Worms, Germany
1110
Meißen, Germany
1260-1410
Xanten, Germany
1263
Lübeck, Germany
1173
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
1180-1235
Paderborn, Germany
1100-1145
Schwerin, Germany
1172-1248
Eichstätt, Germany
1022
Bautzen, Germany
1456-1463
Essen, Germany
1275-1316
Hildesheim, Germany
1010-1020
Osnabrück, Germany
12th century
Augsburg, Germany
10th century
Fulda, Germany
1704-1712
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
1165
Hamburg, Germany
1890-1893
Naumburg (Saale), Germany
13th century
Schleswig, Germany
1134
Minden, Germany
13th century
Freising, Germany
1159-1205
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.