St. Mary's Church, Rostock

The triple-nave cross-shaped basilica is in Brick Gothic, a building style typical of the Hanseatic port cities of northern Germany.

The altar shows in three pictures; Bottom: " The Last Supper "; Middle: " The Resurrection "; Top: " The Effusion of the Holy Spirit " .

To compensate for the poor acoustics in St. Mary's, the pulpit was built in the middle of the church to ensure closeness to the congregation.

The font is carried by four kneeling men ( representing Earth, Water, Air and Fire ) and the lid is crowned by a bronze eagle.

Scholars believe that the altar was built and set up in connection with Black Death epidemics in Europe, which also ravaged Rostock.

The huge baroque facade of the "Marienorgel" was designed and built in 1770 by Paul Schmidt, organ builder of Rostock.

Although three incendiary bombs smashed through the roof of the tower, he extinguished the fire with the help from his daughter and a German auxiliary airforce commando.

Former "NSDAP Kreisleiter" (the local Nazi party leader) and then Lord Mayor of Rostock, Walter Volgmann, said, "The old hut should have burned down".