Wurzburg Cathedral

The Würzburg Cathedral

The St. Kilians Cathedral in Würzburg or St. Kilian Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Würzburg , which is consecrated to St. Kilian . The cathedral is the episcopal church of the diocese of Würzburg . With its double tower facade and a total length of 105 meters, it is the fourth largest Romanesque church building in Germany and a major work of German architecture at the time of the Salian emperors.

Originally, the cathedral had a Salvator - patronage , from 855 to around 1000, he was dedicated to Saint Kilian, from about 1000 to 1967 was the Apostle Andreas Dompatron, since May 6, 1967, the cathedral bears the patron saint of the Franks martyrs Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan . The church consecration festival of the cathedral is celebrated on October 24th.

St. Kilian's Cathedral is the parish church of the cathedral parish and the cathedral monastery parish of the cathedral chapter .

history

Exterior view from 1904		Painting by Rudolf Huthsteiner (1910) shows the crucifix by Tilman Riemenschneider (burned in 1945)

The cathedral from the southwest

The west facade of the cathedral before the renovation in 2006

A cathedral with a cathedral monastery ( based on the Regula canonicorum introduced by Bishop Berowelf and founded by Chrodegang ) existed in Würzburg as early as the 8th century. Today's Romanesque church, built by Bishop Bruno from 1040 , is the fourth largest Romanesque basilica in Germany. It is the third cathedral building after the first two (built around 787 and 855) were completely or partially destroyed by fire. After Bruno's accidental death in 1045, his successor in the episcopate, Adalbero , completed the building in 1075.

An Affiliate of the cathedral and operated by the Wuerzburg Cathedral Chapter Cathedral School belonged in the Middle Ages beside the cathedral schools of Liege and Worms of the most important cathedral schools of the country .

The financing of a new altar for the cathedral, documented in 1253, was made possible by Bishop Hermann I of Lobdeburg, among other things, through income from six apothecis , whose apothecarii (most likely shopkeepers or spice dealers ) are known by name until the end of the 13th century ( those with before all pharmacists connected with doctors did not appear until the 14th century and pharmacists in today's sense only existed in Würzburg from the 15th century).

In the 19th century, the ore brotherhood Corporis Christi was located in the cathedral church.

The side aisles were redesigned in late Gothic style around 1500 . The baroque redesign of the cathedral interior began before 1627 and was vigorously pursued after the Thirty Years' War until 1699. In the 17th century, numerous works of panel painting were created on the altarpieces in the cathedral , as they have been customary in Catholic church rooms as a result of the Tridentine picture decree since around 1580. For the Bartholomäus altar in one of the north nave pillars, created in 1627, Hans Ulrich Bühler created an interior view of the cathedral that once served as a predalla. Bühler also painted the panel painting for the Peter and Paul Altar on the east wall of the south transept, which was created by Nikolaus Lenkhart between 1617 and 1630 but burned in 1945 along with the painting. Matthäus Merian the Younger from Frankfurt painted an Adoration of the Magi in 1654 . The famous Nuremberg painter Joachim von Sandrart created a Descent from the Cross and an Assumption of Mary for the cathedral around 1670 . Johann Heinrich Schönfeld , one of the greatest German baroque painters, painted a cross-bearing Savior and Leonhard of Limoges as the plague patron for Kilians Cathedral around 1670 . The Antwerp-born artist Johann Baptist Ruel (also called Johann Baptist de Rüll) painted a trial by fire of St. Elisabeth for the Würzburg Cathedral. Like all of the above-mentioned altar panels in the cathedral, the oil painting Penitent Magdalena, created in 1661 by Johann Baptist Ruel, burned in March 1945. The altarpieces originally created for the cathedral are the Beheading of John the Baptist (1659) and Martyrdom of St. Kilian (1659) and Christ on the Mount of Olives (1660) by Oswald Onghers (his picture of the Assumption of Mary from 1662 burned in the firestorm of 1945, as did his Ecce homo altarpiece of the dean's altar in the north transept of the cathedral). Also the carvings attributed to Balthasar Esterbauer (1702 on the new main altar created between 1700 and 1703, on two choir arch altars (Bruno altar, donated in 1705 by Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, on the southern choir arch pillar) and on the parish arch altar donated by Prince Bishop Greiffenclau in 1708 or 1709 on the northern choir arch pillar ) burned on March 16, 1945. Pietro Magno (or Giovan [ni] Pietro Magni, 1655–1722 / 24) stuccoed the cathedral with the help of Giovanni Antonio Clerici (1762–1774) and other of his compatriots from 1701 to 1706 with outstanding European stucco art in the baroque style, whereby frame elements were never painted with pictures. Impressed by Pietro Magno's cathedral stucco work, Joseph Greissing developed his baroque style, which is very ornamented.

