Dresden, Germany
c. 1200
Rathen, Germany
13th century
Leipzig, Germany
1670
Königstein, Germany
13th century
Meißen, Germany
10th century
Augustusburg, Germany
1568-1572
Pillnitz, Germany
1720
Colditz, Germany
c. 1158
Moritzburg, Germany
1542
Freiberg, Germany
1168/1566
Stolpen, Germany
c. 1100
Kriebstein, Germany
1384
Lichtenwalde, Germany
1722-1730
Pirna, Germany
1460
Dresden, Germany
1854
Rochlitz, Germany
10th century AD
Torgau, Germany
10th century
Oybin, Germany
13th century
Bautzen, Germany
16th century
Schwarzenberg, 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.