Domplatz   14
60311 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: +49 (0) 69 / 2 97 03 20
Fax: +49 (0) 69 / 29 70 32 49

 pfarrbuero@dom-frankfurt.de
 http://www.dom-frankfurt.de

Stop U4 / 5 Dom/Römer

The present-day Frankfurt Cathedral was originally a Carolingian chapel. Although called a cathedral since the 18th century, it never was an episcopal church in the true sense.
With the relocation of the coronation ceremonies for Holy Roman kings from Aachen to Frankfurt in 1562, the monastery received the honorary title of "cathedral", which has remained to this day.
On 14 August 1867 a fire ravaged much of the cathedral. Soon thereafter, the cathedral was comprehensively reconstructed in neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Franz Josef Denzinger.
Air raids at the end of Second World War once again badly damaged the cathedral. Reconstruction work lasted from 1950 to 1953.