The building is a great example of Gothic architecture in Germany; in its interior it conserves three enormous and very precious altars of Renaissance, each of which is considered a masterpiece of the German sculpture of the period.

Its high bell tower with an "onion" dome, which dominates the city to the south, served as a prototype for the construction of numerous baroque towers of Bavaria.

On October 18, 1777, a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart organ concert was held.

On May 4, 1782, Pope Pius VI celebrated Mass in the basilica.

From July 4, 1937, it was declared by Pope Pius XI as a minor basilica.