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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ⓘ, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.
The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral Another view Shrine of the Three Kings Köln The Shrine of the Three Kings [1] (German Dreikönigsschrein [2] or Der Dreikönigenschrein), [3] Tomb of the Three Kings, [4] or Tomb of the Three Magi [5] is a reliquary traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men.
The city's medieval Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) was the world's tallest building 1880–1890 and is today the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world. It was constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings and is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe.
Caption text says "Cologne, the Cathedral in the Background. Drawn by Hermann Peters in the Illuslrite Zeitung" Source New York Times, June 10, 1923 "Germany Kills Her Golden Goose" Date before 1924 Author Hermann Peters Permission (Reusing this file) Published before 1928
The most famous reference to the ZDV is in Heinrich Heine's satirical poem, Germany. A Winter's Tale (Deutschland.Ein Wintermärchen, 1844) chapter IV.Heine sees the Cologne Cathedral as a monument to Catholicism and un-Germanness, Christian intolerance, and Cologne as a truly bad city, and calls the promoters, including the Prussians and their king, confused and counter-productive.
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All bells of the cathedral rang on the eve of 28 March 1936, a Friedensappell ("peace appeal") of Hitler, which he made in Cologne due to the Reichstag elections. [7] Likewise, the St. Petersglocke declared the end of World War II above the ruins of the city of Cologne in 1945, and in 1990 the reunification of Germany. As a rule, St ...
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