St. Hedwig's Cathedral
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Key facts
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- Province
- Archdiocese of Berlin
- Location
- Mitte , Berlin, Germany
- Architects
- Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (original), Hans Schwippert (reconstruction)
- Style
- Baroque (original), post-war modernism (reconstruction)
- Completed
- 1887 (original), 1963 (reconstruction), 2024 (renovation)
- Direction of fa ade
- North-west
- Height max
- 77 m, 2 m high cross
- Dome height outer
- 71 m, roof
- Spire height
- 75 m, middle cross
- Materials
- Stones, Copper, Stucco
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- minor basilica
- Named after
- Hedwig of Silesia
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Bezirk Mitte
- Material used
- brick
- Location
- Berlin-Mitte
- Official website
- www.hedwigs-kathedrale.de
- Image
- Berlin Bebelplatz asv2018-05 img1.jpg
- Patron saint
- Hedwig of Silesia
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- different from
- Berlin Cathedral
- Commons category
- St. Hedwig's Cathedral (Berlin)
- architect
- Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
- architectural style
- Neoclassical architecture
- heritage designation
- architectural heritage monument
- native label
- Sankt-Hedwigs-Kathedrale
- inception
- 1747-00-00
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Hedwig's Cathedral (German: St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale) is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated in honor of Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1773 by order of Frederick the Great according to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff in Baroque style. Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, the cathedral's interior was restored from 1952 to 1963 in post-war modernist style as part of the rebuilding of the Forum Fridericianum on Bebelplatz. The listed building was closed for renovation work from 2018 and reopened on November 24, 2024 with a modern interior design.
History and architecture
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Hedwig's Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.