Friedrichsdorf - Frankfurt-Temple

Friedrichsdorf, about 20 km north of Frankfurt, was founded by a group of Huguenots in 1687, who had fled France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. They were granted asylum by Landgrave Friedrich II. They named the town after the Landgrave. Friedrichsdorf flourished as the Huguenots brought new technolgies to this part of Hesse. Linen and later flannel were produced here. The services in the Protestant church
were held in French language up to the beginning of the 20th century.

The Frankfurt-Temple was the first temple of the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (Mormons) in Western Germany. It was dedicated in August 1987. Since September 2015 the temple closed for renovations. It will be reopened in 2018.