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 Gothic style in 1230 but was not completed until 1530. Most of the builders who worked on the cathedral never saw the finished product. The minster was partly built on the foundations of an original church that had been there from the beginning of Freiburg, in 1120. Freiburg Minster was not the seat of a bishop until 1827, long after it was built. The Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt once said that the church's 116-metre tower will forever remain the most beautiful spire on earth. It is the only Gothic church tower in Germany that was completed in the Middle Ages and has lasted until the present. It survived the bombing raids of November 1944, which destroyed other buildings around it. The tower was subject to severe vibration at the time and its survival of these vibrations is attributed to its lead anchors, which connect the sections of the spire. The tower has 16 bells, the oldest being the "Hosanna" bell from 1258, which weighs 3,290 kilograms. This bell can be heard each year on 27 November in remembrance of the air raid.

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