Friedberg, Germany
1257
Vorderweidenthal, Germany
1150-1200
Morenhoven, Germany
12th century
Mechernich, Germany
1780
Welschbillig, Germany
13th century
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
12th century
Hamminkeln, Germany
17th century
Detern, Germany
c. 1345
Schöningen, Germany
c. 1350
Lehre, Germany
1688
Katzenstein, Germany
11th century
Essingen, Germany
12th century
Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke, Germany
12th century
Annweiler, Germany
12th century
Bruch, Germany
14th century
Kirchberg (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany
14th century
Frankenstein, Germany
13th century
Pfedelbach, Germany
1568-1572
Ilshofen, Germany
13th century
Thierstein, Germany
14th century
Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.
Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.
There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.