Goslar Cathedral
When Goslar Cathedral Church said it is the former collegiate church of St. Simon and Jude. It was built in 1040-1050, was part of the district of Goslar Imperial Palace and was canceled from 1819 to 1822. Today is still the northern Domvorhalle receive. It was a church of the Benedictine canons. The term "dome" became common only in modern times and is misleading as the Collegiate Church was never official church of a bishop.
Architectural History
The cathedral was built according to a uniform design in the form of a three-aisled, initially flat-roofed basilica with columns change. The walls were made with limestone blocks. He had a Westwerk with two octagonal towers and low main entrance and three Ostapsiden. The crypt was among the choir. Over the crossing of nave and transept there was another tower. The construction of the cathedral was the model for many subsequent large churches of the Middle Ages.
The church was consecrated on July 2, 1051 by Archbishop Hermann of Cologne. At this time it was the largest Romanesque church of the Rhine.
In the 12th century, the flat cover was replaced by a concavity. By 1200, the Domvorhalle still was grown and relocated the main entrance here. In the Gothic period the choir was changed in addition to the northern production of a fourth nave.
The facilities of the dome included, among others, the bronze Krodoaltar left today and the Goslar Imperial chair of the 11th century.
The church was consecrated by the Church to birth saints St. Simon and Judas the Emperor Henry III. , Who often stayed in Goslar. He was the builder of the cathedral. A few years later he founded the now-defunct Peter pin in Goslar.
1819 was the then dilapidated cathedral because of lack of funds for its repair for auction and went to a craftsman who used it as a quarry and essentially abtrug to 1822. The preserved only the porch of the cathedral.
Local classification
The cathedral was part of the Palatinate district of the imperial and royal Goslar. He is thus in close connection with other structures of the area such as the Aula regia ( Imperial House ), the Lady Chapel ( no longer available), the chapel of St. Ulrich and the Curia buildings, all stood in a narrow space. Immediately adjacent to the cathedral stood the cloister with refectory, Granarium and chapters.