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Pauluskirche:
About
Pauluskirche: the oldest Protestant church. After the Reformation, Protestants and Catholics used the same church house, not always in harmony. Therefore the protestant community built in 1655 a separate lord’s house, a Renaissance hall church with wooden roof. During the following centuries several refurbishments were executed: in 1902/1903 the church got neo-Gothic windows. After an air raid in 1943 the church burned down to ground. In 1949/1950 it was rebuilt in style of a medival viallage church. Beside the church stands the “Mourning Mother”, a memorial of sculptor Gerhard Marcks reminding on the victims of war. She is waiting for someone, obviously in vain.
