St. Hedwig's Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1887 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. Since 2018, the listed building has been closed for renovation, and is expected to reopen in the Fall of 2024.
St. Hedwig's Cathedral in 2018
Interior in June 2014
drawing of the cathedral by Joseph Maximilian Kolb, 1850
photograph of the cathedral, 1886
Catholic Church in Germany
The Catholic Church in Germany or Roman Catholic Church in Germany is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church in communion with the Pope, assisted by the Roman Curia, and with the German bishops. The current "Speaker" of the episcopal conference is Georg Bätzing, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg. It is divided into 27 dioceses, 7 of them with the rank of metropolitan sees.
Cologne Cathedral, Cologne
Ecclesiastical provinces and episcopal sees in Central Europe 1500
Munich Frauenkirche. Cathedral of the Archbishop of Munich and Freising.
Catholic procession in Moosburg, Bavaria, 2005