Visby City Wall: Then and Now

Medieval ring wall of the Hanseatic town of Visby, about 3.4 km long and largely intact.

Visby City Wall, historical view — The northeast wall, second half of the 19th century. Clara Svebilius, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Visby City Wall, today — ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country today	Sweden
Status	Standing
Date	1300
Nearest city on the map	Stockholm (about 188 km)
Location	57.641° N, 18.295° E

Map showing Visby City Wall in 1300 — Border map for 1300. See Europe in 1300.

Open Visby City Wall in the interactive map

Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–599	Unclaimed / no data
600–799	Guta
800–999	Unclaimed / no data
1000–1299	Sweden
1300–1399	Unclaimed / no data
1400–1491	Kalmar Union
1492–1499	Unclaimed / no data
1500–1599	Kalmar Union
1600–1649	Denmark-Norway
1650–1814	Sweden
1815–1879	Unclaimed / no data
1880–1913	Sweden–Norway
1914–1919	Sweden
1920–1937	Unclaimed / no data
1938–1944	Sweden
1945–today	Unclaimed / no data

Other landmarks nearby

Kronborg CastleStanding · 1585
Malbork CastleStanding · 1309

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