Cologne, Germany
1248
Berlin, Germany
1823-1830
Berlin, Germany
1855
Berlin, Germany
1861
Berlin, Germany
1910
Bremen, Germany
1404-1410
Aachen, Germany
793-813 AD
Berlin, Germany
1897
Potsdam, Germany
1744
Lübeck, Germany
1143
Bamberg, Germany
11th century
Trier, Germany
c. 1230
Bamberg, Germany
1002-1111
Lübeck, Germany
1250-1350
Trier, Germany
4th century / 1235
Völklingen, Germany
1881
Trier, Germany
186-200 AD
Eisenach, Germany
c. 1067
Regensburg, Germany
11th century
Speyer, Germany
1030
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.