List of Brick Romanesque buildings
Place Building Main period of construction Special features
Kalundborg Church of Our Lady Circa 1170-1200 Central structure on Greek cross plan . Central tower and 4 side towers of nearly the same height
Ledøje Residential church Circa 1225
Nyborg Nyborg Castle about 1170 Mid 13th century to 1416 main residence of the Kings of Denmark
Ringsted St. Benedict Built 1163-1170 One of the earliest brick churches in Northern Europe , basilica
Roskilde Cathedral Mainly 1170-1280 UNESCO World Heritage Site , burial church of Danish monarchs
Sorø Abbey After 1161 Former Cistercian basilica
Denmark
Brick Romanesque () is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history. The term described Romanesque buildings built of brick; like the subsequent Brick Gothic, it is geographically limited to Northern Germany and the Baltic region. Structures in other regions are not described as Brick Romanesque but as Romanesque brick-built church or similar terms. In comparison to Brick Gothic, Brick Romanesque is a less established and less frequently used term. On the one hand, this is caused by the fact that the Baltic region was only beginning to develop its own stylistic identity during the Romanesque period, on the other by the relatively low number of surviving buildings. Many of the major Brick Gothic edifices had Brick Romanesque predecessors, remains of which are often still visible. Nearly all preserved buildings are churches. The buildings contrast with earlier stone-built churches (Fieldstone churches or Feldsteinkirchen), which were constructed of glacial erratics and rubble. Such rounded stones limit the potential size of a building; the material and technique do not permit the construction of structures larger than a village church for static reasons. Monumental constructions only became possible through the growing use and perfection of brick building.