Bamberg Cathedral
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Roman Catholic cathedral in Bamberg, Germany
Key facts
- Location
- Bamberg
- Country
- Germany
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Website
- Website of the cathedral
- Status
- Active
- Founder
- Heinrich II (Henry II)
- Consecrated
- 6 May 1012
- Functional status
- Metropolitan Cathedral , Minor Basilica
- Style
- Romanesque
- Length
- 94 metres
- Width
- 28 metres
- Height
- 26 metres
- Archdiocese
- Archdiocese of Bamberg
- Archbishop
- Herwig Gössl
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- ii, iv
- Designated
- 1993 (17th session )
- Region
- Europe and North America
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Saint Peter
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Bamberg
- Founded by
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Official website
- www.bamberger-dom.de
- Image
- 00 3376 Bamberg - Dom (Adamspforte).jpg
Show 10 more facts
- street address
- Domplatz 6
- Commons category
- Bamberg Cathedral
- architectural style
- Romanesque architecture
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials at Bamberg Cathedral
- inception
- 1004-00-00
- native label
- Bamberger Dom
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1081-00-00
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- architect
- Leonhard Romeis
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Encyclopedic overview
Plan showing the two choirs, one at each end of the nave Bamberg Cathedral from the west
Bamberg Cathedral (German: Bamberger Dom, official name Bamberger Dom St. Peter und St. Georg) is a church in Bamberg, Germany, completed in the 13th century. The cathedral is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Bamberg and is the seat of its archbishop. Since 1993, the cathedral has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Town of Bamberg".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bamberg Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.