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Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral

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The Lutheran Cathedral houses two large organs. The first organ is said to have been brought to the church in 1350, however, the current Sauer Organ was built from 1914 to 1915. With 78 registers, the Sauer Organ is the largest instrument in Transylvania.
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On the south balcony is the Hahn Organ, built in 1748 by Transylvanian organ builder Johannes Hahn. Originally, this instrument was built for the parish church in
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converted the Transylvanian Saxons to Protestantism. For three centuries, it served as a burial place for the mayors, earls and other personalities from
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church. Originally, it was the Catholic parish church of St. Mary. However, in the middle of the 16th century, it became a Lutheran parish, as
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The Cathedral had electric lighting and heating installed in 1910. A renovation was completed in 2021.
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The Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral was built in the 14th century on the location of another 12th-century
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The pulpit and baptismal font of the Cathedral. The Rosenau Fresco can be seen in the background.
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View of the main facade of the Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral in Sibiu/Hermannstadt
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until being moved to the Cathedral in 1948. It was restored in 1988 and 2008.
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after its creator, the artist Johannes von Rosenau. The cathedral's bronze
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of the cathedral houses several notable epitaphs, including that of
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is said to have been made using a molten Ottoman cannon.
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Affiliation
Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania
Sibiu
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Cathedral
Geographic coordinates
45°47′52″N 24°08′59″E / 45.7978°N 24.1498°E / 45.7978; 24.1498
Style
Gothic
Saint Mary
German
Romanian
Gothic-style
Sibiu
German
Transylvania
Romania
Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania

romanesque
Johannes Honter
Sibiu
Samuel von Brukenthal
Boarta
Samuel von Brukenthal National College
nave
Samuel von Brukenthal
life
passion

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