Frankfurt Cathedral

Visisted this beautiful cathedral in the center of Frankfurt yesterday. This cathedral is visible from most parts of Frankfurt. And so after my coffee yesterday morning, I walked there.

It is a beautiful church. A church has existed here since at least 700 AD. What stands here on the site is the modern version that that built in the 1400s and then reconstructed both in the 1900s and after WW2.

This church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.

This cathedral is also significant because it was in this cathedral, that for a few hundred years, the holy Roman emperor was elected by the 7 prince electors. And once elected as the emperor, a number of them even had their coronation ceremony here in this church.

There was a huge pipe organ in the church. It is a pity that I was not able to hear it being played. I am sure it would have sounded wonderful.

I also did a church museum tour which was very informative. They showed all the various vestments that are in their collection and they are impressive. So beautiful the workmanship and they are in silk and gold thread woven. The elderly man who was manning the exhibition told me that 2 people who had adorned the vestments in that room had later gone on to become Popes. Fascinating.

The people manning the tours were nice too. Typical of the courtesy I have seen displayed throughout Germany.

There was an elderly man who was explaining to me the significance of all the exhibits in the church museum and out of the blue he said that Germany had brought violence to other countries and all that violence had then come back to Germany in the end. Very poignant.