Liebfrauenkirche
Liebfrauenkirche stands in central Frankfurt as a Catholic Gothic church beside the city’s busy shopping district. The church serves as a monastery church today.
Its construction unfolded across the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, beginning with a family chapel in 1325. A three-naved Gothic hall church emerged after the chapel expanded in 1344.
The south façade carries a tympanum showing the Adoration of the Magi, created by Madern Gerthener’s workshop. A former fortification tower became its bell tower.
Baroque renovations changed the interior, while later restoration replaced the destroyed Gothic vaults with wooden ceilings. World War II left fragments of the high altar and a statue of Mary.
The 2008 organ supports German Romantic and French symphonic styles, with a second keyboard near the altar for choir accompaniment. Church musician Peter Reulein has worked there since 2000.
Capuchin monks became spiritual leaders in 1923 and established a convent north of the church. The recorded property lists wheelchair accessibility for visitors.
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