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Frauenfriedenskirche
The Frauenfriedenskirche (German for ''Our Lady's Peace Church'') is a Roman Catholic church in Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main) (Germany). It was built by Hans Herkommer from 1927 to 1929, on a rise then known as ''Ginnheimer Höhe''. The church is an unusual example of interwar modernist church architecture, combining elements of expressionism with the "New Objectivity" of Bauhaus architecture, and using monumental mosaics for external and internal decoration. The plan to build such a church was developed in 1916 by Hedwig Dransfeld, then chairperson of the ''Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund'' (Catholic German Women's Organisation). The church was meant to represent a prayer for peace in stone and also serve as a memorial for the fallen of the First World War. The foundation money initially collected for the project was lost due to the 1914–1923 German hyperinflation. The church was finally completed on 5 May 1929 and handed to the Catholic congregation of Bockenh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Sutor
Emil Sutor (June 19, 1888 – August 13, 1974) was a German sculptor. He was born in Offenburg and died in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. .... In 1936 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Hürdenläufer" ("Hurdle runners"). References External links profile 1888 births 1974 deaths Olympic gold medalists in art competitions 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists German male sculptors Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions {{Germany-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal Der Frauenfriedenskirche, Frankfurt
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