At the time of National Socialism , the Catholic Church of Würzburg and its representatives in the cathedral, for example in the person of Bishop Matthias Ehrenfried and the Volksblatt chief editor, cathedral pastor Heinrich Leier (1876-1948), took decisive positions and demonstrated against the regime.

After large parts of the cathedral (especially the north wall) collapsed in February 1946 as a result of the bombing raid on Würzburg on March 16, 1945 , during which the cathedral was already badly damaged by fire, it was managed by the diocesan and cathedral master builder Hans Skull until 1967 rebuilt. On May 6, 1967, a new high altar and four side altars were consecrated with the participation of Cardinal Julius Döpfner and the Nuncio Corrado Bafile . During the reconstruction, the baroque substance was destroyed in favor of a re-Romanization. The refurbishment emphasizes the contrast to the preserved historical parts. The result was a controversial combination of mostly Romanesque, modern and baroque elements. The neo-Romanesque west facade with rose window, three-part gallery and clock opening was covered with a simple pumice stone wall during the reconstruction and exposed again during renovation work between April 2004 and November 2006. The cathedral also received a copy of a Florentine Last Supper painting made by the Munich court painter August Wolff as a loan from the St. Boniface Church in Rannungen .

Postage stamp from the Deutsche Bundespost on the occasion of the Würzburg Synod

The Würzburg Synod met in Würzburg Cathedral from 1971 to 1975 . According to Cardinal Julius Döpfner's will, it should implement the results of the Second Vatican Council for Germany and become a “spiritual event”.

The choir room was redesigned by Hubert Elsässer in 1988 and has been combining baroque and modern forms since then. Since July 25, 2011, the interior has been closed for construction and renovation work. It reopened on December 2, 2012.

The Museum am Dom was opened in March 2003 .

Dimensions

The Würzburg Cathedral has the following dimensions:

• Total length from the vestibule to the apse: 108 meters
• Transept length: 58 meters
• Length of the choir area with apse: 25 meters
• Vault height of the aisles: 10.60 meters
• Ceiling height of the central nave: 23.25 meters
• Intercolumn of the arcade walls: 4 meters
• Arch height of the arcades: 9.30 meters
• Width of the aisles: 7 meters
• Width of the central nave: 13.80 meters
• Vault height of the transepts: 21.80 meters
• Width of the transepts: 13.80 meters
• Length of the transept arms to the crossing: 20.36 meters
• Crossing: 15 × 15 meters
• Height of the crossing arches in the transepts: 20.20 meters

Church services

The services take place on Sundays at 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and on weekdays at 9:00 a.m. The organ impulse “5 to 12” is held from Monday to Saturday from 12:05 to 12:20 pm (from Tuesday after Easter to October 31).

