St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany
N 52° 30.980 E 013° 23.675
33U E 391063 N 5819679
Cathedral in Downtown Berlin, Germany
Waymark Code: WM27AT
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date Posted: 09/16/2007
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Berlin's St. Hedwig's Cathedral is a Roman-Catholic cathedral opened in 1773. It was named after the patron saint of Silesia and Brandenburg, St. Hedwig of Andechs, and commemorated the arrival of Catholic Silesian immigrants to Brandenburg and Berlin.
The cathedral burned down during World War II and was rebuilt in 1953 and the modern interior creates an interesting contrast to the antique exterior. |
Unfortunately, there is currently a lot of reconstruction going on around the cathedral, so our own pictures don't do justice to the building. Al we got was one view of the square in front of the cathedral with a huge billboard covering most of it and one unobstructed side view. Here are a couple of better pictures we found online:
Click on the picture to get to the website.
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St. Hedwigs Cathedral also holds the tomb of Canon Bernhard Lichtenberg, a catholic priest who bravely stood up against Hitler's terror. When organized Nazi pogroms shook Germany in 1938, he started praying publicly for Jews at Evening prayer. He also protested against the euthanasia programme, and was condemned to prison in 1942. Canon Lichtenberg died on 5th November 1943 while in transit to the Dachau death camp. |