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St. John's Church, Dresden

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St. John's (German: Johanneskirche) was a church in Dresden dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was built from 1874 to 1878 to designs by Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel, making it the first known neo-Gothic building in the city. It was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and demolished in 1954.

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St. John's Church, Dresden
Striesener Straße, Dresden Johannstadt (Altstadt)

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Striesener Straße
01307 Dresden, Johannstadt (Altstadt)
Saxony, Germany
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