St. Hedwig's Cathedral is a majestic Catholic church, located on Berlin's Bebelplatz. It is here that resides the Archbishop Cardinal Georg Shtertsinski. This is a beautiful cathedral was built under the auspices of King Frederick II of Prussia, and was called the first Catholic Church created after the Reformation, in the XVIII century.

The temple was built over 26 years starting in 1747, and it attracted the construction of a large number of Catholics in the city came from Silesia. Saint Hedwig is the patroness of the region, which led to the name of the future cathedral.

Building Design is a beautifully architect Ventseslaus Georg von Knobelsdorff, who approached this case with special responsibility. He was to build the first Catholic church, and as a result of his work appeared surprising beauty St. Hedwig's Cathedral. He was a real exception to the time taken in classical forms of temples of this type, in contrast to European "brothers" the cathedral was designed in the style of the Pantheon, located in Rome.

In the history of Germany's happened a lot of terrible events, one of which was the "Crystal Night": On September 9-10, 1938 there were bloody pogroms, beatings and killings of Jews and Canon St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Bernhard Lichtenberg publicly prayed for the suffering, for which he was sent to the Dachau concentration camp. Did not get to a place of exile, he died, and his remains in 1965 were transferred to the crypt of the cathedral, where they are kept to this day.

During the Second World War the church was seriously damaged by shelling and air was completely burned, but in 1963 was completely renovated.