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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.
Cathedral master builder Richard Voigtel had already originally striven for the production of a third finial as a "monument to the completion of the cathedral". In a sketch and design from 1879, he envisaged a 10.5-metre-high replica of the finials to be erected on the south-eastern corner of the cathedral terrace.
The Cologne Cathedral Window is the stained glass window in the south transept of the Cologne Cathedral designed by Cologne artist Gerhard Richter. On a surface of 106 square metres, 11,263 glass squares in 72 colours of 9,6 cm × 9.6 cm were principally arranged randomly, with others selected in response to architectural context. [ 1 ]
From 1833 he was the leading architect of Cologne Cathedral, which was to finally be completed. [1] At Cologne, he was next to Vincenz Statz the most important practical representative of Gothic Revival architecture. Zwirner was assigned the restoration after the death of Friedrich Adolf Ahlert, .
Also sponsored by the Förderverein Romanische Kirchen Köln e.V. (Friends of Romanesque Churches of Cologne) are twelve Romanesque churches outside of the Old Town, as well as St Peter's Church (Cologne): Alt St. Heribert in Deutz; St. Nikolaus in Dünnwald; St. Martinus in Esch; St. Stephan in Lindenthal; St. Severin in Lövenich; St ...
Meister Gerhard, Statue Cologne Cathedral medal 680th anniversary 1928 of the construction start by Meister Gerhard in 1248, obverse Meister Gerhard showing a plan of the cathedral at the reverse of this medal. Meister or Master Gerhard (c. 1210 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral.
Wolff in the roof truss of Cologne Cathedral on 18 October 2003 Arnold Wolff (26 July 1932 – 24 December 2019) was a German architect. He was Cologne Cathedral Master Builder [ de ] and head of the Dombauhütte of the Cologne Cathedral from 1972 to 1998. [ 1 ]
The Cologne Cathedral quarter (German: Domumgebung) is the area immediately surrounding Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. When the Gothic cathedral was built, it was closely surrounded by houses and smaller churches.