Naumburg Cathedral

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Naumburg Cathedral
The Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul
Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul
Southeast view of Naumburg Cathedral
Naumburg Cathedral Location in Germany Show map of Germany Naumburg Cathedral Naumburg Cathedral (Saxony-Anhalt) Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
51°9′17″N 11°48′14″E / 51.15472°N 11.80389°E / 51.15472; 11.80389
Denomination	Lutheran
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	naumburger-dom.de
Architecture
Style	Romanesque/Gothic
Groundbreaking	1028
Completed	1044 (consecration)
Administration
Province	Evangelical Church in Central Germany
Diocese	Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz (until 1615)
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Ilse Junkermann
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Naumburg Cathedral
Type	Cultural
Criteria	(i), (ii)
Designated	2018
Reference no.	1470
Region	Western Europe

Naumburg Cathedral (German: Naumburger Dom St. Peter und St. Paul, pronounced [ˈnaʊ̯mˌbʊʁɡɐ doːm] ^ⓘ), located in Naumburg, Germany, is the former cathedral of the Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz. The church building, most of which dates back to the 13th century, is a renowned landmark of the German late Romanesque and was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.^[1] The west choir with the famous donor portrait statues of the twelve cathedral founders (Stifterfiguren) and the Lettner, works of the Naumburg Master, is one of the most significant early Gothic monuments.

The church was erected with the relocation of the episcopal see from Zeitz in 1028, next to an old parish church.^[2] Thus it is the proto-cathedral of the former Catholic Diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz. With the Reformation, Naumburg and its cathedral became Protestant. Naumburg Cathedral remains a Protestant parish church to this day.

Naumburg Cathedral is a part of the tourist route Romanesque Road in Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1999, 'Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape of the rivers Saale and Unstrut, an important dominion in the High Middle Ages’.^[3]