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In accordance with the "federal emergency brake" for the containment of the Corona pandemic, the sites of the United Cathedral Foundations will remain closed to visitor traffic until further notice. Should the development of the numbers of infections make an opening possible again, we will keep you updated on our websites. Scientific inquiries to the archives and libraries of the United Cathedral Foundations will, however be guaranteed. Church services can also take place.

Welcome to the UNESCO-World Heritage Site of Naumburg Cathedral

The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Naumburg is one of Europe’s most important cultural monuments from the high middle ages and is a major visitor attraction on the “Romanesque Route”. One of the cathedral’s most impressive features are the twin choir screens which separate the choirs from the nave. It is the only church in the world to contain two choir screens from the high medieval period!

The West Choir with its choir screen and 12 statues depicting the church’s donors, which date back to the mid-thirteenth century, forms the cathedral’s biggest attraction. Crafted by the Naumburg Master, the statue known as Uta is particularly special and is said to depict the “most beautiful woman of the middle ages”.