Regensburg Cathedral

Around 739, the Diocese of Regensburg was canonically established by Saint Boniface, with the cathedral district being set in the area of the Porta Praetoria of the Roman castellum. A Carolingian predecessor building was constructed in the late 8th or 9th century and was extended to the west in the early 11th century. After two fires between 1156 and 1172 and another city fire around 1250, which destroyed the old cathedral, the construction of the current Gothic cathedral began in 1273. By around 1320, the three choirs could be used, and between 1385 and 1415, the main portal was completed. Construction work provisionally ended around 1520. In the 17th century, a Baroque redesign took place, which was reversed in the 19th century under King Ludwig I to restore its Gothic character.