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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 Judensau at the choir stalls of Cologne Cathedral is a medieval wood carving at the side of one of the seats in the choir of Cologne Cathedral. It was produced between 1308 and 1311. It shows a Jews' sow, [1] [2] [3] an antisemitic folk art image [4] of Jews in obscene contact with a large female pig, which in Judaism is an unclean animal ...
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.
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The work centres on the Three Kings, whose relics were in Cologne. The central panel is 260 x 285 cm, whilst each of the side panels is 260 by 142 cm. On the left panel is Ursula of Cologne with some of the 11,000 virgins with whom she was martyred, and on the right panel is St Gereon of Cologne. Closed shutters with Annunciation scene
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 Cologne city view of 1570 by Arnold Mercator shows that buildings immediately surrounding the cathedral in all directions. The cathedral still appeared enclosed by other buildings around 1800. [3] The Cathedral Deanery on its north side was built completed in 1658 for the Franz Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, and was demolished in 1892 ...