Editing Cologne Cathedral (section)

=== Medieval beginning ===

The [[foundation stone]] was laid on Saturday, 15&nbsp;August 1248, by Archbishop [[Konrad von Hochstaden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cologne.de/what-to-do/the-cologne-cathedral.html |title=The Cologne Cathedral |publisher=Cologne.de |access-date=1 May 2018 |archive-date=1 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501225010/https://www.cologne.de/what-to-do/the-cologne-cathedral.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The eastern arm was completed under the direction of [[Master Gerhard]], was consecrated in 1322 and sealed off by a temporary wall so it could be used as the work continued. Eighty-four [[misericord]]s in the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] date from this building phase.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}. This work ceased in 1473, leaving the south tower complete to the belfry level and crowned with a huge crane that remained in place as a landmark of the Cologne skyline for 400 years.<ref>Wim Swaan</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2020}} Some work proceeded intermittently on the structure of the [[nave]] between the west front and the eastern arm, but during the 16th century this also stopped.<ref>Wim Swaan gives the latest date as 1560, but a date of 1520 is considered more probable by other scholars.</ref>{{page needed|date=August 2020}}

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File:Botanischer-Garten-am-Dom-um-1820.JPG|The unfinished cathedral in 1820, engraved by [[Henry Winkles]]. The huge crane on the tower of the cathedral is visible in the picture.
File:Johannesfranciscus-Michiels bau-des-doms-koeln-1855.jpg|The unfinished cathedral in 1855. The medieval crane was still in place, while constructions for the [[nave]] had been resumed earlier in 1814.
File:Rheinpanorama 1856 detail Dom.jpg|The unfinished cathedral in 1856. The east end had been finished and roofed, while other parts of the building are in various stages of construction.
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