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Merseburg Cathedral (German: Merseburger Dom) is the proto-cathedral of the former Bishopric of Merseburg in Merseburg, Germany. The mostly Gothic church is considered an artistic and historical highlight in southern Saxony-Anhalt.
Among the notable buildings of Merseburg are the Merseburg Cathedral of St John the Baptist (founded 1015, rebuilt in the 13th and 16th centuries) and the episcopal palace (15th century). The cathedral-and-palace ensemble also features a palace garden.
Der Merseburger Dom St. Johannes und St. Laurentius ist eine evangelische Kirche und eines der herausragenden Baudenkmäler der an der Straße der Romanik gelegenen einstigen Pfalz- und Bischofsstadt Merseburg, jahrhundertelang Zentrum des Bistums Merseburg sowie des Hochstifts gleiches Namens. Der Dom ist der vierte Flügel von Schloss Merseburg.
Merseburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies on the left bank of the Saale River , just south of Halle . Founded about 800 as a frontier fortress against the Slavs, it was a favourite residence of the German kings Henry I the Fowler (d. 936), Otto I , and Henry II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Welcome to Merseburg Cathedral! Der Merseburger Dom ist einer der bedeutendsten Kathedralbauten Deutschlands und war Lieblingsort des einzigen heiliggesprochenen Kaiserpaars, Heinrich II. und Kunigunde. Einer der berühmtesten Chronisten des Mittelalters, Bischof Thietmar von Merseburg, legte 1015 den Grundstein zum Bau der Kathedrale.
The Bishopric of Merseburg was an episcopal see on the eastern border of the medieval Duchy of Saxony with its centre in Merseburg, where Merseburg Cathedral was constructed.
The Merseburg Cathedral of St. John and St. Lawrence is today considered one of the most important cathedral buildings in Germany, and 1,000 years ago was the favourite place of the only canonised imperial couple, Henry II and Cunigunde.
