Naumburg Cathedral
Sign in to savecathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Key facts
- Denomination
- Lutheran
- Previous denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Website
- naumburger-dom.de
- Style
- Romanesque/Gothic
- Completed
- 1044 (consecration)
- Province
- Evangelical Church in Central Germany
- Diocese
- Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz (until 1615)
- Bishop
- Ilse Junkermann
- Official name
- Naumburg Cathedral
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- (i), (ii)
- Region
- Western Europe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- church building
- Named after
- Saint Peter
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Naumburg
- Material used
- dimension stone
- Dedicated to
- Saint Peter
- Official website
- www.naumburger-dom.de
- Image
- Naumburger Dom.JPG
- Width
- 22.5
- Length
- 95
- Patron saint
- Paul the Apostle
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- Commons category
- Naumburg Cathedral
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- inception
- 1300-00-00
- native label
- Naumburger Dom
- located in the religious territorial entity
- Evangelical Church in Central Germany
- P8168
- Dąbrówka Gorzycka
- P6482
- Naumburg Cathedral
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Encyclopedic overview
Naumburg Cathedral (German: Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul, pronounced [ˈnaʊ̯mˌbʊʁɡɐ doːm] ), located in Naumburg, Germany, is the former cathedral of the Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz. The church building, most of which dates back to the 13th century, is a renowned landmark of the German late Romanesque and was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders (Stifterfiguren) and the Lettner, works of the Naumburg Master, is one of the most significant early Gothic monuments.
The church was erected with the relocation of the episcopal see from Zeitz in 1028, next to an old parish church. Thus it is the proto-cathedral of the former Catholic Diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz. With the Reformation, Naumburg and its cathedral became Protestant. Naumburg Cathedral remains a Protestant parish church to this day.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Naumburg Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.