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St. Matthew, Leipzig

Buildings and structures demolished in 1943Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War IIChurches completed in 1488Churches in LeipzigFormer churches in Germany
Franciscan monasteries in GermanyLutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism
Matthäikirche Leipzig 1749 Foto H. P.Haack
Matthäikirche Leipzig 1749 Foto H. P.Haack

St. Matthew was a church in the old town of Leipzig. During its history it had several names and functions. As a church of the Franciscan order, built in 1488, it was known as Barfüßerkirche and Heiliggeistkirche. It served as a Lutheran church, known as Neukirche, from 1699. A new congregation formed in 1876 and named the church Matthäikirche (St. Matthew). The building was destroyed in a bombing in 1943.

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St. Matthew, Leipzig
Matthäikirchhof, Leipzig Leipzig-center (Mitte)

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Matthäikirchhof 1
04109 Leipzig, Leipzig-center (Mitte)
Saxony, Germany
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Matthäikirche Leipzig 1749 Foto H. P.Haack
Matthäikirche Leipzig 1749 Foto H. P.Haack
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