Freiburg Minster

Freiburg Münster
The Cathedral of Our Lady
Freiburger Münster
Freiburg Münster
47°59′44″N 7°51′11″E / 47.99556°N 7.85306°E / 47.99556; 7.85306
Location	Freiburg im Breisgau
Country	Germany
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	Website of the Cathedral
History
Status	Active
Founded	1200
Founder(s)	Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen
Architecture
Functional status	Cathedral
Administration
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Freiburg

Freiburg Minster (German: Freiburger Münster or Münster Unserer Lieben Frau) is the cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau, southwest Germany. The last duke of Zähringen had started the building around 1200 in romanesque style. The construction continued in 1230 in Gothic style. The minster was partly built on the foundations of an original church that had been there from the beginning of Freiburg, in 1120.

In the Middle Ages, Freiburg lay in the Diocese of Konstanz. In 1827, Freiburg Minster became the seat of the newly established Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg, and thus a cathedral.