The Jakobikirche was a High Rhenish Neo-Romanesque church built in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

between 1898 and 1901 to plans by

Jürgen Kröger Jürgen Kröger (16 November 1856 in Haale, Germany – 27 February 1928 in Aukrug) was a German architect, active from 1880 to 1920. He bore the title "(kaiserlicher) Baurat" in 1908, and was an architectural advisor to German Emperor Wilhelm ...

. It was destroyed by bombing in the

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and its ruins were demolished in 1953.

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Former churches in Dresden Romanesque Revival church buildings in Germany Buildings and structures in Germany destroyed during World War II Buildings and structures demolished in 1953 {{Saxony-struct-stub