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    Gurk Cathedral (German: Dom zu Gurk, officially Pfarr- und ehemalige Domkirche Mariae Himmelfahrt, Slovene: Bazilika v Krki) is a Romanesque pillar basilica...
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    several churches and monasteries in the Duchy of Carinthia. Buried at Gurk Cathedral since 1174, she was beatified on 21 November 1287 and canonised on 5...
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    part of the ecclesiastical province of Salzburg. Though named after Gurk Cathedral, the bishop's see since 1787 has been in Klagenfurt. Due to the presence...
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    Carinthia features numerous monasteries and churches such as the Romanesque Gurk Cathedral or Maria Saal in the Zollfeld plain, the abbeys of St. Paul's, Ossiach...
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    existence: its site was used in 1072 for the cathedral and bishop's palace of the newly founded diocese of Gurk by the Archbishop of Salzburg, whose seat...
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    blueprint of the buildings for the Cathedral chapter to be built to the north of the transept of the Gurk Cathedral. This was built in 1637–38 to replace...
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    Klagenfurt Cathedral (German: Klagenfurter Dom; Dom- und Stadtpfarrkirche Hll. Petrus und Paulus) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt...
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    Carinthian bishop was appointed, he took his see at Gurk, and the role of a mother church passed to Gurk Cathedral erected from about 1140 onwards. Nevertheless...
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    Gurk Abbey (German: Stift Gurk) was a short-lived nunnery in Gurk, Carinthia (in present-day Austria), founded in 1043 by Saint Hemma of Gurk. The monastery...
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  • buildings in Romanesque style in Europe, sorted by modern day countries. Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia Ossiach Abbey, Ossiach, Carinthia Virgilkapelle, Vienna...
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    This is a list of cathedrals in Austria, including both actual and former diocesan cathedrals (seats of bishops). Almost all cathedrals in Austria are Roman...
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    The Bishop of Gurk is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk, which was established by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg, in 1072, as the first suffragan...
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    Kirche, Graz Graz, Styria: Mariatrost Basilica Gurk, Carinthia: Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk) Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual...
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    his visit to Mariazell and depictions of the Mariazell Basilica and Gurk Cathedral Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor 5th Station of the Way of the...
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    influence of French architectural style that was to introduce Gothic. Gurk Cathedral, Gurk, Carinthia, Austria Schöngrabern Church, Schöngrabern, Lower Austria...
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  • cathedrals in Austria#Roman Catholic Graz Cathedral Gurk Cathedral Innsbruck Cathedral New Cathedral, Linz Salzburg Cathedral St. Stephen's Cathedral...
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  • was shot on location in the Austrian state of Carinthia including at Gurk Cathedral and around Lake Ossiach. The film's sets were designed by the art director...
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    stretches along the valley of the Sirnitzbach creek, a tributary of the Gurk river, within the Gurktal Alps. In the northwest, Albeck borders on the state...
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    Hieronymus von Colloredo (category Bishops of Gurk)
    Colloredo-Wallsee and Mels; 31 May 1732 – 20 May 1812) was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 to 1772 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1772 until 1803...
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    Sixtus of Tannberg (category Bishops of Gurk)
    July 1495 in Frankenthal) was a 15th century Bishop who served as Bishop of Gurk from 1470 to 1474 and as Prince-Bishop of Freising from 1474 to 1495. Sixtus...
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    der Drau (the present Maribor Cathedral) without the Carinthian parishes, which were transferred to the Diocese of Gurk. List of Jesuit sites Dehio-Handbuch...
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  • Valentin Wiery (category Bishops of Gurk)
    cathedral of Lavant on 20 October 1844, and canon of the cathedral of Salzburg on 20 November 1851. Canon Wiery was appointed Prince-Bishop of Gurk on...
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    Wenzeslaus of Thun (category Bishops of Gurk)
    was also elected Bishop of Gurk. He dedicated his reign as Prince Bishop of Passau to the reconstruction of the cathedral and the repair of the damage...
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    Graz, Styria Gurk Treasury, Carinthia Diocesan Museum, Linz, Upper Austria Cathedral Museum Salzburg, Salzburg state (Diocesan and Cathedral Chapter collections)...
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  • Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland, frequented by Irish Catholics–nationalists...
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    1500 with the provostship of the cathedral at Augsburg and five years later with the position of the Bishop of Gurk. He also received the Bishopric of...
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    Worcester ed. and trans. R.R. Darlington, P. McGurk and J. Bray (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1995), pp.582-3. Cathedral status on the historiccoventry website Retrieved...
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    was a Knight of Malta. He was confirmed Bishop of Gurk on 31 January 1773, enthroned in Gurk Cathedral on 1 May, and ruled in the spirit of the enlightened...
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    Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (category Bishops of Gurk)
    appointed as Prince-bishop of Augsburg in 1646. In 1653, he became bishop of Gurk and in 1659 Prince-bishop of Trent. He was never ordained as a priest or...
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    was the third bishop of Linz from 1809 to 1825. He had been a cathedral canon of Gurk and Vicar-General of Klagenfurt. He was appointed by the emperor...
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