Krodoaltar

The Krodoaltar in Goslar is a fully bronze existing altar and is the only metallic church altar in the Romanesque style. It was probably made ​​in the late 11th century and is named after the Germanic God pseudo Krodo. Situated he was originally in the Collegiate Church of St. Simon and Jude ( " Goslar Cathedral ", err 1047. ) That form part of the Goslar Imperial Palace district was. At the latest demolition of the Collegiate Church (1819-1822), the altar was removed and is now an exhibit in the Goslar City Museum.

Made from " Goslar Bronze " - the copper used is from the Rammelsberg - it consists of a rectangular body with different size openings at the outer walls, were admitted into the formerly gold filigree and lead crystals. The altar was lit from the inside.

The corpus is based on four feet, which are decorated each with a kneeling outlandish -looking figure. It is probably atlases who wore lost world globes. In addition to the Goslar Imperial chair of the altar is one of the most important remaining pieces of the broken equipment Collegiate.