Day of Brick Gothic 2025

Day of Brick Gothic 2025

21.06.2025

June 21, 2025 is the Day of Brick Gothic

On this day, numerous members of the European Route of Brick Gothic invite the public to enjoy special events, fascinating tours and exclusive insights.

Participating cities in 2025 (the program is constantly updated)

Brandenburg an der Havel

10.30 to 11.30 am: Tour of the old town
Meeting point: Fritze-Bollmann-Brunnen, Hauptstraße 22, D-14776 Brandenburg an der Havel
Price per person: EUR 8.00, children up to 12 years free

12.00 to 12.30 pm: Organ music for lunch
Meeting point: St. Catherine’s Church (St. Katharinenkirche), Katharinenkirchplatz
Price per person: free, donations are requested

Frankfurt (Oder)

6.00 pm: free guided tour on the subject of ‘St Mary’s in the 17th century’ before the concert by the European Hanseatic Ensemble at 7.00 pm
On Saturday, 21 June 2025, the 8th Day of Brick Gothic, you can experience a journey through the musical culture of the trading metropolises of the early 17th century at 7 pm in St. Mary’s Church in Frankfurt (Oder). The European Hanseatic Ensemble under the direction of Manfred Cordes will present magnificent vocal-instrumental compositions from Hamburg, Stralsund, Szczecin and Gdansk, among others, in the sound of the early Baroque period as part of its ‘TRINITY – Music from Old Hanseatic Cities’ tour. 16 young musicians from all over Europe dedicate themselves to artistic works from the Northern European cultural landscape from around 1600, which are rarely heard in today’s concert world. A free guided tour on the subject of ‘St Mary’s in the 17th century’ starts at 6 pm.

Gdańsk

Guided tour and concert at the Dominican monastery
Meeting point: ul. Świętojańska 72, 80-840 Gdańsk
4.30 pm: Guided tour
8.00 pm: Concert

Greifswald

10.00-11.00 am, lecture: “Brick Gothic in the Greifswald area – The village church in Horst – a special building of rural sacral architecture with architectural references to St. Mary’s Church in Greifswald”
With André Lutze, architectural historian (Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 6, Erdgeschoss Hörsaal 1, neues Audimax)

11.00-11.50 am, lecture: “On the recent redesign of the interior of St. Mary’s Church in Greifswald – an architectural challenge”
With André Lutze, architectural historian (Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 6, Erdgeschoss Hörsaal 1, neues Audimax)

12.00 noon, guided tour: “Art break on the Day of Brick Gothic: Homecoming from New York – Caspar David Friedrich’s painting Neubrandenburg”
With Dr Ruth Slenczka, Director of the Pomeranian State Museum
Admission: 5.00 euros
(Pomeranian State Museum, Rakower Straße 9)

17:00-18:15 pm, guided tour: “On the recent redesign of the interior of St Mary’s Church in Greifswald – an architectural challenge”
With André Lutze, architectural historian (meeting point: entrance to St. Mary’s Church, Brüggstraße)

Grudziądz

10.00 and 11.00 am: St. Nicholas Church
Guided tour of the Brick Gothic St. Nicholas Church with ascent of the tower
More information at www.itgrudziadz.pl
Organisation: MORiW
Registration at the tourist information centre. Admission is free of charge. The number of places is limited.

10.00 am: Family game ‘Brick Gothic in Grudziądz’
Meeting point: Tourist Information, Markt 3-5
More information at www.itgrudziadz.pl
Organisation: MORiW
Registration at the tourist information centre. Admission is free of charge. The number of places is limited.

22 June (Sunday), 3.00 pm: former castle
‘A hill full of legends‘ – learn about the legends of Grudziądz and the history of the castle
More information at www.itgrudziadz.pl
Organisation: MORiW
Registration at the tourist information centre. Admission is free of charge.

Jüterbog

4.00 pm: Themed tour “On the way between fieldstone and brick along the town fortifications of Jüterbog”
Duration: 1,5 – 2 h
Costs: EUR 10,00 per participant
Meeting point: Entrance to the Mönchenkloster, Mönchenkirchplatz 4, D-14913 Jüterbog
Please register at brita-hannemann@t-online.de

Lübeck

12.30 pm and 3 pm: Tower and vault tours in St. Mary’s Church Lübeck
Duration 2.5 hours, admission 17 euros, tickets can be booked online at St. Marien Lübeck

Lüneburg

2 pm: The art of brewing and Brick Gothic. Archaeological findings from the Stint
Meeting point: Cash desk area of the Museum Lüneburg
Accompaniment: Tobias Schoo M.A.
4 pm: Bricks in monastery format tell history. Day of Brick Gothic at Lüne Monastery
Meeting point: In front of the St. Jacobus monastery coach house
Accompaniment: Prof. Dr. Edgar Ring

