Naumburg Cathedral

Naumburg Cathedral
The Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul
Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul
Southeast view of Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral is located in Germany
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral
Location in Germany
Naumburg Cathedral is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral (Saxony-Anhalt)
51°9′17″N 11°48′14″E / 51.15472°N 11.80389°E / 51.15472; 11.80389
DenominationLutheran
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
Websitenaumburger-dom.de
Architecture
StyleRomanesque/Gothic
Groundbreaking1028
Completed1044 (consecration)
Administration
ProvinceEvangelical Church in Central Germany
DioceseBishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz (until 1615)
Clergy
Bishop(s)Ilse Junkermann
Official nameNaumburg Cathedral
TypeCultural
Criteria(i), (ii)
Designated2018
Reference no.1470
RegionWestern Europe

Naumburg Cathedral (German: Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul, pronounced [ˈnaʊ̯mˌbʊʁɡɐ doːm] ), located in Naumburg, Germany, is the former cathedral of the Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz. The church building, most of which dates back to the 13th century, is a renowned landmark of the German late Romanesque and was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.[1] The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders (Stifterfiguren) and the Lettner, works of the Naumburg Master, is one of the most significant early Gothic monuments.

The church was erected with the relocation of the episcopal see from Zeitz in 1028, next to an old parish church.[2] Thus it is the proto-cathedral of the former Catholic Diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz. With the Reformation, Naumburg and its cathedral became Protestant. Naumburg Cathedral remains a Protestant parish church to this day.

Naumburg Cathedral is a part of the tourist route Romanesque Road in Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1999, 'Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape of the rivers Saale and Unstrut, an important dominion in the High Middle Ages’.[3]

  1. ^ "Naumberg Cathedral". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Naumburg Cathedral". Whizzed Net. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ "Germany's Naumburg Cathedral wins World Heritage designation". DW. Retrieved 2018-07-01.