Feldkirch Cathedral

Feldkirch Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to Saint Nicholas within the metropolis of Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria. It is part of the antique town and is the largest Gothic church in Vorarlberg. It has been the cathedral of the Diocese of Feldkirch because it become hooked up in 1962. The first church on the site become a chapelry of one among two older churches; it turned into possibly built across the equal time as the Schattenburg and the beginnings of the prevailing city of Feldkirch, that's to say, around 1200. It became an unbiased parish church in 1218. The determination to Saint Nicholas dates from 1287.

In the metropolis fires of 1348, 1396 and 1460 the authentic Romanesque church constructing changed into badly broken. In 1478 it changed into rebuilt below the architect Hans Sturm, who delivered a brand new Late Gothic nave and gable roof; the brand new constructing became devoted within the equal yr. In 1479 the church tower to the north become finished. The gift choir become constructed around 1520 with a relatively decrease gable roof. There also are sacristies, a Lady Chapel and a baptismal chapel, both with monopitch roofs.