List of Brick Gothic buildings

Brick Gothic is a style of Gothic architecture widespread in the Northern Germany and the Baltic region. Its distinction from the preceding Brick Romanesque and succeeding Brick Renaissance is not always sharp. Often, Romanesque buildings were altered or added to in the Gothic style, others were begun while the Romanesque style prevailed, but completed in a Gothic fashion due to the slow building process. Such buildings can be classed equally with both styles.

The distribution of Brick Gothic is largely identical with the sphere of influence of the Hanseatic League, with a preponderance in the younger cities east of the Elbe. Besides urban representative buildings, cathedrals and churches, monasteries of the Mendicant Orders and other communities, especially the Cistercians and the Premonstratensians, played an important role. Between Prussia and Estonia, the Teutonic Knights erected brick "Ordensburgen".

This list does not aim to be complete. It does not attempt to list all of the thousands of Brick Gothic buildings that exist or once existed. Instead, it aims to list significant structures, buildings that are considered especially important for stylistic, functional, or other reasons. The main criterion is a building's being listed in art historical survey works on Brick Gothic [e.g. Angela Pfotenhauer, Florian Monheim, Carola Nathan: "Backsteingotik". Monumente-Edition. Monumente-Publikation der Deutschen Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-935208-00-6; Hans Josef Böker: "Die mittelalterliche Backsteinarchitektur Norddeutschlands". Darmstadt 1988. ISBN 3-534-02510-5] and/or that its outstanding role has been referred to in individual scientific publications.

The dates given here refer to the present extant Gothic structures. Predecessors or post-Gothic alterations are not normally mentioned, but can be assessed by following up the literature. The most influential structures are indicated by bold print. Romanesque and Renaissance structures are not listed. Similarly, Gothic Brick structures from outside the Baltic or North German regions, eg. the Danubian ones, are omitted, as art historical terminology does not normally treat them as Brick Gothic. Neogothic edifices are also not listed.

Belarus

Finland

Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt

Lithuania

Russia

Sweden

External links

* [http://www.eurob.org/index.php5 European Brick Gothic Route.]

Bibliography

* Hans Josef Böker: "Die mittelalterliche Backsteinarchitektur Norddeutschlands". Darmstadt 1988. ISBN 3-534-02510-5
* Angela Pfotenhauer, Florian Monheim, Carola Nathan: "Backsteingotik". Monumente-Edition. Monumente-Publikation der Deutschen Stiftung Denkmalschutz, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-935208-00-6
*Ernst Badstübner (Bearb.): "Handbuch der Kunstdenkmäler in Polen." Bearbeitet von Slawomir Brzezicki. München 2005. ISBN 3-422-03109-X
* Hans-Christian Feldmann (ed.): "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern." München 2000. ISBN 3-422-03081-6
* Gerhard Vinken (ed.): "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Brandenburg." München 2000. ISBN 3-422-03054-9
* Johannes Habich (ed.): "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein." München 1994. ISBN 3-422-03033-6
* Michael Antoni (ed.): "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. West- und Ostpreußen." München 1993. ISBN 3-422-03025-5
* Gerd Weiß (ed.): "Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Bremen und Niedersachsen." München 1992. ISBN 3-422-03025-5
*Marianne Mehling (ed.): "Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Polen". München 1995. ISBN 3-426-26492-7
*Marianne Mehling (ed.): "Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe Estland, Lettland, Litauen". München 1993. ISBN 3-426-26608-3
*Marianne Mehling (ed.): "Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe: Finnland". München 1988. ISBN 3-426-26248-7

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