St. Mary's Cathedral, Fürstenwalde

Fürstenwalde Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral
Dom St. Marien
Dom zu Fürstenwalde
St. Mary's Cathedral, seen from south
Fürstenwalde Cathedral
Fürstenwalde Cathedral
52°21′29″N 14°03′55″E / 52.35806°N 14.06528°E / 52.35806; 14.06528
LocationFürstenwalde upon Spree
CountryGermany
DenominationUnited Protestant
Previous denominationLutheran before 1817
Roman Catholic before 11 April 1557
Membership3,500
WebsiteWebsite (in German)
History
Former name(s)Town Church of St. Mary's
Stadtkirche Sankt Marien
Authorising papal bull1385 (as cathedral)
Statusproto-cathedral
Dedicated31 October 1995 (reconstr.)
Consecrated1470 (2nd bldg)
Architecture
Functional statusparish church
StyleGothic architecture
Groundbreaking12 April 1446 (2nd bldg)
Completed1230 (1st bldg)
1475 (2nd bldg)
Demolished1432 (1st bldg)
16-18 April 1945 (2nd bldg)
Specifications
Nave height38 metres (125 ft)
Spire height68 metres (223 ft)
Materialsbrick
Bells3 (1 of 1774, 2 of 1956)
Administration
SynodEvangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
DeaneryFürstenwalde-Strausberg
ParishSt. Marien-Domgemeinde
Clergy
DeanSuperintendent Frank Schürer-Behrmann
Senior pastor(s)Martin Haupt (presbyterial executive)
Pastor(s)Jörg Hemmerling
Laity
Music group(s)Domkantorei

St. Mary's Cathedral is a United Protestant church in the town of Fürstenwalde upon Spree, Brandenburg, Germany. It was formerly the cathedral of the Bishopric of Lebus, which was a Catholic diocese before the Protestant Reformation.

The building is owned and used by the United Protestant St. Mary's Cathedral Congregation which forms a parish within the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia, an umbrella comprising mostly Lutheran, but also Calvinist and united Protestant congregations.