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742 St. Boniface asks Pope
Zachary to recognize the bishoprics of Würzburg, Büraberg
(later Fritzlar) and Erfurt, and the Church of St. Mary
acquires diocesan status
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752 Bishop Boniface has a minster
constructed on today's cathedral hill 1153 Collapse of this "major
ecclesia", whose size and appearance remain a mystery
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1154 Work begins on a romanesque
basilica on the cathedral hill
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1170 This new church is ready for
use
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1182 The church is consecrated on
20 June
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1201 Southern tower completed
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1237 Northern tower completed
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1253 The consecration, which so many sources mention
for this year, can only have applied to alterations, possibly a chancel
extension or a vault
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1290 Consecration of the first
chancel extension east to the Romanesque sanctuary
pre-1307 Central tower completed
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by 1329 Cavata constucted to
support the high chancel
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1329-1337 Roof raised over
transept and western end of the Romanesque chancel
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approx. 1330 Portal triangle added
north of the northern transept
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1349 Foundation stone laid for
today's high chancel
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1353 Consecration of crypt benath
high cancel
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1370/72 Consecration of high
chancel by Bishop Friedrich Rudolf of Stollberg
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1455 The western limb of the Romanesque basilica is
demolished and the work begins on
the Late-Gothic hall-type nave
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1465 The new nave is ready for
use
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1697-1707 The Baroque high alter
is made and installed
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1828 A big restoration and
alteration project begins
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1868 The Late Gothic nave roof is
rebuilt
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1968 The Neo-Gothic roof is
removed and replaced by a new roof in Late Gothic style
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1979 Work begins on renovating
the masonry and preserving the medieval stained glass in
the high chancel
