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| location               = [[Gurk, Carinthia]]
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| founded date           = {{circa|1140}}
| founder                = Bishop Roman I of Gurk
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| consecrated date       = 1200
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| diocese                = [[Catholic Diocese of Gurk|Diocese of Gurk]]

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[[File:Gurk Domstift mit Befestigungsanlagen S-Ansicht 03092012 702.jpg|thumb|285px|Gurk Cathedral]]
'''Gurk Cathedral''' ({{langx|de|Dom zu Gurk}}, officially ''Pfarr- und ehemalige Domkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt'', {{langx|sl|Bazilika v Krki}}) is a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] pillar [[basilica]] in [[Gurk, Carinthia|Gurk]], in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]]. The former [[cathedral]] and current [[co-cathedral]] of the [[Catholic Diocese of Gurk]] was built from 1140 to 1200. It is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Austria.<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/32/ UNESCO], Gurk Cathedral</ref>

With its [[consecration]] in 1174, the grave of Saint [[Hemma of Gurk]] was relocated there from former [[Gurk Abbey]], a [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] nunnery she had founded in 1043 and which was dissolved by Archbishop [[Gebhard of Salzburg]] in 1070/72, in order to fund the newly established Gurk diocese and the construction of the cathedral. The [[cathedral chapter]] established in 1123 moved to [[Klagenfurt Cathedral|Klagenfurt]] in 1787.

==Construction==
The elongated building has a [[westwork]] with two towers, a gallery, a [[crypt]], and three [[apse]]s. The crypt, with its 100 columns, is the oldest part of the cathedral. In the middle of the rural [[Gurk (river)|Gurktal]], the imposing {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall twin [[steeple]] of the cathedral can be seen from a very great distance.

==Gallery==
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Gurk Dom innen.jpg|Interior
Gurk Hochaltar.jpg|[[Altar (Catholic Church)|High Altar]]
</gallery>

==References== 
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==External links==
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*[http://www.dom-zu-gurk.at/ Gurk Abbey website] {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Austria]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Carinthia]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Carinthia]]
[[Category:12th-century establishments in Austria]]
[[Category:Establishments in the Duchy of Carinthia]]

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