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The German regions included in Mecklenburg Vorpommern are flat, agricultural lands, without deposits of stone. During the great church-building centuries of the Gothic and Renaissance era, builders resorted to what was at hand and created their own unique form of devotional art -- immense brick, “Backstein” monuments to their faith. Wismar has three of them, plus a delightful 16th century almshouse church.

Marien Kirche

Although all that remains of the 13th-century brick Marien Kirche is its tower, it is still an impressive site. Badly damaged in an air raid in April 1945, its nave was bulldozed during the GDR period for use as a parking lot. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, however, the footprint of the church has been recreated as a park, its exterior walls and interior arch bases faithfully replicated and now used as a garden for contemplation. At one end is the restored vestibule, with a museum, and the striking twin steeples still rise 80 meters ( about 265 feet). These brick towers still serve as a navigation aide for ships in the Baltic. Across the street is the ornate medieval brick Archidiakonat parish house from 1450 which was restored after the attack.

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