Freiburg Minster

Freiburg Münster
The Cathedral of Our Lady
Freiburger Münster
Freiburg Münster
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47°59′44″N 7°51′11″E / 47.99556°N 7.85306°E / 47.99556; 7.85306
LocationFreiburg im Breisgau
CountryGermany
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteWebsite of the Cathedral
History
StatusActive
Founded1200
Founder(s)Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen
Architecture
Functional statusCathedral
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Freiburg

Freiburg Minster (German: Freiburger Münster or Münster Unserer Lieben Frau) is the cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau, southwest Germany. The last duke of Zähringen had started the building around 1200 in romanesque style. The construction continued in 1230 in Gothic style. The minster was partly built on the foundations of an original church that had been there from the beginning of Freiburg, in 1120.

In the Middle Ages, Freiburg lay in the Diocese of Konstanz. In 1827, Freiburg Minster became the seat of the newly established Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg, and thus a cathedral.