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  Chancel, crucifix and nave today

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  Cathedral with Schönborn Chapel

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  Sepulturkapelle in Würzburg Cathedral

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  Skull relic from Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan (exhibition 2017 in Würzburg Cathedral)

Works of art

Cathedral pulpit (Michael Kern, 1608–1610) with the four evangelists in the foot (16)

Tomb of Julius Echters von Mespelbrunn, aedicula by Nikolaus Lenkart, after 1617 (15)

Merovingian Cross in the Cathedral Crypt (35)

Sepultur Chapel (73)

The epitaph Gottfried von Spitzenberg 1132 ; † July 8, 1190 is the oldest surviving cathedral in Würzburg

Facial features of Rudolf II von Scherenberg as a section of the epitaph altar by Tilman Riemenschneider made of Adnet marble (11)

Tomb of Lorenz von Bibras by Tilman Riemenschneider made of marble from Adnet (13)

The works of art are located in the entrance area, interior, Sepultur (burial place) , cloister and in the crypt. The seven-armed "Menorah" candlestick in the center aisle just behind the entrance area is eye-catching. The tombs for Rudolf von Scherenberg and Lorenz von Bibra on the northern columns of the central aisle are by Tilman Riemenschneider. The works listed under numbers 24 to 31 are located in the Schönborn Chapel planned and built by Balthasar Neumann .

