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St. Quirinus Minster Neuss

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St. Quirinus Minster Neuss

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St. Quirinus Minster Neuss

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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December 16, 2021

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Quirinus - Münster was built between 1209 and 1230 and on October 6, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI., At the request of Cologne Archbishop Joachim Cardinal Meisner, raised it to the status of a minor basilica.

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Stefan

October 13, 2017

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The Neusser Münster is one of the most important late Romanesque churches in the Rhineland. The laying of the cornerstone took place on October 9, 1209, the feast of the …

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Andreas

November 5, 2022

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The Quirinus Minster is one of the most important late Romanesque churches on the Lower Rhine and also a landmark of the city of Neuss. The gallery basilica was built in the 13th century. Its landmark was initially the west tower, which was around 100 meters high and which, like the rest of the building, was badly damaged in a fire in 1741 after a lightning strike. The Gothic pointed helmets on the west and east towers were not rebuilt, but the east tower was given a baroque dome with a statue of Neuss' patron saint, St. Quirinus

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