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    Artist

  • Elliot, Leo von, 1816-1890

    • Title

  • Innere Ansicht der Paulskirche

  • Physical Description

    1 print : ink on paper ; 10 3/4 in x 13 1/4 in, 27.1 cm x 33.3 cm

  • Date

    1848

  • Summary

    Print shows the interior of Paulskirche (St. Paul's Church), an oval shaped building. The main floor is filled with politicians in suits, and men and women watch from the viewing galleries on the first and second levels. Parts of the print may have been hand colored. Four hand written names (signatures of politicians?) are under the images in pencil.

  • Subject

    Buildings in art; Church buildings

  • Place

    Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

  • Medium

    Prints

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Biographical/Historical Information

Paulskirche is a former Protestant church in Frankfurt, Germany, used as a national assembly hall. Its important political symbolism dates back to 1848 when the Frankfurt Parliament convened there, the first publicly and freely-elected German legislative body. The building was first consecrated in 1833 as the main Evangelical Lutheran church in the city of Frankfurt am Main. The elliptical central building made from red sandstone was Frankfurt’s largest and most modern hall, and offered itself as the meeting place for the first all-German Parliament. Here the National Assembly created the first democratic constitution for Germany. Even after the dissolution of the Parliament, St. Paul’s Church was the site of national memorial celebrations. In 1944, St. Paul’s Church was completely destroyed. Its reconstruction began shortly after the end of the war. It was consecrated on 18 May 1948 on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the German National Assembly. Since then it has served exclusively as a place to remember the beginnings of German democracy.

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Elliot, Leo von: Innere Ansicht der Paulskirche, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.55.