GERMANY ~ Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice - Magdeburg ~

... Beautiful (southeast) view of the oldest Gothic-style church in the country... its location on the Elbe river makes it even more impressive... a famous city landmark... fine example of medieval architecture blending the history and culture of the area... because it took over 300 years to complete, you can see different buildings styles being used throughout... luckily, it’s two towers survived bombings in World War II.... after the war, the rest of the church got restored... one of the main sights here is the burial site of Otto the Great... with great special "European Elections" postmark... Thanks a lot Dustin and Good Luck with your thesis🤞!!【ツ】

Magdeburg Cathedral, officially called the Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice is a Protestant cathedral.The first church built in 937 at the location of the current cathedral was an abbey called St. Maurice, dedicated to Saint Maurice; the current cathedral was started from 1209, and the completion of the steeples took place only in 1520.

Magdeburg Cathedral is important because:
It’s the burial place for Otto the Great, the first German Holy Roman Emperor, the first church constructed in Gothic style on German soil and the largest consecrated space in east Germany.

In the 10thC, Magdeburg was the home of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I (“Otto the Great”) and later Otto von Guericke, a politician and scientist who lived in Magdeburg through the difficult period during and after the Thirty Years’ War and worked as the city’s urban planner, protector and mayor for about 50 years. With these two important Otto’s shaping the history and future of Magdeburg, it’s perhaps of no surprise then that the city often gets dubbed as “Otto’s City”.

Stamps:

2X Flora - Flowers
(Issued 11-05-2017)