Bautzen - Cathedral

(Local Name: Dom) The Cathedral of St Peter in Bautzen is a Gothic hall-church (1213-1497) with a tower almost 85 m/280ft high and a ground-plan which is curiously off the straight. It is now Co-Cathedral of the diocese of Dresden-Meissen.

The Cathedral has been used in common by Catholics and Protestants since 1524. The most notable features of the Catholic part (the choir) are the high altar (by G. Fossati, 1722-24), with an altarpiece ("Peter receiving the keys") by G. A. Pellegrini, sandstone sculpture by B. Thomae, a pupil of Balthasar Permoser, and a life-size crucifix by Permoser himself (1714). Of particular interest in the Protestant part are the Fürstenloge (the Elector's box; 1673-74) and the reredos (1644).