1. Grid by Markus Gattinger , further in the room: seven-armed chandelier , work by Andreas Moritz , 1981
2. Bishop Gottfried von Spitzenberg († 1190)
3. Bishop Gottfried III. von Hohenlohe († 1322)
4. Bishop Manegold of Neuchâtel († 1303)
5. Bishop Otto II von Wolfskeel († 1345), work of the Wolfskeel master
6. Epiphany with Madonna
7. Bishop Wolfram Wolfskeel von Grumbach († 1333)
8. Bishop Johann II of Brunn († 1440)
9. Bishop Albrecht II of Hohenlohe († 1372)
10. Bishop Gottfried IV Schenk of Limpurg († 1455)
11. Bishop Rudolf II von Scherenberg († 1495), work by Tilman Riemenschneider
12. Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt († 1558)
13. Bishop Lorenz von Bibra († 1519), work by Tilman Riemenschneider
14. Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg († 1573)
15. Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn († 1617)
16. Cathedral pulpit, made of sandstone, wood and alabaster by Michael Kern (1608/1609)
17. Bishop Johann Gottfried I of Aschhausen († 1622)
18. Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör († 1924)
19. Stucco in the crossing, choir and apse
20. Stucco of the north transept and provost altar
21. Epitaph Franz Ludwig Faust von Stromberg († 1673), around 1681 (Johann Philipp Preuß)
22. Portal to the parish sacristy
23. Bishop Gerhard von Schwarzburg († 1400)
24. Bamberg and Mainz Bishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn († 1729)
25. St. Magdalene Altar
26. Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn († 1724)
27. Resurrection fresco (Byß)
28. Portal of the Schönborn Chapel, Engel (Curé)
29. Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn-Buchheim († 1746)
30. Pietà altar
31. Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn († 1673), grave slab of Johann Philipp Preuss
32. Bishop Conrad III. from Bibra († 1544)
33. Mary Altar
34. Johann Konrad Kottwitz von Aulenbach († 1610)
35. Entrance to the crypt
36. Bishop Conrad II of Thüngen († 1540)
37. Bishop Conrad III. by Bibra († 1544), bronze plate
38. Bishop Lorenz von Bibra († 1519), bronze plate by Hans Vischer and Peter Vischer the Elder
39. Erasmus Neustetter called striker († 1594), bronze plate
40. Johann Philipp Fuchs von Dornheim († 1727), bronze plate
41. Richard von der Kere († 1583), bronze plate
42. Provost Albrecht von Bibra († 1511), bronze plate
43. Georg von Giech († 1501), bronze plate
44. Bishop Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg († 1631), created 1667 to 1669 by Johann Philipp Preuss
45. Bishop Franz Ludwig von Erthal († 1795)
46. Bishop Georg Anton von Stahl († 1870)
47. Bishop Johann Valentin von Reissmann († 1875)
48. Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein († 1909)
49. Bishop Adam Friedrich Groß zu Trockau († 1840)
50. Bishop Georg Karl von Fechenbach († 1808)
51. Bishop Christoph Franz von Hutten († 1729)
52. Wall painting: St. Felix, Regula and Exuberantius
53. Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim († 1779)
54. Peter von Aufseß († 1522)
55. Johann von Guttenberg († 1538), bronze plate
56. Erasmus Neustetter called striker († 1594), bronze plate
57. Johann Konrad Kottwitz von Aulenbach († 1610), bronze plate
58. Bishop Melchior Zobel von Giebelstadt († 1558), bronze plate
59. Bishop Friedrich von Wirsberg († 1573), bronze plate
60. Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn († 1617), bronze plate
61. Death group
62. Bamberg Bishop Neidhardt von Thüngen († 1598)
63. Riemenschneider Apostle Altar
64. Bishop Conrad II of Thüngen († 1540)
65. Eichstätter Bishop Moritz von Hutten († 1552)
66. Dechant altar
67. Georg Heinrich von Stadion († 1716)
68. Bernhard von Solms-Hohensolms-Lich († 1553)
69. Gate to the cloister
70. Heinrich Truchseß von Wetzhausen († 1548)
71. Jakob Baur von Eiseneck († 1621), probably by Michael Kern (1623)
72. Paul Truchseß von Wetzhausen -Unsleben († 1528)
73. Sepultur chapel with window cycle by Georg Meistermann
74. Jakob Fuchs of Wonfurt († 1558)
75. Heinrich von Seinsheim († 1360)
76. Ebbo (uncertain) 10th century
77. Cathedral School Magister (late Gothic)
78. Crucifixion Group, 1763
79. Friedrich of Brandenburg († 1536)
80. Alte Domschulpforte, attributed to the Renaissance sculptor Veit Baumhauer, donated in 1565 by the scholaster Johannes Egolf von Knöringen
81. St. Kilian, 1720 ( Balthasar Esterbauer )
82. Wall painting remains: Christ and Mary, Mary and the Evangelist John
83. Gate of the Last Judgment and two late Gothic coats of arms from Scherenberg and Grumbach
84. Bishop Johann III. von Grumbach († 1466), still damaged
85. Bishop Johann I von Egloffstein († 1411), still damaged
86. Johann Vitus von Würtzburg († 1756), bronze plaque
87. Vitus Gottfried von Wernau († 1649), bronze plaque
88. Sebastian Echter von Mespelbrunn (1546–1575), designed by Peter Osten and completed in 1578 grave monument with Transi
89. Martin von der Kere († 1507), bronze sculpture, and Konrad Friedrich von Thüngen († 1629), bronze sculpture
90. Jachin pillar, 11th century
91. Pillar Boas, 11th century
92. Baptismal font from 1279 by Master Eckart from Worms
93. Pietà, around 1420
94. Fragment of the grave slab of Daniel von Stiebar († 1555)
95. Gravestone of Johann Philipp Echter von Mespelbrunn († 1665)
96. Fragment of the grave slab of Lorenz Truchseß von Pommersfelden († 1543)
97. Franz Christ. von Rosenbach († 1687)
98. Johann Philipp Ludwig Ignaz von Frankenstein († 1780)
99. Johannes Evangelist by Tilman Riemenschneider
100. Coat of arms of Elector Johann Philipp von Schönborn († 1673)
101. Grave of Tilman Riemenschneider

Cathedral music

The tradition of Würzburg cathedral music probably goes back to the founding years of the Würzburg diocese. With over 500 active singers, it is one of the most important and active cathedral music in Germany today. Four ensembles (Würzburg Cathedral Choir, Würzburger Domsingknaben , Girls Choir at Würzburg Cathedral and Chamber Choir at Würzburg Cathedral) regularly organize the liturgy at Kilians Cathedral and shape the cultural life of the city and the region with their religious concerts. The Würzburger Dommusik has been under the direction of cathedral music director Christian Schmid since 2013, and Stefan Schmidt has been the cathedral organist since 2005. Alexander Rüth has been cathedral cantor since 2011.

