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Augsburg Cathedral (High Cathedral of the Visitation of Mary)

Augsburg Cathedral (High Cathedral of the Visitation of Mary)

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Augsburg Cathedral (High Cathedral of the Visitation of Mary)

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Location: Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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2. Rathausplatz Augsburg – Moritzplatz, Augsburg loop from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof

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3. Rathausplatz Augsburg – Moritzplatz, Augsburg loop from Herrenbach

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SaRie

October 14, 2017

I'm not really into churches, but the cathedral is very impressive. But the area around it with the forecourt, the excavations, the Fronhof and the Hofgarten very close by are always a nice place to just relax.

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Oliver

February 5, 2017

The High Cathedral of Augsburg
(Open daily from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., visits are not possible during church services). Coming from the city center, you can see the unmistakable shape of the Augsburg Cathedral in the north of the old town: in the west the old, Ottonian building (995-1065) with unplastered masonry and the two towers, in the east the mighty, white plastered Gothic choir (1356 -1431) with significant figural portals in the south and north.

Little is known about the cathedral's early days, because in the 5th century AD there were still Roman residential buildings on the site of the cathedral.

A first large building, which was built between the 5th and 8th centuries and can perhaps be interpreted as a church building, was found during excavations in the crypt and in the central nave. A late tradition, according to which Bishop Simpert (around 778-807) had a new Carolingian building built, can be confirmed since 1998: the transept of the Carolingian cathedral was found during the excavations in the Ulrichskapelle (can be seen in the Diocesan Museum on the north side of the cathedral). The cathedral collapsed in 994 and was rebuilt with the help of Empress Adelheid, widow of Otto I, which was completed in 1065 with the consecration of the west choir altar. The nave walls date from this period. The towers were added to the aisles between 1070 and 1075.

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October 8, 2023

Diocese of Augsburg (The High Cathedral of Augsburg, 2023-10-08):
bistum-augsburg.de/Pfarreien/Hlgst.-Herz-Jesu_Augsburg-Dom/Der-Dom

Wikipedia (Augsburg Cathedral, 2023-10-08):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburger_Dom
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Augsburg, 2023-10-08):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Augsburg
Wikipedia (list of architectural monuments in Augsburg city center, St. Ulrich Cathedral, 2023-10-08):
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmäler_in_Augsburg-Stadt,_St._Ulrich–Dom#D-7-61-000-238
“Catholic Cathedral Church of the Visitation ... Ottonian-Salian five-aisled double-choir basilica with west transept, built after the collapse of the previous Carolingian building in 994-1065, vaulted in Gothic style around 1325-1343 and widened by double aisles, expanded to the east by a cathedral choir in 1356-1431, the towers 1200 increased, the southern part was redesigned in a Gothic style in 1489, the interior was renovated in a neo-Gothic style between 1852 and 1863 and purified in 1934... D-7-61-000-238 ”

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Augsburg Cathedral (High Cathedral of the Visitation of Mary)

1. Rathausplatz Augsburg – Lech canals loop from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof

2. Rathausplatz Augsburg – Moritzplatz, Augsburg loop from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof

3. Rathausplatz Augsburg – Moritzplatz, Augsburg loop from Herrenbach

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