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Ulm Minster

Religious and Sacred Buildings

Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany, located in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is the second tallest church building in the world, its steeple measuring 161.53 meters, and it was the fourth tallest structure in the world when its towers were completed in 1890.

Facts
Building Type
Gothic Church 1
Location
Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany 1
Completed Year
1377 2
Completed Year
1890 1
Height (m)
161.53 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Church 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Church (Building), Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements

A Gothic cathedral.

Uses Element

Sandstone, Architectural Materials
Source Wikipedia: Ulm Minster
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ulm Minster
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany located in Ulm
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (place clause)
    is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany located in Ulm
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 2
    It is the second-tallest church building in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres (530.0 ft).
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 3
    The church was the fourth-tallest structure in the world when the towers were completed in 1890.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany, located in Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is the second tallest church building in the world, its steeple measuring 161.53 meters, and it was the fourth tallest structure in the world when its towers were completed in 1890.
  • Uses Element: Sandstone, Introduction
    The tower however was mainly built from sandstone.
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2. Wikidata: Ulm Minster
  • Wikidata Q44562, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q44562, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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