Talk:Mainz Cathedral

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I would like to correct some details. By the way they are all correct in the german version.

1. Willigis did not build the first cathedral. Mainz is a a bishop’ seat since the 4. century (see the list of bishops in the german version). The church St. John (present-day protestant church, dating 10. century) had been the former cathedral, but there was of cause an even older one. 2. Fortunatly the Cathedral emerged with relatively little damage from World War II. Only parts of the cloister and the St. Gothard-Chappel had to be reconstructed. The restaurations of the 20. century had became necessary because of damages of the foundations (due to removing the Rhine from the city) and pollution of environment 3. There is no staue of Williges in the cathedral. He was, by the way, buried in St. Stephen, his favourite foundation. 4. Only very few kings have been crowned in Mainz (see the list in the german version). The Mainz archbishop was one of the 7 electors of the kings and (together with the archbishop of Cologne) I was involved in the coronation as well, but this took place in Aachen. 5. The Archbishop’s titel before the french revolution was “Prince Elector” (Kurfürst), not “Prince-Bishop”.

[edit] my gratitude

Hello "Recent Authors", I began this article about 2 years ago. From time to time I have gathered more information but didn't notice any major alterations; the changes to this article must have been made in early-06'. Remarkable! I'm simply impressed. Sean, Weiden i.D. Opf (formerly of Wiesbaden). ps I always enjoyed going to the Mainzer Dom. Sean Patrick 25,07,06 23;47 CET

The changes were made in July -- I translated the article from the German one - CheNuevara 21:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] translation

The German version of this article enjoys Good Article article status. I'm gonna work on bringing some of that text over here, although I'm not particularly knowledgable about architecture. - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 18:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I've pretty much finished this. I don't know if I'll do the parts about the artifacts, I'll think about it. - Che Nuevara: ^{Join the Revolution} 19:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)