Salem Minster

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Salem Minster
Minster of Our Lady
Salemer Münster
Salem Minster, North face (2020)
Salem Minster Location in Germany
47°46′36″N 9°16′38″E / 47.77667°N 9.27722°E / 47.77667; 9.27722
Location	Salem, Baden-Württemberg
Country	Germany
Denomination	Catholic
Website	https://www.salem.de/
History
Consecrated	December 23, 1414
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	High Gothic
Groundbreaking	1285
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Freiburg

Salem Minster (German: Salemer Münster) is the Roman Catholic parish church of the community of Salem, Baden-Württemberg and was the abbey church of the former imperial abbey of Salem. It was built in Gothic architecture from around 1285 to 1420 as a three-aisled columned basilica and is one of the most important High Gothic Cistercian buildings in the German-speaking world. The exterior of the church largely corresponds to the original design, while alterations to the interior have had a lasting effect on the sense of space within. The inventory includes furnishings from the late Gothic, Baroque, Rococo and Classicist periods. It is the third largest Gothic church in Baden-Württemberg after Ulm Minster and Freiburg Minster.