Cathedral organs

Main organ

→ Main article : Organs of the Würzburg Cathedral

The cathedral organs, consecrated in 1969, were built by Johannes Klais Orgelbau in Bonn. On the large gallery on the west side of the nave is the large main organ (6652 pipes , 87 registers spread over five manuals and pedal ). The smaller choir organ with 20 registers, divided into two manuals and a pedal, is located on a gallery in the south transept.

In 2009, a rehearsal organ from the Karl Göckel company with eight registers was installed in the newly established rehearsal rooms .

It is planned to build another choir organ with 58 sounding stops in the high choir, which will facilitate the interaction with the choirs (e.g. Würzburg Cathedral Boys' Choir ) in the chancel . Originally this organ was supposed to be finished in 2010.

Bells

The cathedral has 20 bells ringing . With a total weight of 26 tons, it is one of the largest in Germany.

The oldest and at the same time only preserved of the original bells is the Lobdeburg bell . It survived the firestorm of March 16, 1945, as it was brought to the cathedral's Sepultur in 1933. "The latest research has shown that it was created in 1257 by one of the most famous bell founders of its time, the Würzburg Cunradus Citewar," says the architect Siegfried Issig, the diocese's official bell expert. This bell was rung at the inauguration of 50 of Würzburg's 88 bishops and at the consecration of most of the Würzburg auxiliary bishops (except for four). Their 750th anniversary was celebrated on Michaelmas Day 2007. On Fridays outside of Holy Week it is rung at 3 p.m. at the hour of Jesus' death on the cross.

Eleven bells were cast by Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling in Heidelberg in 1965 . With the exception of the large Salvator bell, he cast the Würzburg chimes with increasing wall thickness and increasing pitch (rib progression). Bells 4, 6 and 7 are around a third heavier, bells 8 to 11 twice, and bell 12 even three times as heavy as bells with a medium-weight rib construction. Bell 1 is also heavily ribbed to form a solid foundation.

Since 2008, eight more bells from the Perner bell foundry in Passau have been added to the higher-pitched octave of the main bell in the south-west tower ; the strike tone sequence lines up seamlessly.

See also

• List of the bishops of Würzburg
• List of the Würzburg canons
• List of the Würzburg cathedral preachers

literature

• Helmut Schulze: The Würzburg Cathedral. Its becoming until the late Middle Ages. A history of construction . Schöningh, Würzburg 1991.
• Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 510 f., 584, 586 , 597-599, 603 f., 609 f. and 620-626.
• Jürgen Lenssen (Ed.): The Kiliansdom in Würzburg . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1423-7 .
• Georg Stippler: The Würzburg Sankt Kiliansdom. Reconstruction from destruction in 1945 to re-opening in 1967. Dissertation, University of Würzburg 2012 ( full text ).
• Johannes Sander, Wolfgang Weiß (ed.): The Würzburg Cathedral in the Middle Ages. History and shape . Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-429-04432-9 .

