The present cathedral was built from 1413 to 1514. He is already the 5th church at this point.
Shortly before he was done, the money went out and the almost finished tower was closed instead of a top with a round dome.
In truth, however, the builder of the cathedral master and the builder of the bridge bet for much money who was the first to finish his building. When the master builder of the bridge won the bet, the master builder of the cathedral dug himself from the nearly finished tower of his cathedral to his death. None of his successors should be able to finish the planned tip and so it was only in the round dome (Frankfort Sagenschatz, by Helmut Bode).
From 1562 a total of 10 imperial coronations took place here in 230 years.
In 1866, the free Frankfurt was occupied by the Prussians. When the Prussian king visited Frankfurt a year later for the first time, the cathedral burned out the night before. The upper half of the tower and thus the dome and the bells were completely destroyed.
Wilhelm I promised assistance for the reconstruction on the day of his arrival.
The reconstruction took 11 years. Now the tower was built with a new tip, as it was planned 450 years ago before the money ran out. He also received new bells, including the 12-t heavy Gloriosa, the second largest bell in Germany (the Petersglocke in Cologne Cathedral has 24 t).
During six heavy air raids during the Second World War, fire and explosive bombs penetrated the rooftops of the cathedral, all windows shattered and the interior once again burnt down completely. This time, however, the bells and valuable interior had been brought to safety in time.
The reconstruction lasted until 1953.
In the dome is an apartment in which until 1942 a tower guard lived, whose task was to report fire or other threatening dangers.
The tower is now 95 m high, with the old dome he was only 72 m high. When climbing the tower, you can climb over 328 steps to 66 m height.