page_title: List of destroyed heritage
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: List of destroyed heritage / Germany
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin, Berliner Schloss, Ruine Zentralbild 19.9.1950 Berlin 1950 Abriss der Ruine des im II. Weltkrieg beschädigten Berliner Schlosses
context_page_description: This is a list of cultural heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster, sorted by country.
  Cultural heritage can be subdivided into two main types—tangible and intangible heritage. The former includes built heritage such as religious buildings, museums, monuments, and archaeological sites, as well as movable heritage such as works of art and manuscripts. Intangible cultural heritage includes customs, music, fashion and other traditions within a particular culture.
  Deliberate and systematic destruction of cultural heritage, such as that carried out by ISIL and other terrorist organizations, is regarded as a form of cultural genocide.
context_section_description: A myriad historically and architecturally significant buildings were destroyed or severely damaged during World War II and the post-war period. Striking examples are palaces like Berlin Palace, Monbijou Palace, or City Palace, Potsdam, and churches such as Dresden Frauenkirche, Berlin Cathedral, and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Several have been rebuilt since 1990 (including all those mentioned except the Monbijou Palace and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church).
  The Paulinerkirche was a medieval church from 1231 in Leipzig. The church survived the war practically unscathed but was dynamited in 1968 during the communist regime of East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, a new building in a contemporary style, the Paulinum, was built on the site.
  The building housing the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapsed on 3 March 2009 during the construction of an underground railway line.
  The Church of St. Lambertus in Immerath was demolished on 9 January 2018 as part of the demolition of the entire village to make way for an expansion of the Garzweiler surface mine. The church had been added to the list of heritage monuments in Erkelenz on 14 May 1985.
caption: The remains of the Berlin Palace in 1950
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