Stralsund and Wismar are two historic coastal cities in north-eastern Germany, that owe WHS status because of their role in the Hanseatic League (13th to 15th centuries) and their Swedish heritage (17th and 18th centuries). Both towns are rich in gothic religious architecture, sharing six major ‘Gothic Brick’ churches between them. They also feature unaltered medieval ground plans, and city centres that survived World War II almost unscathed.This site is considered so closely related and compl