A chapel was built here in 1280; the parish church of the village of Sülchen was established before the village was incorporated into the city, and was dedicated to St Martin.

A fire in 1644 was followed by a fundamental reconstruction which was completed on 8 September 1655.

The reconstruction made the building into a Baroque church, the pillars were strengthened and the vault was repaired.

Known in German as Dom St. Martin it has been the city's cathedral since 1821.

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