Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
1652-1748
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
1482
Ostritz, Germany
1234
Tegernsee, Germany
746-765 AD
Bad Säckingen, Germany
6th century AD
Lehnin, Germany
1180
Lüneburg, Germany
1376-1412
Ottobeuren, Germany
764 AD
Herford, Germany
832 AD
Erfurt, Germany
1300
Bad Staffelstein, Germany
1743-1772
Sankt Peter, Germany
1073
Corvey, Germany
844 AD
Greifswald, Germany
c. 1263
Cologne, Germany
1899
Stralsund, Germany
14th century
Bautzen, Germany
15th century
Freiberg, Germany
15th century
Nossen, Germany
1162-1230
Insel Reichenau, Germany
724 AD
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.