Xanten Cathedral
Xanten Cathedral, sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral, is a Catholic church situated in Xanten, a historic town in the lower Rhine area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Also known as: “Dom St. Viktor”, “St. Victor’s Cathedral in Xanten”, and “St. Viktor, Xanten”
- Address: Kapitel 24, Xanten, 46509
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Xanten Chapter Museum and Evangelische Kirche Xanten.
Evangelische Kirche Xanten
Church
Photo: Xantener, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evangelische Kirche Xanten is a church, which is situated 110 metres south of Xanten Cathedral.
Klever Tor
City gate
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Klever Tor is a city gate, which is situated 250 metres west of Xanten Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xanten and Lüttingen.
Xanten
Town
Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xanten is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the world, built at the site of the Roman settlements Colonia Ulpia Traiana.
Vetera
Locality
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vetera was the name of the location of two successive Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine. Vetera is situated 2½ km southeast of Xanten Cathedral.
Xanten Cathedral
- Categories: provost church, parish church, building, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Xanten, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.66229° or 51° 39′ 44″ northLongitude
6.45329° or 6° 27′ 12″ eastOpen location code
9F38MF63+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 45053062OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q566680
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Xanten Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克桑滕主教座堂”
- Chinese: “克桑滕大教堂”
- Chinese: “圣维克多大教堂”
- Chinese: “聖維克多大教堂”
- Dutch: “Dom van Xanten”
- Esperanto: “Katedralo de Ksanteno”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Victor de Xanten”
- French: “église Saint-Victor de Xanten”
- French: “Saint-Victor de Xanten”
- German: “St. Viktor”
- German: “St.-Viktor-Dom”
- German: “Stiftskirche St. Viktor”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Xanten”
- Italian: “duomo di Xanten”
- Italian: “Duomo di Xanten”
- Polish: “Katedra św. Wiktora w Xanten”
- Russian: “Xantener Dom”
- Russian: “Ксантенский собор”
- Russian: “Собор Святого Виктора”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Victor”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Víctor”
- Ukrainian: “Ксантенський собор”
- Western Frisian: “Dom fan Xanten”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kalvarienberg and Domplatz.
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