Wetzlarer Dom
Church in Wetzlar, Germany, dating from 1230
Wetzlar Cathedral is a large church in the town of Wetzlar, located on the Lahn river some 50 km north of Frankfurt (Hesse, Germany). Construction began in 1230 and is still unfinished, since the western front is still missing its northern belfry. Because of its long period of construction, the church combines romanesque, gothic and baroque architecture. The church has never been a bishop's seat, and therefore is not a cathedral in the English sense. The German term for "cathedral", Dom, often includes churches that lack a cathedra (a bishop's throne) and instead refers to any large medieval c
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- Type:
- Church
- Period:
- 1230
- Where:
- Wetzlar, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.56°N, 8.50°E
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