Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
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.