Stendal Cathedral
Stendal, DE
St. Nicholas Cathedral is a late Gothic three-nave church with a transept and a long choir at the polygonal end. The present building was probably built in 1423. It was completed around the middle of the 15th century.
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Stendal, DE
St. Nicholas Cathedral is a late Gothic three-nave church with a transept and a long choir at the polygonal end. The present building was probably built in 1423. It was completed around the middle of the 15th century.
Stuttgart, DE
The Stiftskirche is a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and a well-known building in the city because of its irregular towers. Built from the 10th century, it is the only surviving architectural testimony of the Hohenstaufen period in Stuttgart.
Stuttgart, DE
The cathedral church of St. Eberhard has been a cathedral only since 1978. Although the parish dates back to the 10th century, the present building was completed in 1955, the previous one having been destroyed during the Second World War.
Dresden, DE
The Synagogue and community centre in Dresden are part of a modernist complex from 2001. The architects of the synagogue are Rena Wandel-Hoefer and Wolfgang Lorch. The main material of the building is concrete.
Altenkunstadt, DE
The Synagogue in Altenkunstadt was completed in 1726, restored between 1989 and 1993. In use until 1938, this stone synagogue still serves as a museum.
Arnstein, DE
The Synagogue in Arnstein is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1819. The eastern wall of the prayer hall above the Torah ark was decorated with a depiction of the Jerusalem Temple. Only upper part of the mural is preserved, showing open curtains and hanging lamps. During the renovation of 1905, the vault of the prayer hall was decorated with Judenstil paintings, including a pair of griffins flanking the semi-circle window in the eastern wall. Each griffin holds a coat of arms. The synagogue was renovated in 2008-2012 and serves now as a cultural center. In use until 1938, this stone synagogue now serves as a cultural centre.
Aschenhausen, DE
The Synagogue in Aschenhausen is an Ashkenazi synagogue from 1843. This Neo-Classical wooden building is now a cultural centre.
Celle, DE
The synagogue of Celle is an Ashkenazi synagogue dating from 1740. The synagogue was restored after the Second World War. This baroque half-timbered building still serves as a synagogue.
Frankfurt am Main, DE
The Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1910 by architect Franz Roeckle. Since its construction, the synagogue has been restored in 1950 and between 1988 and 1994. This stone building still serves as a synagogue.
Fußgönheim, DE
The synagogue in Fußgönheim was built in 1842. A Jewish community lived in Fußgönheim from 1684; a Jewish cemetery existed in the village from 1821 at the latest. The synagogue, built in 1842, burnt down on 19th August 1901 but was rebuilt the following year. Closed from 1928, the building was spared the pogroms of November 1938 and was used as a warehouse until then. Since 1997, the former synagogue building has been used by the German Potato Museum. Inside, some of the decorative paintings from the Jewish period have been preserved.
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