West portal of the Frombork Cathedral
West portal of the Frombork Cathedral
West portal of the Frombork Cathedral
Credit: Jan Mehlich
West portal of the Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady, or Unsere Frau in German, which gave name to its town, known as Frauenburg in German and Frombork in Polish. Frombork was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon. Its best known citizen was Nicolaus Copernicus who held the office of a canon of the Frombork cathedral chapter. In 2005, Polish archeologists found his remains beneath the cathedral's floor.