
Kunigunde (HRR) - Bamberg, BY-DE
N 49° 53.450 E 010° 52.984
32U E 635255 N 5528193
Statue of Empress Kunigunde and her consort Emperor Heinrich II. with St. Stephen at the left entrance to Bamberg Cathedral.
Waymark Code: WM13BG8
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 11/01/2020
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Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB (c. 975 – 3 March 1040), also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II. She served as interim Regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a Catholic saint and the patroness of Luxembourg and Lithuania; her feast day is 3 March.
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The statues at the "Adamspforte" are made of "Schilfsandstein" from unknown stonemasons educated at the cathedral building hut in Reims (France).