The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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European Bahá’í House of Worship

Langenhain, Hofheim am Taunus, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse, Germany Bahá’í Faith

Continental Bahá’í House of Worship for Europe, dedicated in Langenhain in 1964 and open to people of all backgrounds.

Fulda Cathedral

Fulda, Hesse, Germany Christianity

Baroque cathedral whose crypt contains the tomb venerated as that of Saint Boniface, a central figure in the Christianization of German lands.

Saint Boniface

Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Elizabeth, Wiesbaden

Neroberg, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany Christianity

Landmark Russian Orthodox church built as the burial church of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Mikhailovna and still used by an active congregation.

Saint Elizabeth

Lorsch Abbey and Altenmünster

Lorsch, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany Christianity

UNESCO-listed remains of a powerful Carolingian abbey, including one of Germany’s most important surviving pre-Romanesque monuments.