Goslar Museum, Krodo Altar and Crucifixion group from St. Simon and Jude
The Krodo Altar (German: Krodoaltar) in Goslar, Germany, is an altar made entirely of bronze and is the only surviving metal church altar from the Romanesque period. It was probably made in the late 11th century. About 1600 it was popularly named after a deity Krodo which is known only from the description and drawing by Cord Bote in his Sassenchronik ("History of the Saxons", 1492). It was originally in the Collegiate Church of St. Simon and St. Jude (Goslar Cathedral; built 1047), which was part of the Imperial Palace of Goslar. The altar had been removed by the time the church was demolished (1819–1822) and is now on exhibition in Goslar's Town Museum (Stadtmuseum).
The KrodoAltar (German: Krodoaltar) in Goslar, Germany, is an altar made entirely of bronze and is the only surviving metal church altar from the Romanesque...
Krodo was a Germanic god of the Saxons, according to the 1492 Saxon Chronicle incunable probably written by the Brunswick goldsmith Conrad Bothe (c. 1475...
of the Imperial Palace of Goslar (Kaiserpfalz Goslar). Along with the KrodoAltar it is one of the most important, surviving artefacts from the demolished...
especially from the Monastery of St. Simon and St. Jude, for example, the KrodoAltar and a number of stained glass windows. Since 1992, the palace district...
Ages. Amongst the furnishings of the collegiate church were the bronze KrodoAltar and Imperial Throne of Goslar from the 11th century that have survived...
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