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"Cradle
of
German
Democracy.",
John
F.
Kennedy
on
June
25th
1963
That
is
very
much
so,
because
the
St.
Paul`s
Church
or
die
Paulskirche,
as
we
call
it,
on
Paulsplatz,
central
Frankfurt
am
Main,
is
a
church
with
important
political
symbolism
in
and
for
Germany.
It
was
a
Lutheran
church
at
the
beginning
in
1789
—
coincidentally
the
same
year
as
the
French
Revolution.
By
1848,
it
had
become
the
seat
of
the
Frankfurt
Parliament,
the
first
publicly
and
freely-elected
German
legislative
body.
This
was
part
of
the
only
German
Revolutution.
From
31
March
until
3
April
1848,
the
Church
was
the
place
for
the
Vorparlament,
which
prepared
the
election
for
the
National
Assembly.
On
18
May
1848,
the
National
Assembly
met
for
the
first
time
in
the
church,
and
was
therefore
named
the
Paulskirchenparlament.
Until
1849,
the
National
Assembly
worked
to
develop
the
first
constitution
for
a
united
Germany.
The
resistance
of
Prussia,
the
Austrian
Empire
and
a
number
of
smaller
German
states
ultimately
destroyed
the
effort.
Due
to
the
1944
Bombings
of
Frankfurt,
during
WWII,
the
church
burnt
down.
As
a
tribute
to
its
symbolism
of
freedom
and
as
the
cradle
of
Germany,
it
was
the
first
structure
in
Frankfurt
the
city
rebuilt
after
the
war.
But
they
just
rebuilt
the
outside,
the
inside
was
dramatically
changed.
Its
not
being
used
as
a
church
anymore,
it
is
used
as
an
exihibition
hall
and
a
meeting
place
affairs
of
the
state.
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