Meissen Cathedral

Meissen Cathedral
The cathedral of St. John the Evangelist and St. Donatus on the castle hill in Meißen was the formative center of the diocese and the March of Meißen or the later Electorate of Saxony from its elevation to a cathedral church under Emperor Otto in 968 until the Reformation. Choir and The transept of the Gothic cathedral, built together from 1240 to around 1270, represents the most modern architectural styles of the time. After a change of plan around 1270, the nave was built in the form of a hall. The Meissen Cathedral with its nave and the lowest floors of the west towers was completed around 1400. The final consecration of the cathedral was in 1401. At this time, the southern of the two choir flank towers had already been completed. In 1420 a west choir was added as a burial place for the Wettins and a place of dynastic commemoration.
The third floor of the west tower followed in the 1470s; The expansion of the west towers from 1904 to 1908 was based on plans by the Karlsruhe architect Carl Schäfer. In association with the three other Saxon cathedrals in Freiberg, Bautzen and Wurzen, the Meißner Cathedral is the central building on which over a millennium of our state and church history can be traced.
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A late Gothic palace was built between 1471 and 1524 on behalf of the brothers Ernst and Albrecht von Wettin, who ruled jointly in Saxony: The Albrechtsburg Meissen. The new residence was to become a representative administrative center and residential palace at the same time. It was less a defense system than a castle - the first in German building history.
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The cathedral, which is impressive in terms of architecture and church history, towers over Meißen.

Meissen Cathedral has been under construction for eight centuries, so different architectural styles have left their mark here. Nevertheless, it appears to the viewer to be a very uniform building. The hall is a genuine example of high Gothic architecture and the striking west towers - although only added at the beginning of the 20th century - show the spirit of the Middle Ages. The Romanesque cathedral was built around 1130, and new construction began around 100 years later in modern Gothic forms.

What is particularly worth seeing inside are the larger-than-life stone donor and patron figures as well as the St. John's Bell, one of the most figurative bells in the world. In general, only a few churches in Saxony are more richly decorated than the Meißen Cathedral, which, together with the Albrechtsburg, rises majestically over the old town. It doesn't have its own congregation, but it is often used for church services, concerts and weddings.

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