Wismar, Germany

Registration Year

2002

Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar

Wismar and Stralsund are both located in the northeast of Germany, directly on the Baltic Sea. Wismar is situated about 120 km west of Stralsund.

The medieval towns of Wismar and Stralsund, on the Baltic coast of northern Germany, were major trading centres of the Hanseatic League in the 14th and 15th centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries they became Swedish administrative and defensive centres for the German territories. They contributed to the development of the characteristic building types and techniques of Brick Gothic in the Baltic region, as exemplified in several important brick cathedrals, the Town Hall of Stralsund, and the series of houses for residential, commercial and crafts use, representing its evolution over several centuries.

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Mr. Thomas Beyer Mayor of Wismar	Rathaus Am Markt 1 Wismar, Germany	Tel: +49.3841 251.9021 Fax: +49.3841 251.9020 Email: buergerbuero@wismar.de
Ms. Brigitte Mayerhofer Representative	Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar Rossinistr. 1 München, Germany	Tel: +49.89 30.76.51.01 Fax: +49.89 30.76.51.02 Email: info@welterbestiftung.de