Description of the attraction
The cathedral, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew and Emperor Charlemagne, was founded in the 9th century. This Gothic hall church with a high carved sandstone tower was founded in the second half of the 13th century on the site of an older church building.
Here German emperors were elected according to the laws of the Golden Bull, and their coronation took place here in 1562-1792. Here are kept masterpieces of art from the Gothic period, for example, the altar "Sleeping Mary" of the 15th century. The gallery has preserved original benches from the 14th century and magnificent frescoes from the middle of the 15th century with scenes from the life of St. Bartholomew.
If you go up 328 steps, you can admire the panorama of the city from a height of 75 meters. As in most of Frankfurt's monuments, extensive renovation and restoration work was carried out here in 1994 for the city's 1200th anniversary.
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Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt or St. Bartholomew's Cathedral
It’s good, probably, for the tour guides in Dubai: all the dates of construction are known and accurate. It is much more difficult to answer a seemingly simple question in a country like Germany. The majestic Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt rises, built
Show all text Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral or St. Bartholomew's Cathedral
It’s good, probably, for the tour guides in Dubai: all the dates of construction are known and accurate. It is much more difficult to answer a seemingly simple question in a country like Germany. The majestic Imperial Cathedral in Frankfurt rises, built in a neo-Gothic style. An inquisitive tourist would like to know the age of the stone he has now put his hand to. And the answer to this question turns into an hour-long lecture, during which the tourist already wants to attach himself to something more intoxicating.
The fact is that the sacred chapels on the site of the present cathedral existed in the early Middle Ages - the ruins of the Merovingian church, inhabiting the land on the Maine since the end of the fifth century, date back to the 680th year. After the Merovingians came the Carolingians - the name of this tribe came from the name of Charlemagne, despite the fact that his predecessors were expelled by his father with an ambiguous name for the Russian ear “Pepin Korotkiy”. One way or another, in the 9th century, the Carolingians built their church.
It was this church in the XII century that the descendants of the Carolingians began to rebuild. The cathedral was conceived in the Romanesque style, but traditionally construction dragged on until the 15th century, and many elements acquired the features of the Gothic architecture that came to power. But even in modern times, when the cathedral became the site of the coronation of emperors, it did not look the way we see it today. In 1867, a fire caused serious damage to the building, after which, during the restoration process at the end of the 19th century, it was supplemented with those neo-Gothic elements that admire us today.
Once I was asked a question "under the breath" - it's great that the imperial cathedral. But why is he named after Saint Bartholomew, what did this Bartholomew do? After all, his name is on hearing …
Saint Bartholomew was one of the 12 apostles of Christ. Together with Philip he preached in Asia Minor, India and Armenia. In Armenia, the saint is revered as one of the founders of the Armenian church. According to legend, where Bartholomew appeared, the rituals of local priests ceased to operate, and the saint himself helped heal seriously ill patients, including the daughter of Tsar Polymius. When the king wanted to thank the Christian, he replied: "God gave me my strength for free, but I must give it to others as well."
Alas, the insidious pagans, led by the brother of the Armenian king Astyages, seized the apostle in the city of Alban (there are still disputes about the current geographical name of this place; the most common version attributes the dubious glory of Baku). Bartholomew was crucified upside down, which did not stop him from continuing the sermon. Then the torturers removed the skin from the saint and beheaded him.
The remains of the saint were transported to Sicily, and later to Rome. The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Germany Frederick Barbarossa (literally "red-beard") donated in the XII century a part of the skull of the Apostle Bartholomew from Rome as a gift to the Frankfurt Cathedral, after which he received the name of the saint.
I think, nevertheless, that we have heard the name of this Christian thanks to another story. What usually suits the management if the team did a poor job with the task at hand? That's right, "St. Bartholomew's Night". In history, the name of the holy martyr is tightly connected with the bloody massacre between Catholics and Huguenots, which took place on the eve of St. Bartholomew's Day (on the night of August 24). It happened in France in 1572 with the participation of semi-historical, semi-literary characters - Catherine de 'Medici, Henry of Neavar and "Queen Margot".
This is how history confuses the cards - holiness is mixed in it with bloody crimes, and centuries-old churches and cathedrals, like Balzac's ladies, very evasively answer questions about their age.
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