Germany
Place | Building | Main period of construction | Special features | Image |
Altenkirchen | Parish Church | Begun probably about 1185 | Near previous Slavic cult place of the god Svantevit on Cape Arkona | |
Altenkrempe | Basilica | 1190 to 1240 | ||
Bad Segeberg | St. Mary's | |||
Bergen auf Rügen | St. Mary's | |||
Dessau-Roßlau | Pötnitz church | Consecrated 1198 | Originally triple-aisled basilica. Side aisles demolished in 17th century. Southernmost Brick Romanesque in Central Germany. | |
Eutin | St. Michael's | 1180s to early 13th century | ||
Gadebusch | Town Church St. Jacob and St. Dionysius | Late Romanesque, begun around 1220 | ||
Near Greifswald | Eldena Abbey | South transept and choir are Romanesque, pre-1249 | Ruin | |
Jerichow | Jerichow Abbey | 1148-1172 | Former Premonstratensian abbey church, oldest brick structure East of the Elbe | |
Lehnin | Lehnin Abbey | Circa 1185-1235, altered up to 1260 | ||
Lübeck | Cathedral | 1163-1230 | Romanesque nave, Gothic choir | |
Lübow | Village church | 1st half 13th century | Possibly residential church of nearby Mecklenburg Castle | |
Melkow | Village church | Circa 1200 | ||
Mölln | St. Nicholas | Early 13th century | Basilica | |
Neubukow | Parish church | Double-naved hall church | ||
Neukloster | Abbey church | before 1227 | ||
Oldenburg (Holstein) | St. John's | Mainly built 1156-1160 | Oldest brick church in Northern Europe | |
Ratzeburg | Cathedral | Mainly 1160-1220 | Oldest fully preserved brick church east of Elbe | |
Rehna | Abbey | Late Romanesque | Single-naved abbey church | |
Rieseby | Village church | Circa 1220/1230 | ||
Schaprode | Village church | 1st half 13th century | ||
Schlagsdorf | Village church | 1st half 13th century | ||
Schleswig | Schleswig Cathedral | 1134 to circa 1200, built of granite, tufa and brick, Gothic additions 1275-1300 | ||
Schönhausen | Village church | Consecrated 1212 | ||
Vietlübbe (near Dragun) | Village church | Early 13th century | Latin cross plan | |
Wust | Village church | Circa 1200 | Tower added in 18th century |
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