Gessertshausen, Germany
1211-1248
Schneeberg, Germany
16th century
Auhausen, Germany
1120
Zehdenick, Germany
c. 1250
Petersdorf, Germany
13th century
Grimma, Germany
13th century
Treis, Germany
1220/1903
Preetz, Germany
1211
Ravensburg, Germany
1145
Freiberg am Neckar, Germany
12th century
Keitum, Germany
1216-1240
Otterbach-Otterberg, Germany
1143
Ulm, Germany
1253
Isen, Germany
752 AD
Dortmund, Germany
c. 1100
Meißen, Germany
12th century
Rappin, Germany
1305
Schuttern, Germany
603 AD
Leisnig, Germany
1192
Vetschau, Germany
17th century
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.