Braunschweig Dom

I had 3 missions today: to go for a swim, to enquire about bike hire and to visit the Dom Cathedral.

I only succeeded with the Dom, the huge Lutheran cathedral in the centre of the city.  I did walk about 10km trying to achieve all 3 missions and came across some fabulous old buildings/churches scattered amongst more modern buildings.

The Dom goes right back to the 12th century and was built by Henry the Lion but he ended up being buried there along with his wife before it was ever finished.  Their coffins, along with 21 more recent ones (17th century) are in a crypt under the church.

The Lutherans took the cathedral/Dom over in the 16th century
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