Cologne, Germany
1248
Munich, Germany
12th century
Berlin, Germany
1894-1905
Berlin, Germany
13th century
Dresden, Germany
1738-1751
Munich, Germany
1468-1488
Berlin, Germany
1891
Berlin, Germany
1701-1705
Dresden, Germany
1726-1743
Berlin, Germany
1702
Bremen, Germany
13th century
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
1311-1484
Nuremberg, Germany
1352-1362
Bremen, Germany
11-13th century
Aachen, Germany
793-813 AD
Nuremberg, Germany
1225
Freiburg, Germany
13th century
Cologne, Germany
974 AD
Cologne, Germany
c. 1172
Berlin, Germany
1220-1230
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.