Category:Lutheran cathedrals in Germany

Note: Some pre-Reformation cathedrals in Germany, now within one of the Lutheran or Evangelical church organisations (co-operating in their umbrella body Evangelical Church in Germany) still retain the term cathedral, despite the churches' presbyterial polity which does not have bishops (in some Protestant churches) or use the term as a merely honorary title and function, void of any hierarchical supremacy. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is often used incorrectly as a designation for any large, important church, especially for former collegiate churches. This is especially true in Berlin, where three Protestant church buildings, which never functioned as cathedrals, are colloquially called cathedral (German: Dom [like the Italian Duomo used for cathedrals and collegiate churches alike]; cf. Berliner Dom, Deutscher Dom and Französischer Dom).