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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 tallest church building with two steeples as well as the tallest cathedral is Cologne Cathedral (157.4 m) in Cologne, Germany. The tallest Eastern Orthodox, as well as the tallest domed cathedral, will be People's Salvation Cathedral (now 120 m; 127 m when completed) in Bucharest, Romania. [1]
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.
Cologne Cathedral, Germany Photo credit: alxpin - Getty Images Though it took 632 years to complete, this five-aisled basilica , reaching a staggering 157 meters high, is the ultimate expression ...
Cologne Cathedral: 7,914 [citation needed] 407,000 [40] 1248–1880 Cologne Germany: Catholic St Paul's Cathedral: 7,875 [41] 1677–1708 London United Kingdom: Anglican (Church of England) Washington National Cathedral: 7,712 [42] 1907–1990 Washington, DC United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Amiens Cathedral: 7,700 [43 ...
Cologne Cathedral in Cologne.. This is the list of cathedrals in Germany sorted by denomination.. Some pre-Reformation cathedrals in Germany, now within one of the Lutheran or united Protestant churches (co-operating in their umbrella organisation Protestant Church in Germany) still retain the term cathedral, despite the churches Presbyterian polity which does not have bishops (in some ...
This is a list of gothic cathedrals in Europe that are active Christian cathedrals ... Cologne: Cologne: Germany: Saint Peter, Saint Mary: cathedral; World Heritage site
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.