The+Frauenkirche+(Church)

=The Frauenkirche (Church)= In Munich, Germany, there is a church by the name of Frauenkirche. The church also has a nickname which is "The Church of Our Lady." The cathedral's foundation was laid with stone by Duke Sigismund in 1468. The Frauenkirche replaced another church from the thirteenth century. The building is a Gothic one that was built in an extremely quick time. The time it was built in was 20 years. A German architect by the name of Jörg von Halsbach, directed the building if the red brick church. When he died, it was succeeded by Luke Rottaler. This cathedral is an astonishing 9 meters long and 40 meters wide and the two towers reach to about 99 meters. Today the cathedral still stands tall, towering in Munich. The cathedral is so important to the people, that they created a law that says you cannot create a building that will block this amazing church's view. This cathedral has been through a lot over the years. During World War, the building was extremely damaged. The roof caved in which was very unfortunate for everybody. They restored it in phases and started in 1935. The restoration finally ended in 1994. Originally, the towers were supposed to have spires built on the top. That didn't go as planned because there was a shortage of funds. So instead of the spires they put domes on top of the towers. The domes were based off of a picture in a book called //__ Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam. __// At first the church had the design of late Gothic churches decorated with Baroque themes. There is a monument in the church and that is a tomb. The tomb belongs to the emperor Ludwig IV of Bavaria. The sarcophagus is made of black marble and that is surrounded by knights that are kneeling. Family members of the Wittelsbach's have tombs in the cathedrals crypt, too. Inside, there is also the "Footprint of the Devil." The legend is that Jörg von Halsbach promised the devil that you wouldn't be able to see and windows from the inside of the church. If he did so, the devil would help him build the church. When the Frauenkirche was done, he took the devil to the center of the church where no windows could be seen. People that went to the church sat in a specific area where the light would shine through the windows. The devil was so furious that he stomped his foot into the ground where it would then forever leave its print. Today the footprint is still visible. Those are just a few things that make this cathedral, The Frauenkirche, a very special place.