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shows Mary, venerated by St. Peter and St. George on one side and by
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The western crypt was filled in with rubble but reopened in 1987–95. It was discovered that it still contained features of
Heinrich's original cathedral. It now serves as the burial site for the Archbishops of Bamberg. The first to be buried there in 1998 was Josef Schneider (1955–76). Under the
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Romanesque building with four big towers. The eastern towers were originally lower, but raised to the western towers' height after 1766 by steep pointed gables, added by architect Johann Jacob Michael Küchel. The western towers are early Gothic.
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Franconia and was set up here in 1921. The latter was assembled in 1926 from various individual figures of different origin, all dating from around 1500. It is named after the statue of St. Sebastian, which is attributed to the workshop of Riemenschneider.
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The former chapter hall beneath which members of the cathedral chapter were also buried (these bronze slabs have now been moved to the walls). A wooden Gothic altar from c. 1500 is located in the further, late-Gothic part of the room. The chapel is used to house a
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structure (only around 75 m long). This cathedral burned down in the Easter week of 1081. Whilst the interior art was completely destroyed, damage to the structure was relatively minor. It was quickly rebuilt – by 1087 it was possible to hold a synode here. Bishop
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The eastern crypt was created alongside the current cathedral, c. 1200. The tombs now here were only relocated from the nave in the 19th and 20th centuries. These include bishops from the 11th and 12th centuries and the tomb of
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came to that city in 1524 the council refused to allow it to be set up. Veit's son
Andreas Stoss, who had moved to Bamberg in 1526, managed to have it brought to Bamberg in 1543, where it was erected in the church
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The cathedral is about 94 m long, 28 m broad, 26 m high, and the four towers are each about 81 m high. It contains many works of art, including the marble tomb of the founder and his wife, the
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The wealth of the cathedral chapter and the generosity of the House of
Andechs-Merania resulted in a large, "splendid" building (see description below). It was consecrated on 6 May 1237.
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The cathedral first had an organ in 1415. The one that was built in 1868 gave many problems and had to be rebuilt five years later, but it was kept until 1940 because of its good sound.
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thought he was a knight who symbolized German perfection, looking towards the east for new lands to conquer. Pictures of the horseman were displayed in schools, hostels and dwellings.
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One of the most notable works of art of the cathedral is the tomb of
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The cathedral is about 94 m (308 ft) long, 28 m (92 ft) broad, 26 m (85 ft) high, and the four towers are each about 81 m (266 ft) high.
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as a wedding gift. In 1002, Heinrich was elected King of Germany and he started to conduct his government business from Bamberg, giving the town various privileges (
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dominates the choir. The figures of Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalena and John was created from gold-covered basswood in 1652/3 by
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271:Consecrated
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2124:References
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1607:Kunigunde
1519:pedalboard
1224:sculptures
1160:True Cross
1128:Sonnenloch
1074:So-called
1030:Veit Stoss
1011:Mühlhausen
972:Volksaltar
957:Kreuzaltar
926:St. George
911:Kreuzaltar
907:Volksaltar
597:Background
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430:Designated
390:Archbishop
348:Number of
305:Romanesque
275:6 May 1012
265:(Henry II)
259:Founder(s)
171:10°52′57″E
168:49°53′27″N
69:newspapers
2079:Burgplatz
1981:cloisters
1934:ca. 1200
1914:Diameter
1874:ca. 1300
1841:ca. 1200
1640:Heinrich
1610:ca. 1185
1547:Diameter
1338:Elisabeth
1331:Stephen I
1327:Hungarian
1312:Romantics
1182:Eucharist
1034:Nuremberg
993:Transepts
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610:Kunigunde
586:antiquity
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555:Kunigunde
537:Cunigunde
362:81 metres
343:26 metres
335:28 metres
327:94 metres
311:Completed
99:July 2016
2112:See also
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2020:Domplatz
2011:and the
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2001:Domkranz
1973:Domkranz
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634:1007 at
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422:Criteria
417:Cultural
222:Catholic
196:Location
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2283:20 July
2216:20 July
1911:Caster
1515:manuals
1429:Abraham
1356:Portals
1344:of the
1142:Chapels
777:Baroque
646:Villach
592:History
511:Germany
507:Bamberg
437:session
251:Founded
238:History
228:Website
210:Germany
206:Country
200:Bamberg
83:scholar
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1739:Peter
1706:Georg
1673:Maria
1566:Tower
1486:Others
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1468:marble
1350:Reiter
1348:. The
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1087:pulpit
897:Choirs
883:Gothic
829:Speyer
804:UNESCO
574:German
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495:German
455:Region
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425:ii, iv
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