Schleswig - Gothic Cathedral (Bordesholm Altar)

In the heart of the old town stands the Gothic Cathedral (Dom) of St Peter, which dates mainly from the 12th-15th centuries, with a 110.50m/363ft high tower built in 1889-94. The most magnificent feature of the richly furnished interior is the Bordesholm Altar (*) by Hans Brüggemann, the great masterpiece of medieval Low German carving, originally made for a house of Augustinian canons at Bordesholm in 1514-21 and installed in the Cathedral in 1666. Carved from oak, it stands almost 16m/52ft high and has no fewer than 392 figures.

Other notable features are the massive marble tomb of King Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533), the wrought-iron choir screen (Late Gothic), a beautiful font of 1418 and 12th and 13th C. wall paintings. On the north side of the church is the cloister, with 14th C. wall paintings.