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Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom)

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Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom)

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Grillo Theater Essen – Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom) loop from Essen Hauptbahnhof

2.57km

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20m

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2. Messe Essen – Grillo Theater Essen loop from Messe West/Süd/Gruga

10.5km

02:43

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3. Essen-Steele railway bridge – Ruhr Valley View Path loop from Essen Hauptbahnhof

25.9km

06:50

230m

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Bumble-Bee

December 23, 2018

The Essen Minster is the episcopal church of the diocese of Essen, the so-called “Ruhr diocese”. The holy The church dedicated to Cosmas and Damian and the Virgin Mary, which is also called Essen Cathedral, is located on Burgplatz in downtown Essen.

The previous building was originally the collegiate church of the Essen women's monastery, which was founded around 845 by Altfrid, the Bishop of Hildesheim. The cathedral, which was rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II, is a Gothic hall church made of light sandstone that was built after 1275. The octagonal westwork and the crypt are preserved parts of the previous Ottonian building. There is a cloister to the north of the cathedral. One of his most important art treasures is the Golden Madonna, the oldest fully sculptural figure of the Virgin Mary north of the Alps.

(de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essener_M%C3%BCnster)

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

February 19, 2022

"The Essen Cathedral is the episcopal church of the Diocese of Essen, the so-called "Ruhr Diocese". The church, consecrated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and the Virgin Mary, which has also been often called Essen Minster since the diocese was founded, is located on Burgplatz in downtown Essen. To the north of the cathedral there is a cloister, which opened up the surrounding buildings of the monastery. The corridor encloses the monastery garden, which is also called the paradise garden. The monastery buildings were attached to the ambulatory. A fountain bubbles in the middle of the open square area on its four sides each measuring exactly 21.5 meters. A hundred-year-old, gnarled mountain ash stands between the heavy grave slabs in the lush green. Since 1960, the members of the Essen Cathedral Chapter have been buried in the middle of the cloister. The south portal shows the patron of the cathedral church, St. Cosmas and Damian. A place of peace and dignity, the cloister and the atrium, connects the Minster Church with the Adoration Church of St. Johann."
sakrale-häusern.de/kirche_essen_dom_kreuzgang.html

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Bistum Essen

January 2, 2020

The cathedral treasury connected to the Essen cathedral houses one of the most important "church treasures" in Europe. Worth a visit: domschatz-essen.de

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom)

1. Grillo Theater Essen – Essen Cathedral (Essener Dom) loop from Essen Hauptbahnhof

2. Messe Essen – Grillo Theater Essen loop from Messe West/Süd/Gruga

3. Essen-Steele railway bridge – Ruhr Valley View Path loop from Essen Hauptbahnhof

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