Lüdinghausen, Germany
1120
Mechernich, Germany
13th century
Mechernich, Germany
15th century
Hörstel, Germany
c. 1400
Morenhoven, Germany
12th century
Euskirchen, Germany
12th century
Heistern, Germany
1333
Lüdenscheid, Germany
14th century
Warburg, Germany
c. 1250
Bad Münstereifel, Germany
13th century
Salzkotten, Germany
1347-1357
Petershagen, Germany
1306
Bonn, Germany
14th century
Nörvenich, Germany
1400
Euskirchen, Germany
13th century
Harth, Germany
14th century
Schleiden, Germany
c.1300
Euskirchen, Germany
14th century
Euskirchen, Germany
14th century
Schleiden, Germany
12th 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.