Reconstruction of the Basilica of Constantine (Trier)
N 49° 45.222 E 006° 38.580
32U E 330227 N 5513912
Located in Trier, Germany, the Basilica of Constantine, converted into a Protestant Church, was gutted by fire as the result of an air raid on August 14, 1944. It was restored and rededicated in 1956 as a Protestant Church.
Waymark Code: WM1ANY
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 03/17/2007
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The following is taken from an interpretive display within the church.
On August 14, 1944, Trier was the target of an immense air raid for the first time in the Second World War. The Trier inner city was set ablaze. The Basilica, too, went up in flames.
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In his memoirs, Pastor Georg Cyrus writes that the congregation "perceived the catastrophe as a judgment, but also as a redemption." Not without reason: In contrast to other congregations in the Rhineland, the Trier Protestant congregation did not join the anti-Nazi Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche). Beginning in 1934, congregations aligned themselves in this church to distance themselves in thought and deed from Nazi ideology - and suffered the organizational consequences.
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And thus the destruction of the Protestant Church of the Redeemer became a symbol: silence, cognizance, indeed, even active support of Nazi ideology - all that does not stand without retribution.
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Admission Fee: Free
Opening Days/Times:
1. November - 31. March, Mo - Sa:
11:00 - 12:00
15:00 - 16:00
Su
12:00 - 13:00
1. April - 31. October Mo - Sa:
10:00 - 18:00
Su
12:00 - 18:00
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