Measurements

• The height of the spire is 161.53 metres (530 ft).Ulm Münster is the world's tallest church
• The church has a length of 123.56 metres (405.4 ft) and a width of 48.8 metres (160.1 ft).
• The building area is approximately 8260 square metres (9,878.9 sq yd).
• The height of the central nave is 41.6 metres (136.5 ft), whilst the lateral naves are 20.55 metres (67.4 ft) high.
• The volume of the edifice is some 190000 cubic metres (6,709,786.6 cu ft).
• The weight of the main steeple is estimated at 51500 tonnes (50,686.5 LT).
• The church seats a congregation of 2,000.
• In the Middle Ages, before pews were introduced, it could accommodate 20,000 people.

See also

• Strasbourg Cathedral
  Strasbourg Cathedral
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• Cologne cathedral
  Cologne Cathedral
  Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...
  
  
• Gothic Architecture
  Gothic architecture
  Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
  
  
• Protestant Reformation
  Protestant Reformation
  The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
  
  

External links

• Ulmer Münster