Klagenfurt Cathedral

Klagenfurt Cathedral
The cathedral with the Domplatz in the foreground
Religion
Affiliation	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Location
Location	Klagenfurt, Austria
Shown within Austria
Geographic coordinates	46.623991°N 14.312207°E / 46.623991; 14.312207
Architecture
Style	Baroque

Klagenfurt Cathedral (German: Klagenfurter Dom; Dom- und Stadtpfarrkirche Hll. Petrus und Paulus) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and also the main parish church of Klagenfurt. It was built by Protestants and dedicated to the Holy Trinity in 1581, and was the largest Protestant church in Austria at that time.

History

The Anno Domini inscription at the Klagenfurt Cathedral.

Klagenfurt Cathedral was commissioned by Christoph Windisch, Klagenfurt' s first mayor. In 1600, during the Counter-Reformation, it was given to the Jesuits and rededicated to Saints Peter and Paul. The church was razed to the ground by a fire and had to be rebuilt in 1724. Bishop Franz Xaver von Salm-Reifferscheid made it the cathedral of the Diocese of Gurk in 1787.

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  Front view of the Klagenfurt Cathedral
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  Interior of the cathedral
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  The cathedral's altar

See also

• List of Jesuit sites