Brunswick Cathedral with lion statue.

The Brunswick Cathedral, in the City of Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany, is a large church dedicated to St. Blaise and was built by Henry the Lion from 1173 to 1195. While commonly called a cathedral, it is not actually one. Photo of Cathedral at Brunswick (Germany), with the Lion statue (taken Feb. ... Photo of Cathedral at Brunswick (Germany), with the Lion statue (taken Feb. ... Map of Germany showing Braunschweig Braunschweig [ˈbraunʃvaik] (English & French: Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... the Fourteen Holy Helpers Saint Blaise (or Blasius - died circa 316) was a physician and bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. ... Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129 - August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since 1142, and Duke of Bavaria as Henry XII since 1156... Events Canonization of Saint Thomas a Becket, buried at Canterbury August 9th - Construction starts on the Leaning tower of Pisa Castle at Abergavenny was seized by the Welsh. ... Events Priory of St Marys, Bushmead, founded. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Lutheran or Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. ...

Henry and his consort Matilda are both buried in the cathedral. The limestone statues on the tomb in the nave are an idealised representation made a generation after their death, between 1230 and 1240. Categories: Stub | 1156 births | 1189 deaths ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... A tomb is a small building (or vault) for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. ... Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Events Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile. ... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile...

Among the most important pieces on display in the church are a wooden crucifix by Master Imervard (second half of the 12th century) and one of very few huge bronze candlesticks with seven arms, from arounf 1170-1180. For the California hardcore punk band see Crucifix (band) A small, handheld crufix. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

External links

• Official site of the Brunswick Cathedral (in German)