Stuttgart, Germany
1955
Leipzig, Germany
1165
Rostock, Germany
1265
Tübingen, Germany
1470
Bonn, Germany
11th century
Würzburg, Germany
1711-1722
Speyer, Germany
1030
Hamburg, Germany
1255
Hamburg, Germany
1846-1863
Cologne, Germany
1210-1220
Lübeck, Germany
1227-1250
Münster, Germany
1375-1450
Würzburg, Germany
1377-1480
Magdeburg, Germany
1209
Hamburg, Germany
1189
Passau, Germany
1688
Münster, Germany
1192-1264
Erfurt, Germany
c. 1094
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
c. 1400
Erfurt, Germany
12th 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.