Paulskirche
Paulskirche
Paulskirche (Paulsplatz 11, Frankfurt) – this is a church building in the late 1700s & early 1800s in the center of Frankfurt. Along with it being a church, Paulskirche was also the seat of the first freely elected German parliament, which gathered in the building’s circular hall. Paulskirche is a symbol of the German democratic movement. In this building the Vorparlament held its meetings, from March 31 1848 until April 3, preparing the elections for the German National Assembly, the first freely elected parliament of Germany. The National Assembly was inaugurated in the Paulskirche on 18th May 1848. The Assembly drafted a constitution that unified Germany (with most, but not all the German states accepting it – the King of Prussia rejected it).