DITIB-Merkez-Moschee
Also known as: DITIB-Merkez-Moschee
architectural structure
Key facts
- Built
- 2008
- Capacity
- 1,200 people
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Overview
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The DITIB-Merkez-Moschee, also known as the Duisburg Merkez Mosque, is a place of worship in the Marxloh district of Duisburg, at Warbruckstraße 51. It belongs to the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institution for Religion (DİTİB). The building dates from 2008 and holds up to about 1,200 people. Its minaret is 34 metres high. Sources describe the mosque as built in a manner similar to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, and one source calls it the largest mosque in Germany.
History
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The mosque was built in 2008. Its official opening took place on a Sunday, 26 October.
From Wikipedia
The Duisburg Cathedral Mosque (German: DİTİB-Merkez-Moschee) is a mosque, Islamic cultural center, and madrasa, located in Duisburg-Marxloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Completed in 2008 with capacity for 1,200 worshippers, it was the largest mosque in Germany until the Cologne Central Mosque was completed in 2017 with capacity to accommodate 1,200 worshippers. The mosque has a community center and a madrasa. The initiator of the mosque in Duisburg was the local Muslim community. The mosque's 23-metre-high (75 ft) silver dome and 34-metre-high (112 ft) minaret are unique features of the city skyline.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Duisburg Cathedral Mosque”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DITIB-Merkez-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg_Cathedral_Mosque
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B2_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg_Merkez_Camii
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF