Aachen Cathedral

Roman-Catholic cathedral in Aachen, Germany
Church imperial_cathedral Q5908

Facts

21 properties

Designation

Heritage designation
World Heritage Site, architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia[26][27]

Location

Country
Germany[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.775°, 6.084°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aachen-Mitte, Aachen[3][4]

Period and style

Inception
January 17, 801[15]
More facts +13
Religion or worldview
Catholicism[2]
Christian liturgical rite
Roman Rite[34]
Fee
+0[29]
Has part(s)
Karlsschrein, Palatine Chapel in Aachen, Main organ of the Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Hochmünster organ of the Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany[11][12][13][14]
Named after
Mary[8]
Native label
Aachener Dom[28]
P14541
2P89Db
Visitors per year
+116300, +105600[21][22]
World Heritage criteria
(i), (ii), (iv), (vi)[30][31][32][33]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aachen Cathedral en Imperial Cathedral ar كاتدرائية آخن cs Katedrála v Cáchách cs Katedrála Panny Marie v Cáchách da Domkirken i Aachen de Aachener Marienkirche de Aachener Münster de Hoher Dom zu Aachen de Kaiserdom de Aachener Dom el Βασιλικός Ναός της Αγίας Μαρίας el Καθεδρικός Ναός της Παναγίας του Άαχεν el Καθεδρικός Ναός του Άαχεν es Catedral de Aquisgran es Catedral de Aquisgrán fa کلیسای جامع آخن fi Aachenin tuomiokirkko fr cathédrale d'Aix-la-Chapelle he הקתדרלה של אאכן
🔖 Identifiers · 49
VIAF cluster ID
130198000
Library of Congress authority ID
n81107086
GND ID
4126584-1
ArchINFORM project ID
5410
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11951579s
Biblissima authority ID
Wólka Zatorska
Emporis building ID
1153648
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
515051
Show all 49 identifiers +37
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Aachen-Cathedral
FAST ID
560395
Facebook username
aachenerdomofficial
FactGrid item ID
Samir Kamouna
Find a Grave cemetery ID
639171
Freebase ID
/m/01fdqp
GCatholic church ID
3223
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7032788
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
organization/206117461668
Historical Gazetteer (GOV) ID
DOMHENJO30BS
IDAI.gazetteer ID
2733176
IdRef ID
027486567
Instagram location ID
13820180
Instagram username
aachenerdomofficial
Klexikon article ID
Aachener_Dom
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
320770
Mapcarta ID
W20470246
Mapy.com ID
osm&id=136127735
Museum-digital place ID
12300
NL CR AUT ID
ko2017970736
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007599370005171
National Library of Latvia ID
000203394
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*392956;=BU
OpenStreetMap relation ID
14344696
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
48148
Topic's main category
Category:Aachen Cathedral
TripAdvisor ID
243367
Vatican Library VcBA ID
494/18560
WikiKids ID
Dom_van_Aken
Wikimapia ID
71355
World Heritage Site ID
3, 3bis
World Historical Gazetteer place ID
14440887, 13340129
Yandex Maps organization ID
80342463232

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Summary

Aachen Cathedral is an imperial cathedral[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Aachen Cathedral include Rosa 'Pink Panther'[35], a rose cultivar[36], founded in 1981[37].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Rosa 'Pink Panther'[35], a rose cultivar[36], founded in 1981[37].

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  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] ↑ . dombauhuette-aachen.de. dombauhuette-aachen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . dombauhuette-aachen.de. dombauhuette-aachen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . icomos.de. icomos.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . Q121289434. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . geoserver.aachen.de. Retrieved . geoserver.aachen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [30] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 17d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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