The Frankfurt Germany Temple is the 43rd constructed and 41st operating

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(LDS Church). Located in the city of

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, it was built with the same general architecture as the six-spire design used in the

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, and

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temples, but it was only given a single-spire.

History

The Frankfurt Germany Temple was announced on April 1, 1981, and originally dedicated on August 28, 1987 by

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. The temple was built on a plot, has 4 ordinance rooms and 5 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of . It was the first temple in

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. Germany's first temple was dedicated in

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in June 1985, in what was then part of the

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. After the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, Germany became the second country outside of the

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to have more than one temple, with temples in Frankfurt and

. The first foreign country with more than one temple had been

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where, less than six weeks earlier on August 25, 1990, the dedication of the Toronto Ontario Temple had taken place, joining the

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, which was first dedicated in August 1923. A program of increased temple construction, begun by church president

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in 1998, has since increased the number of temples outside the United States and a number of countries now have more than one temple. Frankfurt Tempel mit Turm 2005 08 26

Beginning September 7, 2015, the temple closed for renovations. On March 5, 2019, the LDS Church announced the public open house that was held from September 13 through September 28, 2019, excluding Sundays. The temple was rededicated on October 20, 2019 by

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. In 2020, along with all the church's other temples, the Frankfurt Germany Temple was closed in response to the

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.Stack, Peggy Fletcher
"All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus"
'' The Salt Lake Tribune'', 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

Presidents

Notable

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s include F. Enzio Busche (1987–89) and Edwin Q. Cannon (1989–92).

References

External links

*
Frankfurt Germany Temple Official site

Frankfurt Germany Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org

{{LDS-Europe, state=expanded 20th-century Latter Day Saint temples Temples (LDS Church) completed in 1987 Religious buildings and structures in Hesse Temples in Germany The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany 1987 establishments in West Germany Buildings and structures in Hochtaunuskreis

History

Presidents

See also

References

External links