Vaulting – Haiku 2024 #ThursdayDoors

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**”Featured Door** Main entrance, Ulm Minster, Germany. Image credit: KarelGallas | iStockphoto

vaulting the heavens

understated exalted height

lofty pinnacle

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Given my frequent emphasis on the height of church structures, it’s likely that you anticipated my segue into this #ThursdayDoors post…

At a staggering 161.5 meters (530 ft), Ulm Minster, Germany is the tallest church building/steeple in the world. Inside its nave, Ulm Minster can seat 20,000 people! It also held the record as the tallest building in the world in the 1890s.

Its modestly ornate entrance doors (one of five portals) **featured** above, in no way hint at Ulm Minster Church’s immenseness.

Construction of the building commenced in 1377 and was completed on May 31, 1890.

Ulm Minster Church, Germany. Image credit: klug-photo | iStockphoto

Trivia #1:

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm on March 4, 1879.

At 23, while residing in Ulm, René Descartes experienced a life-altering epiphany. This pivotal moment inspired him to pen the renowned “Discourse on the Method of Properly Guiding the Reason in the Search of Truth in the Sciences.”

Trivia #2: Did you know that Ulm Minster will no longer hold the record for the tallest spire in a few years?

The Sagrada Familia Cathedral is set to surpass Ulm Minster with the completion of its Jesus Christ spire (2026), towering an astounding 11 meters (36.1 ft) higher than Ulm Minster.

View over the city’s rooftops, Ulm Minster Church, Germany below:

Towering over… everything, Ulm Minster, Germany. Image credit: bischy | iStockphoto

Ulm Minster, a view from the Danube River is below:

Across the Danube River, Ulm Minster. Image credit: Biggereye | iStockphoto

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48 thoughts on “Vaulting – Haiku 2024 #ThursdayDoors”

  2. Lovely Suzette. 👏👏 Loved the segue. I’m a nerd for all things trivia. Now my mind is connecting plot lines for a story. It’s going to be a very distracted day at work 😜 happy Thursday, Suzette. 🙏

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    1. Lofty staggering heights indeed!!
      To think a Lutheran Church towers 3.5 metres higher than the tallest Catholic, as well as the tallest domed church building; the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (158 m) in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

      I love the protestant town of Ulm. Spent a day there passing through.

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      1. Yes, you make a great point! Its height exceeds the great churches and basilicas. Impressive!!
        Wonderful to visit so remarkable a place rich in faith and history. I would love to go there.
        Happy Thursday! May peace abound within!

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      2. Yes, but as you say, there is competition and soon all eyes will be on Barcelona 😀

        Yes I loved the day spent in Ulm and now I’m a bit nostalgic. I should have walked through the doors of this amazing structure, with its ideal of climbing higher and higher.
        I know you will enjoy visiting there. The southern cities of Germany are very different to the North. The people too.
        Wishing you a wonderful Thursday too Poet, thank you and yes, peace within. I need that. Thank you.

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      4. Yes, they do. Maybe the reason too why they were painted by masters of the arts as well.
        Competitive motivation, like iron sharpening iron; creative minds at work and hearts filled with religious purpose. Fascinating indeed.

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  4. Absolutely Awesome and Amazing. I have never seen this, not even photos. the doors are beautiful and I am having trouble wrapping my mind around a church that will hold 20,000 people. wow

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  5. I like the way you surprise us sometimes, Suzette, but it was good to know where your delightful haiku was going. Can you imagine designing this church in 1377? There had to be plenty of people saying it couldn’t be done. And seating 20,000 people inside the nave – I can’t begin to imagine that.

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    1. I agree there must have been a few raised eyebrows on the massive project and, of course, its cost. I am glad that the master builders persevered with their vision.
      That is a pretty immense congregation. I can not imagine that many at a service.
      But, historically, these churches were also built/meant as places of refuge, so I can imagine the whole townsfolk assembled there for safety, etc.

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  12. I can’t even imagine how large that interior is.
    The doorway is a lovely collection of curves, and I like the delicacy of the gate as well.
    In the third photo the steeple looks like a skyscraper. (K)

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  15. Suzette, your verses honor this magnificent cathedral. Looking at the staggering height of the towering steeple, it’s even more amazing to think of building such a structure so many years ago.

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