Cathedral of Ulm

The cathedral of Ulm ( Ulmer Münster ) is the principal church of the town of Ulm in Germany.

It is of Gothic architecture and was built by the free imperial city of Ulm at the 14th century.

It is, strictly speaking, a cathedral, the town of Ulm not having never been seat of one évêché.

Initially a house of God for the Catholiques it became after the reforms of 1529 with Ulm the largest Protestant church of the world.

Presentation

The cathedral is until our days, with its 161,53 m in height, the most church of the world. The masonry has 123,56 m of length and 48,8 m broad, and thus a surface of 8.260 m ², it is thus the largest Protestant church of the world. It offers 2.000 seats, which can pass in 4.500 places during the Württembergischer Landesposaunentag for example. With the Moyen-âge it accommodated to 20.000 people considering, in this time, it was in manners to remain upright during the masses.

The principal tower is accessible until height the 150 m, by staircases of 768 steps, from where one has an impregnable panoramic sight on the town of Ulm and his area, and by good weather even on the the Alps.

History

Bells

Use of the tower in logos

See too

External bonds

Seen satellite of the cathedral on WikiMapia
ulmer-muenster.de
Gallery photographs
Live Webcam
Photographs of Ulmer Münster

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