Mainz, Germany
975 AD
Koblenz, Germany
1897
Koblenz, Germany
1817-1832
Braubach, Germany
c. 1117
Bacharach, Germany
1426
Koblenz, Germany
1208
Eltville am Rhein, Germany
1136
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
1871
Sankt Goar, Germany
1245
Boppard, Germany
360 AD
Koblenz, Germany
1777-1793
Trechtingshausen, Germany
1316
Bacharach, Germany
c. 1135
Oberwesel, Germany
1100-1149
Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany
c. 1000 AD
Kaub, Germany
1326
Bingen am Rhein, Germany
13th century
Lahnstein, Germany
1226
Lorch, Germany
13th century
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
c. 1371
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.