The Frankfurt Germany Temple was announced on April 1, 1981, and originally dedicated on August 28, 1987, by church presidentEzra Taft Benson. The temple was built on a 5-acre (20,000 m2) plot, has 4 ordinance rooms and 5 sealing rooms, and a total floor area of 24,170 square feet (2,245 m2). It was the first temple in West Germany. Germany's first temple was dedicated in Freiberg in June 1985, in what was then part of the German Democratic Republic.[4]
After the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, Germany became the second country outside of the United States to have more than one temple. The first foreign country with more than one temple had been Canada where, less than six weeks earlier on August 25, 1990, the dedication of the Toronto Ontario Temple had taken place, joining the Cardston Alberta Temple, which was first dedicated in August 1923. With increased temple construction, initially begun by church president Gordon B. Hinckley in 1998, the number of temples both outside the United States and of countries having more than one temple has grown.[2]
Entrance to the temple
Beginning September 7, 2015, the temple closed for renovations.[5]
On March 5, 2019, the LDS Church announced the public open house would be held from September 13 through September 28, 2019, excluding Sundays.[6] The temple was rededicated on October 20, 2019, by Dieter F. Uchtdorf.[7]
In 2020, like all others in the church, the Frankfurt Germany Temple was closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
