# Dom St. Kilian

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Dom St. Kilian is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Würzburg, Germany, dedicated to Saint Kilian. Its Romanesque form follows a cruciform plan and stretches about 103 metres. The building serves as the seat of Würzburg’s bishop and a burial place for its prince-bishops. A flat wooden roof spans the rebuilt nave.

The present structure begins in 1040 under Bishop Bruno, reaches completion in 1075, and receives consecration in 1187. Earlier fires destroy the structure in 787 and 855. Later work brings late Gothic aisles, Baroque stucco by Pietro Magno, and a Schönborn Chapel by Balthasar Neumann. Bombing in 1945 destroys much of the interior. Reconstruction finishes in 1967, retaining Romanesque priorities while leaving modern elements inside. Its west front reappears after a 2006 renovation.

Inside, Tilman Riemenschneider’s bishop effigies stand among tombs, epitaphs, altars, and stained glass. The Schönborn Chapel holds several bishops’ tombs. A double crypt preserves Bruno’s tomb and an old well. Its western section also contains a bearded face that may date from the Carolingian or Merovingian period. Twenty bells together weigh 26 tonnes. The ten-tonne Salvator Bell measures about 2.3 metres across, while the 1257 Lobdeburg Bell survived wartime destruction in the crypt. That older bell hangs in the south-west tower and rings every Friday at Christ’s hour of death.

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