In the course of the German Mediatisation the city of Frankfurt secularised and appropriated the remaining Catholic churches and their endowments of earning assets, however, leaving the usage of the church buildings to the existing Catholic parishes. Thus St. Bartholomew's became of the city's dotation churches, owned and maintained by the city but used by Catholic or Lutheran congregations. (previous | next | back to album | 2022:07:16 14:08:07 | 63% of an album)