Domkirche St. Marien

This article is about the modern cathedral in Hamburg. For the ancient cathedral, see St. Mary's Cathedral (Hamburg). For the funfayre named after that cathedral, see Hamburger Dom.
St Mary's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Our Lady
Domkirche St. Marien

Domkirche St. Marien in Danziger Straße, west front
53°33′27″N 10°00′49″E / 53.55750°N 10.01361°E / 53.55750; 10.01361
Location St. Georg, Hamburg
Country Germany
Denomination Roman Catholic
History
Founded 1889
Consecrated 28 June 1893
Architecture
Architect(s) Arnold Güldenpfennig
Style Romanesque
Completed 1893
Administration
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Hamburg
Province Hamburg
Clergy
Archbishop Werner Thissen
Provost Franz-Peter Spiza

Domkirche St. Marien (English: St. Mary's Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg, Germany, and the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg (as of 1995). The cathedral stands in Danziger Straße and was built between 1890 and 1893 to the designs of Arnold Güldenpfennig. The church was erected in Romanesque revival style at the instigation of Bishop Bernhard Höting of Osnabrück, then simultaneously officiating as Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Nordic Missions of Germany, then competent for Hamburg's Catholics.[1] It was the first new Roman Catholic church built in Hamburg since the Reformation.[2]

The interior of the Cathedral

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Notes

  1. Section "Neubau der St. Marien Kirche", p. 6, on: (en/de) St. Marien-Dom Hamburg (website of New St. Mary's Cathedral), retrieved on 21 June 2011.
  2. (de) Metropolitankapitel des Erzbistums Hamburg (Hrsg.): Der St. Marien-Dom Hamburg. Folder Hamburg 2011.

Coordinates: 53°33′27″N 10°00′49″E / 53.55750°N 10.01361°E / 53.55750; 10.01361

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