A few minutes down the street, along the river, our next stop was at St. Leonard’s church. St. Leonhard is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Frankfurt, dating back to 1219, when it was erected in the center of the town close to the river Main. It stands as a Romanesque-style basilica. From 1425, it was remodeled to a hall church in late Gothic style. Today it’s used by English-speaking Catholics. You can read lots more about it here.
Below is a map of Frankfurt from the 1600s. The church is on the street that runs along the river, in the middle of town.
St. Leonhard was the only endowed church to survive the Second World War with relatively less damage. Even during the heavy attacks in March 1944 that destroyed the historic old town, the church did not receive any direct hits from aerial mines or explosive bombs . The roof structure that had caught fire was extinguished by two parish sisters at the risk of their lives.
Their Christmas Creche was still up, and very beautiful.
There were interesting things to see and some nice art pieces to photograph.
This is the one piece in the church that was original and very old:
This is the view of the river when you step outside the church:
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 