Merseburg Cathedral Dom
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Above Merseburg, on the high west bank of the Saale, are the Cathedral and the Schloss.
The palace church of Henry I (consecrated 931) was raised to cathedral status when the bishopric (office of a bishop) of Merseburg was established 968. The present building, originally Romanesque, was begun in 1015 and much altered in later centuries. A hall-church with four towers, it has a sumptuously furnished interior.
The palace church of Henry I (consecrated 931) was raised to cathedral status when the bishopric (office of a bishop) of Merseburg was established 968. The present building, originally Romanesque, was begun in 1015 and much altered in later centuries. A hall-church with four towers, it has a sumptuously furnished interior.
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On the south side of the Cathedral lies the cloister, with an Early Gothic west wing and the Romanesque chapel of St John.
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