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Revision as of 12:31, 11 December 2005 by Huon (talk | contribs) (→Cathedral or not?)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)hmm. this is from the skeptical enquirer :
seems like the illusion is no more, and neither is the alleged footprint.
- The next morning, while I examined and photographed the spot more extensively, Martin was able to strike up a conversation with the church warden. He admitted that the imprint was not genuine, stating that the floor had been restored and that the Teufelstritt was merely a reconstruction.
It appears that the story about the devil being angry is the sanitised version of the legend - I like the one where the architect made a deal with the devil to fund the church, on the proviso that he built it without windows, or forfeit his eternal soul. When the church was complete he then led mr mephisto to that spot to show him the windowless church. The Devil was so angry that he lost the wager that he stamped his foot, leaving the mark. --stib 11:56, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Cathedral or not?
Sorry, is Frauenkirche a cathedral or not? It is called both church and cathedral, kirche and dom in the text. IMHO this discrepancy needs to be explained. --Ghirlandajo 15:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
A cathedral is a church which serves as central church of a bishop. Thus, the Frauenkirche is a cathedral, seat of the archbishop of Munich and Freising (it's also a church, of course, just an important one). "Kirche" is just german for church. The german word "Dom" is more or less synonymous with "cathedral", although large churches which are not a bishop's seat also tend to be called "Dom". --Huon 12:31, 11 December 2005 (UTC)