Germania (St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main)
Germania is the name of a painting that was probably created in March 1848. It hung in the St. Paul's Church (Paulskirche) in Frankfurt, Germany. At that time, first the so-called Pre-Parliament and then the Frankfurt National Assembly, the first all-German parliament, met there. The National Assembly was a popular motif of the time, so the Germania painting also became very well-known. After the National Assembly was violently terminated in May 1849, the painting was taken down. In 1867 it was moved to the German National Museum in Nuremberg.
Germania, painted in 1848
Frankfurt Parliament meeting in the Paulskirche decorated with the painting in 1848–49 (coloured, contemporary engraving). The yellow color on the flag is of contemporary imagination.
''Germania'' by Philipp Veit, 1836
The original, present-day exhibition in Nuremberg
The Frankfurt Parliament was the first freely elected parliament for all German states, including the German-populated areas of the Austrian Empire, elected on 1 May 1848.
Frankfurt Parliament
Political assembly, Berlin, 1848
Memorial plaque on the Paulskirche, Frankfurt
Seating arrangements of the deputies in the Paulskirche