Frankfurt Germany Temple

Frankfurt Germany Temple
Number	41
Dedication	28 August 1987 (28 August 1987) by Ezra Taft Benson
Site	5.2 acres (2.1 hectares)
Floor area	24,170 sq ft (2,245 m2)
Height	82 ft (25 m)
Preceded by	Denver Colorado Temple
Followed by	Portland Oregon Temple
Official website • News & images
Additional information Announcement 1 April 1981 Groundbreaking 1 July 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley Open House 29 July – 8 August 1987 Current President Ulrich Bergmann (2006) Designed by Church A&E Services and Borchers-Metzner-Kramer Location Talstrasse 10 Friedrichsdorf Germany Exterior finish White granite and copper roof Temple design Modern, detached single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 with Movie, stationary sessions Sealing rooms 5 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Limited services Visitors'  center No

Coordinates: 50°15′29.76839″N 8°38′28.20839″E / 50.2582689972°N 8.6411689972°E / 50.2582689972; 8.6411689972

Entrance to the 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.

The Frankfurt Germany Temple was announced on April 1, 1981, and originally dedicated on August 28, 1987 by Ezra Taft Benson. The temple was built on a 5-acre (20,000 m²) plot, has 4 ordinance rooms and 5 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of 24,170 square feet (2,245 m²). A previous German temple was dedicated in Freiberg, Germany in June 1985, while it was part of the then-German Democratic Republic.

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, this and the Freiberg Germany 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, becoming Canada's second temple, joining the Cardston Alberta Temple, which was first dedicated in August 1923. A program of increased temple construction begun by church president Gordon B. Hinckley in 1998 has since increased the number of temples outside the United States such that a number of countries now have more than one temple.

See also

• 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

External links

• Media related to Frankfurt Germany Temple at Wikimedia Commons
• Official LDS Frankfurt Germany Temple page
• Frankfurt Germany Temple page
• Frankfurt Germany Temple page with interior photos

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