Bamberg, Germany
12th century
Cologne, Germany
1334
Wolgast, Germany
14th century
Kastl, Germany
1103
Kißlegg, Germany
1734-1738
Scheyern, Germany
1119
Middelhagen, Germany
c. 1455
Sankt Märgen, Germany
1115-1118
Lorch, Germany
1102
Landshut, Germany
1338
Beuron, Germany
1863
Heidelberg, Germany
1130
Angermünde, Germany
13th century
Obermünstertal, Germany
c. 900 AD
Ribnitz, Germany
1330
Panschwitz-Kuckau, Germany
1248
Görlitz, Germany
1898-1900
Ingolstadt, Germany
1732-1736
Billerbeck, Germany
1892-1898
Wessobrunn, Germany
c. 753 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.