Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork
The Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Andrew (Polish Bazylika Archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i Sw. Andrzeja Apoštola ) or woman Strasbourg Cathedral is a church in Frombork (German woman castle ) and the cathedral of the Archbishop of Warmia.
History
After the Varmian economy after the chaos of the conquest period to 1280 stabilized quickly and grew, the chapter began in the 14th century with the construction of a fixed Domburg and of the cathedral itself, the woman Strasbourg Cathedral to Saint Andrew and Assumption, according to a uniform plan of built from 1329 to 1388, is 99 m long hall church preserved architectural largely in original condition.
The cathedral was built in three stages of construction:
Similar to the collegiate church of Schwäbisch Gmünd and the Dome of Sandomierz and Warsaw woman Strasbourg Cathedral does not have a large tower. Instead, the building has four narrow corner towers. The west gable is decorated with a monumental, rising arcade gallery, as usually found north of the Alps only to the transepts of the cathedral of Tournai / Dornik.
The only erected after the Gothic period is the cultivation Baroque Salvator chapel, donated by Bishop Christoph Szembek from the 18th century. Its dome adorn illusionistic frescoes by Johann Matthias Meyer.
In 1994 the building was declared a historical monument ( pomnik historii ). The retrieved after a controversial report remains with alleged mapping to Nicolaus Copernicus were reburied in the Cathedral on May 22, 2010.
Interior decoration
Inside presents the Cathedral today - after he was robbed in the 15th century by Poland and the 17th of Sweden - in the guise of a Baroque interior, from the from Gdańsk organ builder Daniel Nitrowski 1682 created organ deservedly world fame pleased (annually takes place in the summer organ Music Festival with concerts by international musicians instead ).
The oldest and probably the most beautiful piece of equipment of the dome is painted a round picture epitaph of the 1426 deceased canon Bartholomew Boreschow, an example of the painting of the so-called beautiful style with Bohemian influence. From the late Middle Ages, the former high altar of the cathedral has been preserved. The mean scene this Pentaptychon ( Fünfflügeliger altar) provides Mary with the child Jesus on the basis of the Book of Revelation is (Rev 12:1-5 ). Mary, the golden light of the sun, as Jesus carries the new or " last Adam ," the heavenly man, the poor (1 Cor 15:45 ). She is standing on a crescent moon, which shows the face of the mortal, earthly " first Adam ". Under the crescent moon you see the turns of a snake body. On either side of the altar there are portraits of the Church Fathers. The altar was created by order of the Bishop Lucas Watzenrode 1504 by a Thorner workshop and is now in the north aisle of the nave.