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The parish church of St. Martin probably dates from the 12th century. The tower and the eastern wall of the nave date from the end of the 12th century and the choir from the beginning of the 13th century, the choir from 1386. The last major reconstruction began at the end of the 14th century and was completed at the end of the 15th century. From 1684 to 1687, Baroque elements were added to the church. After damage caused by a lightning strike, the spire was replaced by an awning in 1739.

The construction of the Church of St. Mary began in 1292, but the present structure was built in the 14th - 15th centuries. The façade is richly decorated with ceramics, the towers were built from around 1380. The north tower must have been completed around 1410. The interior of the church contains wall paintings from the 15th to the 18th century.

The church of St. Mary was first mentioned in 1283 as a Romanesque basilica. At the end of the 14th century, the building was given two towers and from 1420 onwards, a church with three Gothic naves was built in its place. The church has an interesting astronomical clock that was created in the 16th century and has only been functional since 1977.

The convent church of St. Mary Magdalene was built in 1497 as a late Gothic hall church. It is part of the building complex of the Steinhaus monastery, which was partially rebuilt at the end of the 15th century. It was therefore used as a monastery church until the secularisation of the monastery at the beginning of the 19th century.

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene is an Orthodox church built in 1847 in brick. It was closed in 1949 and adapted for the storage of film and photographic archives. In 1990, the church was returned to the Orthodox faithful. It was the first church in Minsk to be licensed by the Soviet-era services after a long period of banning the opening of churches.

The church of St. Mary was first mentioned in 1308. At the beginning of the 16th century, it was destroyed three times by city fires or was badly affected, but was always rebuilt. In 1780 it was given the baroque tower helmet, in 1880-1883 it was rebuilt and given its current shape as a three-nave hall church.

The Church of St. Mary, with the bell tower of St. Luke, probably dates from the 15th century. During the Ottoman Empire, in 1528, the church was rebuilt as a mosque and named after Sultan Suleiman I. The mosque burned several times in fires that destroyed the stones and painted decorations from the Middle Ages. It was most severely damaged by a fire in 1658, and during the last fire in 1832 only the walls of the building remained and it has not been used since.

The Church of St. Mary was built in the second half of the 19th century. The neo-gothic building is a work of the German architect Alexis Langer. Many artists worked on the interior decoration. The stained glass windows were designed by Adam Bunsch. On both sides of the main nave are paintings by Józef Unierzyski.

Damaged during the Second World War and completely destroyed in 1960, only the 80-metre high tower of the former Marienkirche remains. It is a landmark of Wismar, visible from afar. The church was considered to be one of the most beautiful brick churches in northern Germany.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mary was built around 1180 as a Romanesque hall church but was rebuilt between 1453 and 1563 as a three-nave hall church in late Gothic style. The church tower, which dominates the town, is a Baroque bell tower dating from 1672, which replaced the original spire damaged by lightning. The church was raised to the status of a cathedral by Bishop Ludwig Müller on the occasion of its 800th birthday in 1935.