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The Jakobikirche was a High Rhenish Neo-Romanesque church built in Dresden between 1898 and 1901 to plans by Jürgen Kröger. It was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War and its ruins were demolished in 1953. (Copied from article) (Original version)

The Jakobikirche of Dresden was a High Rhenish Neo-Romanesque church built in the German city of Dresden, between 1898 and 1901 to plans made by German architect, Jürgen Kröger. It was destroyed during a bombing run over Dresden in 1945 during the Second World War. The ruins were torn down in 1950s. (edited version)

History
The church was built on a cite known as Wettiner Platz, in the Wilsdruffer Vorstadt suburb of Dresden. In 1568 before the cite was home to the Jakobikirche, it was the sight of "The Old Hospital", which housed a "special prayer room". This prayer room was later built into a chapel which functioned more as a storage room than a chapel. The chapel was rebuilt in 1738, using funds from the Ehrlich Foundation to become a collegiate church.