the building has two 27.5-metre high minarets. The mosque also houses a cultural centre.

The church and community center in Duisburg, Germany, originally built in 1971, has been transformed into a columbarium and crematorium. Designed by architect Prof. Lothar Kallmeyer, the building features a sculptural form with intersecting concrete shells and retains its original materials and character.