Cologne Cathedral

Roman-Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Germany
Church catholic_cathedral Q4176
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Cologne Cathedral

Summary

Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of catholic_cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,193 views/month, #1 of 765).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cologne Cathedral's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Cologne Cathedral is located in Altstadt-Nord[4].
  • Cologne Cathedral is located in Cologne[5].
  • Cologne Cathedral is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Cologne Cathedral's instance of is recorded as Catholic cathedral[7].
  • Cologne Cathedral's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[8].
  • Cologne Cathedral's instance of is recorded as church building[9].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Andreas von Everdingen[10].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Arnold Wolff[11].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Barbara Schock-Werner[12].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Bernhard Hertel[13].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Ernst Friedrich Zwirner[14].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Erwin von Steinbach[15].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Friedrich Adolf Ahlert[16].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Fritz Schaller[17].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Hans Alex Güldenpfennig[18].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Johann Kuene van Franckenberg[19].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Johannes von Köln[20].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Karl Friedrich Schinkel[21].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Kaspar Kraemer[22].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Q1795810[23].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Konrad Kuene[24].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Master Gerhard[25].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Nikolaus van Bueren[26].
  • Cologne Cathedral's architect is recorded as Peter Parler[27].

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Geography

Cologne Cathedral is in the country of Germany[6]. Located in include Altstadt-Nord[4], a city part of Cologne[28], in Germany[29] and Cologne[5], a Hanseatic city[30], in Germany[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Catholic cathedral[7], tourist attraction[8], and church building[9]. Heritage statuses include World Heritage Site[32] and architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[33]. Cologne Cathedral's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

+1248-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cologne Cathedral[34]. Saint Peter is named after it[35].

Why It Matters

Cologne Cathedral ranks in the top 0.13% of catholic_cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,193 views/month, #1 of 765).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . wikidata.org.
  23. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] . wikidata.org.
  25. [35] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . Denkmalliste der Stadt Köln. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 22d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Christian liturgical rite Roman Rite
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