In 1848, the first nationally elected parliament convened in St. Paul’s Church with the aim of founding a democratic nation. After many compromises, a proposed constitution was drawn up in 1849 – but it failed due to the political balance of power at the time. The Paulskirche is therefore a dialectical political site: it bears witness to the attempts at democratic beginnings and foundations as well as the failure of the same, without the hope that it might one day succeed being extinguished. <\/p>\n\n
In the course of the upcoming 175th anniversary of the National Assembly in May 2023, there will be a broad social debate on the future of St. Paul’s Church. The aim is to renovate St. Paul’s Church in the coming years and, in conjunction with the construction of a ‘House of Democracy’, to turn it into a democratic place of remembrance and discourse. <\/p>\n\n
The lecture series “The building of democracy. The history, present and future of St. Paul’s Church as a political symbol”, which begins on 3 May at 6:15 pm on the Westend Campus, lecture hall HZ 3, with the lecture “A new world full of wonders”: Democratic ways of life in times of revolution, by Prof. Dr. Till van Rahden (Montr\u00e9al).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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