Regensburg, Germany
c. 1100
Bamberg, Germany
12th century
Andernach, Germany
1093
Altenberg, Germany
1133
Weltenburg, Germany
617 AD
Fulda, Germany
744 AD
Augsburg, Germany
10th century
Stralsund, Germany
1251
Alpirsbach, Germany
1095
Benediktbeuern, Germany
739 AD
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
1263
Ostritz, Germany
1234
Tegernsee, Germany
746-765 AD
Bad Säckingen, Germany
6th century AD
Lehnin, Germany
1180
Ottobeuren, Germany
764 AD
Erfurt, Germany
1300
Sankt Peter, Germany
1073
Corvey, Germany
844 AD
Nossen, Germany
1162-1230
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.