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Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral
View of Cologne Cathedral from the southeast
Building information
NameCologne Cathedral
Started1248
Completed1880
Antenna spire157.4 m (516.4 ft)

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Cologne Cathedral ( , officially , English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne (currently Cardinal Joachim Meisner), and is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of German Catholicism in particular, of Gothic architecture and of the continuing faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The cathedral is a World Heritage Site, one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany, and Cologne's most famous landmark, described by UNESCO as an "exceptional work of human creative genius". It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.

Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, until 1880 to complete. It is 144.5 metres long, 86.5 m wide and its towers are approximately 157 m tall. The cathedral is one of the world's largest churches and the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. For four years, 1880 � 84, it was the tallest structure in the world, until the completion of the Washington Monument. It has the second-tallest church spires, only surpassed by the single spire of Ulm Minster, completed 10 years later in 1890. Because of its enormous twin spires, it also presents the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir of the cathedral, measured between the piers, also holds the distinction of having the largest height to width ratio of any medieval church, 3.6:1, exceeding even Beauvais Cathedral which has a slightly higher vault.

Cologne's medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship of the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe".

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Preceded by
Rouen Cathedral
World's tallest structure
1880-1884
157.38 m
Succeeded by
Washington Monument

Bells :
External length 144.58 m
External width 86.25 m
Width of west façade 61.54 m
Width of transept façade 39.95 m
Width of nave (with aisles, interior) 45.19 m
Height of southern tower 157.31 m
Height of northern tower 157.38 m
Height of ridge turret 109.00 m
Height of transept façades 69.95 m
Height of roof ridge 61.10 m
Inner height of nave 43.35 m
Building area 7914 m2 (2412.2 m)
Window surface area 10000 m2 (3048 m)
Roof surface area 12000 m2 (3657.6 m)
Gross volume without buttresses 407,000 m³

World Heritage Sites in Germany

NorthernBerlin Modernism Housing Estates * Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin * Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin * Bremen: Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace * Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar * Hildesheim: St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church * Hanseatic City of Lübeck * Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar * The Wadden Seaup|1
CentralBauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau * Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz * Dresden Elbe Valley (delisted in 2009) * Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg * Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowskiup|2 * Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg * Wartburg Castle * Classical Weimar
WesternAachen Cathedral * Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl * Cologne Cathedral * Messel Pit Fossil Site * Upper Middle Rhine Valley * Speyer Cathedral * Trier: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady * Völklingen Ironworks * Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
SouthernAbbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch * Town of Bamberg * Frontiers of the Roman Empire:up|3 Upper Germanic & Rhaetian Limes * Maulbronn Monastery Complex * Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof * Monastic Island of Reichenau * Pilgrimage Church of Wies * Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square



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