St. Raphael (Frankfurt am Main)

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St. Raphael, Frankfurt am Main

St. Raphael is a Roman Catholic church in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim .

Building history

St. Raphael, Frankfurt am Main

The church on Ludwig-Landmann-Straße (Industriehof) was completed in 1959 based on a design by the architect Hans Busch . In 1979 there was a far-reaching liturgical reorganization and structural expansion of the church.

In May 2020, it was announced in the press that the church building would be dismantled in July 2020. On July 5, 2020, the church was declared profane by the Limburg bishop . In their place, a new school is to be built by 2023.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gernot Gottwals: Church in Frankfurt is being torn down and making room for a school. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse . May 10, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ No. 110 Profanation. (pdf) In: Official Journal of the Diocese of Limburg No. 8. August 1, 2020, accessed on August 10, 2020 .

literature

  • Karin Berkemann: Post-war churches in Frankfurt am Main (1945–76) ( monument topography Federal Republic of Germany; cultural monuments in Hesse ). Stuttgart 2013 (also diss., Neuendettelsau, 2012), p. 214.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 29.2 ″  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 19.8 ″  E