Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
11th century
Bonn, Germany
1697-1705
Königswinter, Germany
1882-1884
Königswinter, Germany
1138-1167
Brühl, Germany
1725-1768
Linz am Rhein, Germany
1365
Düsseldorf, Germany
1755-1770
Krefeld, Germany
c. 1200
´s-Heerenberg, Netherlands
13th century
Anholt, Germany
12th century
Brühl, Germany
1729-1737
Kleve, Germany
1345-1355
Bonn, Germany
13th century
Bad Honnef, Germany
c. 1200
Bonn, 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.