Web links

Commons : Dom St. Kilian (Würzburg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of St. Kilian's Cathedral
• St. Kilian's Cathedral . In: Wuerzburgwiki.de
• Information on the Würzburg Cathedral Music
• Georg Stippler: The Würzburg Sankt Kiliansdom - The reconstruction from the destruction in 1945 to the re-inauguration in 1967 . Humanities dissertation Würzburg 2012.
• In new splendor: article to complete the interior renovation . In: Katholisch.de (December 1, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hanswernfried Muth: Dom zu Würzburg, Schnell Kunstführer No. 232, from 1937, 11th edition, Regensburg 1997, and 12th, completely revised edition 2003, p. 2.
2. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 431.
3. ^ Peter Kolb: The hospital and health system. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume 1, 2001, p 386-409 and 647-653, here: p. 386 f.
4. ^ Rainer Leng : When the emperor held court in Würzburg: The Würzburg Court Day of Friedrich Barbarossas from 1152. In: Würzburg today. Volume 73, 2002, pp. 52-55, here: p. 54.
5. ↑ Ortrun Riha : Ortolf and his Latin sources. University medicine in the vernacular. Wiesbaden 1992 (= knowledge literature in the Middle Ages. Writings of the Collaborative Research Center 26 Würzburg / Eichstätt. Volume 10), pp. 11–13.
6. ^ Gundolf Keil: Medical knowledge and the common man: Medical catechesis in the 17th and 18th centuries. In: Ingrid Kästner (Ed.): Science communication in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. Contributions to the conference on December 5th and 6th, 2008 at the Academy of Non-Profit Science in Erfurt. Aachen 2009 (= European Science Relations . Volume 1), pp. 325–375, here: p. 333.
7. ^ Peter Kolb: The hospital and health system. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2 (I: From the beginnings to the outbreak of the Peasant War. 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1465-4 ; II: From the Peasant War 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria 1814. 2004, ISBN 3 -8062-1477-8 ; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 ), Theiss, Stuttgart 2001–2007, Volume 1, 2001, p 386-409 and 647-653, here: p. 407 f. ( Pharmacist ).
8. ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430-449 and 1303, here: p. 434.
9. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, pp. 624-627.
10. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, pp. 511 and 620 f.
11. ^ U. Stevens: Giovanni Pietro Magni .
12. ^ Giuseppe Martinola: Lettere dai paesi transalpini degli artisti di Meride e dei villaggi vicini. Bellinzona 1963, pp. 9-16.
13. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, pp. 624-630, 635, 640-642 and 646.
14. ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 458–463: The era of the people's and resistance bishop Matthias Ehrenfried (1924–1948).
15. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1241.
16. ↑ Würzburg picture series in 1946. mainpost.de, accessed on November 16, 2010 . 
17. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. 2007, p. 1244.
18. ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 470–475 ( renewal in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council - Bishop Josef Stangl ). P. 471.
19. ↑ Würzburg Cathedral renovated ( Memento from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) - kathisch.de
20. ↑ The St. Bonifatius Church in Runner on www.rannungen.de ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ Klaus Witt City: church and state in the 20th century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 453–478 and 1304 f., Here: pp. 475–478: The development at the end of the 20th century - the term of office of Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele (1979– 2003). P. 476 f.
22. ^ Würzburg Kiliansdom reopened after extensive renovation , Die Welt , December 2, 2012
23. ↑ Hanswernfried Muth: Würzburg Cathedral, Schnell Kunstführer No. 232, from 1937, 11th edition, Regensburg 1997, p. 8.
24. ^ ^{A b} Diocese of Würzburg: Kiliansdom Würzburg. Leaflet from around 2016.
25. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 609.
26. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 603 f.
27. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 624.
28. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, pp. 622-624.
29. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, p. 610.
30. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 200, pp. 584 and 586.
31. ↑ Stefan Kummer: Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. 2004, pp. 597-599.
32. ^ The organs of the Würzburg Cathedral ( memento from June 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - Würzburg Cathedral (dom-wuerzburg.de) (accessed November 15, 2009)
33. ↑ Sweet sound - not only at Christmas ( Memento from February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - Press Office of the Ordinariate Würzburg (accessed on November 4, 2009)
34. ↑ The bells of the cathedral  - Dom Würzburg (www.dom-wuerzburg.de) (accessed on November 4, 2009)
35. ↑ New Bells of the Würzburg Cathedral  - Video on YouTube (03:19) (accessed November 4, 2009)

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