Frankfurt Germany Temple
Template:Infobox LDS Temple The Frankfurt Germany Temple is the 43rd constructed and 41st operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in the city of Friedrichsdorf, Germany, it was built with the same general architecture as the six-spire design used in the Boise, Chicago, and Dallas temples, but it was only given a single-spire.[1][2]
History
The Frankfurt Germany Temple was announced on April 1, 1981, and originally dedicated on August 28, 1987, by church president Ezra Taft Benson. The temple was built on a Script error: No such module "convert". plot, has 4 ordinance rooms and 5 sealing rooms, and a total floor area of Script error: No such module "convert".. It was the first temple in West Germany. Germany's first temple was dedicated in Freiberg in June 1985, in what was then part of the German Democratic Republic.[3]
After the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, Germany became the second country outside of the United States to have more than one temple. The first foreign country with more than one temple had been Canada where, less than six weeks earlier on August 25, 1990, the dedication of the Toronto Ontario Temple had taken place, joining the Cardston Alberta Temple, which was first dedicated in August 1923. With increased temple construction, initially begun by church president Gordon B. Hinckley in 1998, the number of temples both outside the United States and of countries having more than one temple has grown.[1]
Beginning September 7, 2015, the temple closed for renovations.[4]
On March 5, 2019, the LDS Church announced the public open house would be held from September 13 through September 28, 2019, excluding Sundays.[5] The temple was rededicated on October 20, 2019, by Dieter F. Uchtdorf.[6]
In 2020, like all others in the church, the Frankfurt Germany Temple was closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
Presidents
Notable temple presidents include F. Enzio Busche (1987–89) and Edwin Q. Cannon (1989–92).
See also
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- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Germany
References
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External links
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- Frankfurt Germany Temple Official site
- Frankfurt Germany Temple at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org
- Frankfurt Germany Temple page with interior photos
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- 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