Description: BellesEglises_25 1857 Girardet print FREIBURG MINSTER, GERMANY, #25 Nice view titled Cathedrale de Fribourg en Brisgau, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. size is 24 x 15 cm, approx. image size is 15 x 10 cm. From J.-J. Bourasse, Les plus belles eglises du monde, Mame, Tours, 1857. Freiburg Minster Freiburg Minster (German: Freiburger Münster) is the cathedral of Freiburg, southwest Germany. It was built in three stages, the first beginning in the year 1120 under the dukes of Zähringen, the second beginning in 1210, and the third in 1230. Of the original building, only the foundations still exist. The church became the seat of the Catholic archbishop of Freiburg, and thus a cathedral, in 1827. Architecture The Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt is quoted as having said that the church's 116-metre tower is the most beautiful tower in Christian architecture. The tower is nearly square at the base, and at its centre is the dodecagonal star gallery. Above this gallery, the tower is octagonal and tapered, and above this, is the spire. It is the only Gothic church tower in Germany that was completed in the Middle Ages (1330), and miraculously, has lasted until the present, surviving the bombing raids of November 1944, which destroyed all of the houses on the west and north side of the market. The tower was subject to severe vibration at the time, and its survival of these vibrations is attributed to its lead anchors, which connect the sections of the spire. The windows had been taken out of the spire at the time, and so these also suffered no damage. Freiburg Minster was not the seat of a bishop until 1827, long after it was built. The tower has 16 bells, the oldest being the "Hosanna" bell from 1258, which weighs 3,290 kilograms. This bell can be heard on Thursday evening after the Angelus, on Friday at 11:00 am (a time consequently known as "Spätzleglocke"), on Saturday evenings, and each year on 27 November in remembrance of the air raid.
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Style: Realism
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1857
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
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Print Type: Engraving
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
