In 1015, Werner de Habsbourg laid the first stone of what was to become Strasbourg's new cathedral. After a fire destroyed a substantial part of the structure, building work began again, and took several centuries to complete.
The first written mention of the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a body created to oversee and co-ordinate the many different trades involved in the construction and upkeep of the building, and to collect the necessary funding, dates back to 1246.
The first written mention of the Fondation de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, a body created to oversee and co-ordinate the many different trades involved in the construction and upkeep of the building, and to collect the necessary funding, dates back to 1246.
