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Augsburg Cathedral
Dom Mariä Heimsuchung
View of the cathedral from the southeast
Map
LocationAugsburg, Bavaria
CountryGermany
DenominationCatholic Church
TraditionLatin Church
History
DedicationMary, mother of Jesus
Architecture
StyleRomanesque/Gothic
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Augsburg

The Cathedral of Augsburg (German: Dom Mariä Heimsuchung) is a Catholic cathedral in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, founded in the 11th century in Romanesque style, but with 14th-century Gothic additions. Together with the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra, it is one of the city's main attractions. It measures 113 x 40 m, and its towers are 62 m high. It is dedicated to the Visitation of Virgin Mary.

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Augsburg Cathedral

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The Cathedral of Augsburg (German: Dom Mariä Heimsuchung) is a Catholic cathedral in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, founded in the 11th century in Romanesque...

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Augsburg

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Augsburg (UK: /ˈaʊɡzbɜːrɡ/ OWGZ-burg, US: /ˈɔːɡz-/ AWGZ-, German: [ˈaʊksbʊʁk] ; Swabian German: Ougschburg) is a city in the Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg

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Bavarians, and during the incursions of the Avari; he built the first cathedral of Augsburg in honour of the Virgin Mary; and obtained from the Emperor Charlemagne...

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Medieval stained glass

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still in situ are thought to be the Prophet Windows in Germany's Augsburg Cathedral, of c. 1065. A useful 12th-century source on medieval glass manufacture...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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triple-piano concerto, K. 242, on instruments provided by Stein. The Augsburg Cathedral organist Demmler was playing the first, Mozart the second and Stein...

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Saint Christopher

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Saint Christophorus carries the Jesus child, fresco in the Augsburg Cathedral...

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Johann Otto von Gemmingen

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He became a canon of Augsburg Cathedral in 1565 and of Eichstätt Cathedral in 1568. He became the dean of Augsburg Cathedral in 1580 and was ordained...

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David

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Byzantine emperor. King David, stained glass windows from the Romanesque Augsburg Cathedral, late 11th century. Caravaggio, 1610, David with the Head of Goliath...

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Clerestory

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windows still in place are from the late eleventh century, found in Augsburg Cathedral in Bavaria, Germany. In smaller churches, clerestory windows may be...

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Orientation of churches

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in Petershausen (Constance), Bamberg Cathedral, Augsburg Cathedral, Regensburg Cathedral, and Hildesheim Cathedral (all in present-day Germany). The importance...

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Timeline of Augsburg

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Augsburg. 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active. 989 – Perlachturm built. 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated. 1251 –...

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Stained glass

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Evreux Cathedral The south transept windows from Chartres Cathedral Medieval glass in Germany and Austria King David from Augsburg Cathedral, early 12th...

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Romanesque architecture

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the scale of the first three windows is similar. King David from Augsburg Cathedral, late 11th century. One of a series of prophets that are the oldest...

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Romanesque art

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10th century. The earliest intact figures are five prophet windows at Augsburg, dating from the late 11th century. The figures, though stiff and formalised...

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Turret clock

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purpose of calling the community to prayer. Installed in clock towers in cathedrals, monasteries and town squares so they could be heard at long distances...

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1310s in music

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possibly by Gervès du Bus, who later would write the second book. 1313 – Augsburg Cathedral receives a bequest from the bishop to promote choral singing. 1314...

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Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg

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Palatine. On 19 January 1690, she was crowned Holy Roman Empress at Augsburg Cathedral. At the time of her Imperial coronation, she was pregnant with her...

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Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg

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Eichstätt on 14 May 1644. He became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral, Würzburg Cathedral, and Augsburg Cathedral. On 10 June 1683 he was elected Prince-Bishop of...

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Henry II of Augsburg

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Ottonian-Salian imperial church. As Bishop of Augsburg, Henry was responsible for the expansion of Augsburg Cathedral and the episcopal palace. The Hofkapelle...

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Hartmann of Dillingen

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before the altar in Augsburg Cathedral. Counts of Dillingen "From our history", Franciscan Sisters of Dillingen Lins, Joseph. "Augsburg." The Catholic Encyclopedia...

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Franz Neumayr

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which he filled for eleven years. From 1752 to 1763 he preached at Augsburg Cathedral. His controversial sermons were directed in a great part against the...

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Siegfried IV von Algertshausen

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bishopric. He died in Augsburg on 26 June 1288 and was buried in the cathedral. He left some houses and farms to the cathedral chapter. Günther Grünsteudel...

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Bernward Doors

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Kunstgeschichte. vol. 19.1980, pp. 9–35 e.g. the Bronze Doors of Augsburg Cathedral (eleventh century), the doors of San Zeno, Verona (twelfth or thirteenth...

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Erfurt Cathedral

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Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Schmidt, Martin (2019). CityTrip Erfurt, Weimar. OCLC 1158500991. Retrieved 15 February 2022. Media related to Erfurt Cathedral at...

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