Bamberg, Germany
1628
Stralsund, Germany
1251
Oppenheim, Germany
1225
Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
1253
Cologne, Germany
10th century
Minden, Germany
13th century
Mainz, Germany
1763-1774
Heilbronn, Germany
c. 1100
Soest, Germany
11th century
Breisach am Rhein, Germany
12th century
Freising, Germany
1159-1205
Alpirsbach, Germany
1095
Benediktbeuern, Germany
739 AD
Lüneburg, Germany
1407-1440
Worms, Germany
8th century AD
Hildesheim, Germany
1146
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
1120
Hildesheim, Germany
1172
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
1263
Lübeck, Germany
1227
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.