Neubrandenburg

3.00 to 4.30 pm: Exclusive insight: Experience a historical jewel up close
On 21 June 2025, the gates to a special piece of history will open for 77.7 minutes: the Stargard front gate (Stargarder Vortor)
Experience the fascinating Brick Gothic style and let Karsten Heilmann, monument conservator, give you exciting insights into the architecture, history and secrets of this impressive era.
Meeting point: Stargarder Vortor, Neubrandenburg
Duration: 77,7 minutes
Free entry

Olsztyn

1.00 pm: St. Jakobi Cathedral
Day of Brick Gothic – Tour of the Brick Gothic Cathedral
Programme:
– A brief history of the cathedral – meeting with a city guide
– Information about conservation discoveries in the interior of the cathedral in 2024 – Meeting with an art restorer
– Tour of the cathedral roof truss, in groups of up to 20 people
More information:
www.zabytki.olsztyn.eu
www.visit.olsztyn.eu
Organisation:
Urząd Miasta Olsztyna – Biuro Miejskiego Konserwatora Zabytków, Wydział Promocji i Informacji
Free entry

Płock

22 June (Sunday), 12.00 noon: Guided tour of the Brick Gothic
The city of Płock, together with the Płock Tourist Board, invites you to take a guided walk along the Route of Brick Gothic:
Former castle and Benedictine abbey
Collegiate church of St. Michael
“House under the trumpets”
St. Dominic Church
Town wall
Gothic house (headquarter of the Scientific Society)
Former defence tower
Parish church of St. Bartholomew

Prenzlau

6.00 pm: Culinary table in the “Friedgarten” of the Dominican monastery in Prenzlau
Enjoy culinary delights and musical sounds in the historical ambience of the monastery on the Day of Brick Gothic and on the occasion of the anniversary “750 years of the Dominican Monastery Prenzlau”
Ticket price: € 65.00 (incl. 3-course menu)
Additional drinks are not included in the ticket price and can be purchased on site.
Tickets are only available in advance at the Dominican monastery, tel. 0049 3984 / 75 280 and at the information office, tel. 0049 3984 / 75 163 or www.reservix.de until 17 June 2025.

Rostock

1.00 pm and 2.30 pm: Guided tours of the Convent of the Holy Cross
On 21 June 2025, the Rostock Museum of Cultural History will offer an exclusive insight into the history of one of the region’s outstanding architectural monuments: the Convent of the Holy Cross (Kloster zum Heiligen Kreuz), Klosterhof 7, D-18055 Rostock.
With museum director Dr. Steffen Stuth.

3.00 pm: Kröpeliner Gate tour “Stones tell history – Brick Gothic in Rostock”
With Janina Niedbala / Geschichtswerkstatt Rostock e.V.

Stendal

10.00 to 12.00 am and 2.00 to 4.00 pm: Uenglinger Gate (Uenglinger Tor)
Regularly open (with regular admission price according to the statutes)

2.00 pm: Guided tour of the city with a focus on Brick Gothic and the summer solstice
regular seasonal guided tour (5,00 EUR p.p.)
Duration: ca. 90 min.
Start from Tourist-Information, Markt 1, D-39576 Stendal

4.00 pm: Gertraudenhospital
SPECIAL free guided tour (donations are requested)
Duration: ca. 30 min.
Start from Gertraudenhospital

Churches in Stendal
For regular opening hours see: Tourist-Information Stendal

Wolgast

11 am to 3 pm: Day of Brick Gothic in the Wolgast Gertrude Chapel
On the Day of Brick Gothic, the Wolgast Gertrude Chapel (Gertrudenkapelle Wolgast) will be open from 11 am to 3 pm.
Members of the association will tell interested visitors about the history of the building, which is over 600 years old.

The St. Gertrud zu Wolgast e. V. association opens the Gertrude Chapel every Monday and Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm until 15 September. Outside of opening hours, guided tours and visits are available on request on 0049 3836-203041 or museum@wolgast.de.

General Information about the Day of Brick Gothic

The special day declared by the European Route of Brick Gothic is held throughout Europe every year on the third Saturday in June and raises awareness of the cultural heritage of Brick Gothic.
The occasion for the first Day of Brick Gothic in 2018 was the European Year of Cultural Heritage, which was celebrated across Europe with the idea of “Sharing Heritage”. In Germany, Denmark and Poland, the Day of Brick Gothic is realised through the combined effort of representatives of monument preservation, science, the Church, tourism and administration and is coordinated by the European Route of Brick Gothic.

The member cities of the European Route of Brick Gothic combine the shared cultural heritage of Brick Gothic – the Medieval Brick Gothic architecture predominantly in the Baltic Sea region, which they aim to convey together to the general public. An important shared goal is to inspire people for conserving this cultural heritage.