Naumburg Cathedral

Geschichte

Naumburg Cathedral, 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. The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders 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. 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, 'The Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape of the rivers Saale and Unstrut – an important dominion in the High Middle Ages' are included in the candidate list for UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany.

"Herzlich Willkommen in der UNESCO-Welterbestätte Naumburger Dom!Der Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul zählt zu den bedeutendsten Kulturdenkmälern aus der Zeit des europäischen Hochmittelalters und ist der Besuchermagnet an der „Straße der Romanik“. Imponierend sind die beiden Lettner, welche die Chöre räumlich vom Kirchenschiff trennen. Zwei hochmittelalterliche erhaltene Lettner in einer Kirche sind einzigartig auf der Welt!Die größte Anziehungskraft übt der Westchor mit dem Lettner und seinen zwölf Stifterfiguren aus der Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts aus. Geschaffen durch die Hand des Naumburger Meisters, ist speziell die Stifterfigur Uta das Sinnbild für die „schönste Frau des Mittelalters“."