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Ulm Minster

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In 1543, construction work ceased at a time when the steeple had reached a height of some 100 metres (330 ft). The suspension of the building process was due to a variety of factors which were political and religious, like the Reformation, as well as economic, since the discovery of the Americas
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In 1817, the interior frescos were covered by painting the walls grey. In 1844, construction work resumed. After a phase of repairs lasting until 1856, the central nave was stabilized by the addition of flying buttresses. Then the small steeples beside the choir were built – without medieval plans.
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took over and made changes to the plans of the church but especially to the main tower and in doing so caused the church's first major structural threat: the heavy vaults of the wide aisles and high nave burdened the columns with too much lateral force at different heights. A new master builder,
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A devastating air raid hit Ulm on 17 December 1944, which destroyed virtually the entire town west of the church to the railway station and north of the church to the outskirts. The church itself was barely damaged. However, almost all the other buildings of the town square (Münsterplatz) were
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Due to renovation work, the Minster Tower had been closed after the first platform (70m) and parts of the nave have been closed to visitors since March 2023, however as of August 2024 the tower is now open up to the second platform and only the uppermost portion remains off limits.
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but the building was not completed until the late 19th century after a hiatus of centuries. When work ceased in the 16th century all of the church except the towers and some outer decorations were complete, unlike at
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in 813, and the denizens of Ulm wanted a new, independent church inside the city's walls. To this end, the near 10,000 inhabitants of the city decided to finance construction themselves. On 30 June 1377, Mayor
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was built at the gate of the city outside the walls, and this caused much trouble for the citizens of the city in the 14th century's conflicts that involved Ulm, as demonstrated by Emperor
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rings only on Oath Monday via hand. The Schwörglocke is also the oldest bell in the Minister. In Germany, the bells are always numbered from largest to smallest, Bell 1 is always the
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At last, the main steeple was completed, changing the available medieval plan in making it about ten metres taller. Finally, on 31 May 1890 the building was completed.
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of the globe led to an epochal shift in trade routes and commodities. One result was economic stagnation and a steady decline, preventing major public expenditure.
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is known to have played it in 1763. For some decades it was the largest organ in existence. In the late 1960s it was reconstructed to solve acoustic problems of
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Northern aisle, divided in two by an additional arcade. The base of one arch covers an imperial eagle painted before modification of the vaulting.
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Visitors can climb the 768 steps that lead to the top of the minster's spire. At 143 m (469 ft) it gives a panoramic view of Ulm in
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took over construction and finished the choir vault in 1449 and the vault over the northern nave in 1452. When he died in 1463, his own son,
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In the Middle Ages, before pews were introduced, it could accommodate 20,000 people, when the population of the town was about 5,000.
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The height of the central nave is 41.6 metres (136 ft), whilst the lateral naves are 20.55 metres (67.4 ft) high.
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with aisles as wide and almost as high as the central nave, with a main spire on the west and two steeples above the
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View toward the choir showing the ancient glass in the apse and the wooden filigree canopy of the nave pulpit
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laid the first stone, the foundation stone, of the new church. This church, whose design would be given to
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The height of the steeple is 161.53 metres (530.0 ft). Ulm Minster is the world's tallest church.
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The weight of the main steeple is estimated at 51,500 tonnes (50,700 long tons; 56,800 short tons).
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The tower contains 13 bells in total and only 10 of the 13 swing. 6 bells in including the bourdon
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Though it is sometimes referred to as Ulm Cathedral because of its great size, the church is not a
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The church has a length of 123.56 metres (405.4 ft) and a width of 48.8 metres (160 ft).
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The main organ of the church was destroyed by iconoclasts and replaced in the late 16th century.
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Only 9 of the 10 main bells swing electronically, this is because one of them known as the
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The volume of the edifice is some 190,000 cubic metres (6,700,000 cu ft).
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The building area is approximately 8,260 square metres (88,900 sq ft).
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While the walls of the choir, the side aisles and the tower were constructed of
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were cast by Heinrich Kurtz in Stuttgart 1956. Three bells serve for the clock,
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chimes the hours. Prior to Dominica chiming the hours, a small bell called the
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is responsible to chime the quarter-hours, followed by the second largest bell
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of the Reformation. The current altarpiece from the early 16th century is a
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Due to the changed plans, the nave is much higher than the choir and aisles.
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and nave. The church was consecrated on 25 July 1405. In 1446, Ulrich's son
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severely hit and some 80% of the medieval centre of Ulm was destroyed.
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Lutheran church in Ulm, Germany that is the tallest church in the world
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Dragon gargoyle on the way up the stairs of the Ulmer Münster steeple
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In a referendum in 1530/31, the citizens of Ulm converted to
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Photo of 1887, with new flying buttresses and lateral towers
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Photo of 1854, before completion of much of the second phase
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Churches of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg
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List of tallest structures built before the 20th century
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Church bells of the Ulm Minster seen from above (2019)
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of the main Western entrance depicts scenes from the
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fifth-tallest structure built before the 20th century
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Resumption and completion of construction, 1844-1890
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German

Ulm Minster is located in Germany
48°23′55″N 9°59′33″E / 48.39861°N 9.99250°E / 48.39861; 9.99250
Ulm
Germany
Denomination
Lutheran
Catholic
www.ulmer-muenster.de
Minster
Parish church
Architect(s)
Heinrich Parler
Style
Gothic
Groundbreaking
spires
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg
Cologne Cathedral
Philadelphia City Hall


German
Lutheran
church
Ulm
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
tallest church in the world

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