Brick Gothic: Encyclopedia - Brick Gothic

Brick Gothic

Brick Gothic is a reduced style of Gothic architecture in Northern Europe, especially in the regions around the Baltic Sea without natural rock resources. The buildings are built more or less using only bricks. The resultant style is called Backsteingotik in Germany and Poland. Brick Gothic buildings therefore are to be found in the Baltic countries Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Sweden. Many of them are World Heritage Sites.

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Denmark

The most famous example in Denmark is the large Roskilde Cathedral.

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Sweden

Scania in southern Sweden was part of Denmark until 1658, which is where we find brick Gothic churches in current day Sweden. There is the early 13th century Saint Petri Church in Malmö, the Saint Mary Church in Helsingborg and a Saint Mary Church in Ystad.

Saint Petri Church Malmö

Saint Mary church, Helsingborg

Saint Mary church, Ystad

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Estonia

Brick Gothic - Tartu

• St. John's church
• Dome Cathedral

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Germany

Mainly the cities of the Hanseatic league at the Baltic Sea like Lübeck, Greifswald, Rostock, Stralsund and Wismar preserved Brick Gothic from the middle ages.

Brick Gothic - Bremen

• Bremen Cathedral

Brick Gothic - Hamburg

• St. Petri (St. Peter’s church)
• St. Jakobi (St. Jacob’s church)
• St. Katharinen (St. Catherine’s church)

Brick Gothic - Lübeck

• Holstentor
• Rathaus (city hall/guildhall)
• Marienkirche (St. Mary’s church)
• Dom

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Latvia

Brick Gothic - Riga

• Dome Cathedral
• St. Peter´s Church
• St. Jacob's Church
• St. John's Church
• The House of Black Heads Society

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Lithuania

Brick Gothic - Vilnius

• St. Anne's church
• Church of St. S.S. Francis and Bernardine
• Church of St. Nicholas
• Gediminas Tower and the remains of the Upper Castle

Brick Gothic - Kaunas

• St. Peter's cathedral
• Church of St. Gertrude
• Church of Vytautas the Great
• Church of St. George
• Perkunas(thunder) house

Brick Gothic - Trakai

• Trakai Castle

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Poland

In Poland also known as Polish Gothic.

Brick Gothic - Chełmno

• St. Mary's church
• Church of S.S. Peter and Paul
• Church of S.S. Jacob and Nicholas
• City defense walls

Brick Gothic - Gdańsk

• St. Mary's Church in Gdansk
• Main City Hall
• St. Catherine church
• St. Nicholas church
• City gates

Brick Gothic - Kraków

• St. Mary's Church, Krakow
• Wawel Cathedral
• St. Catherine church
• Barbican

Brick Gothic - Malbork

• The Castle of the Teutonic Order

Brick Gothic - Szczecin

• The cathedral St. Jacob

Brick Gothic - Toruń

• City Hall in Toruń
• The cathedral of S.S. John Evangelist and John Baptist
• St. Mary's church
• St. Jacob's church
• City walls

Brick Gothic - Wrocław

• City Hall
• St. Mary's church
• The cathedral of St. John
• Holy Cross church

Brick Gothic - Brick Gothic in Russia

The Königsberg Cathedral in Kaliningrad is the best known example of Brick Gothic in Russia.

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