St. Hedwig's Cathedral

St. Hedwig's Cathedral
St. Hedwig's Cathedral in 2018
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Archdiocese of Berlin
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Built and Renovated
Year consecrated	1773
Location
Location	Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Architecture
Architect(s)	Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (original) Hans Schwippert (reconstruction)
Style	Baroque (original) post-war modernism (reconstruction)
Completed	1887 (original) 1963 (reconstruction) 2024 Renovation
Specifications
Direction of façade	north-west
Height (max)	77 m, 2 m high cross
Dome(s)	2
Dome height (outer)	71 m, roof
Spire(s)	2
Spire height	75 m, [1] middle cross
Materials	Stones, Copper, Stucco
Website
www.hedwigs-kathedrale.de

St. Hedwig's Cathedral (German: St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale) is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Berlin on Bebelplatz in the historic centre of Berlin. Dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia, it was erected from 1747 to 1887 by order of Frederick the Great according to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff in Baroque style. Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, the cathedral's interior was restored from 1952 to 1963 in post-war modernist style as part of the rebuilding of the Forum Fridericianum on Bebelplatz. The listed building was closed for renovation work from 2018 and reopened on November 24, 2024.^[2][3][4]