Brick Renaissance

Brick Renaissance is the Northern European continuation of brick architecture after Brick Romanesque and Brick Gothic. Although the term Brick Gothic is often used generally for all of this architecture, especially in regard to the Hanseatic cities of the Baltic, the stylistic changes that led to the end of Gothic architecture did reach Northern Germany and northern Europe with delay, leading to the adoption of Renaissance elements into brick building. Nonetheless, it is very difficult for non-experts to distinguish transitional phases or early Brick Renaissance, as the style maintained many typical features of Brick Gothic, such as stepped gables. A clearer distinction only developed at the transition to Baroque architecture. In Lübeck, for example, Brick Renaissance is clearly recognisable in buildings equipped with terracotta reliefs by the artist Statius von Düren, who was also active at Schwerin (Schwerin Castle) and Wismar (Fürstenhof).

More clearly recognisable as Renaissance are brick buildings strongly influenced by the Dutch Renaissance style, such as Reinbek Castle at Reinbek near Hamburg, the Zeughaus at Lübeck, or Friedrichstadt in Schleswig-Holstein.

Weißrussland

Town/city	Building	Main period of construction	Special features	Image
Friedrichstadt	Mir Castle	15th-16th century	Late 16th century additions to Gothic structure

Deutschland

Town/city	Building	Main period of construction	Special features	Image
Friedrichstadt	Market Square	early 17th century
Lübeck	Mühlentor	1550s (model)
	Schiffergesellschaft	1535-1538
	Zeughaus	1594
Reinbek	Castle	1572-1576

Polen

Town/city	Building	Main period of construction	Special features	Image
Gdańsk	Green Gate	1564-1568	Example of the Flemish mannerism in the city inspired by the Antwerp City Hall (architect Regnier van Amsterdam)
	Old Arsenal	1602-1605	Built in Dutch style mannerism by Anthony van Obberghen, Jan Strakowski and Abraham van den Blocke
Gołąb	Church of St. Catherine and St. Florian	1628-1638	Polish mannerism style
Grocholin	Fortified manor house	16th century	Built for Wojciech Baranowski, is a rear example of defense housing architecture in northern Poland
Pabianice	Manor house	1565-1571
Piotrków Trybunalski	Royal Castle	1512-1519	Gothic-renaissance
Płock	Płock Cathedral Dome	1531-1534	Romanesque cathedral, rebuilt several times
Pułtusk	Collegiate Church Pułtusk vault	1551-1556	Renaissance frescoes on the vault cover more than 1000 square meters in total (brick church built between 1449 and the first half of the 16th century)
Sandomierz	Town Hall	14th century	Rebuilt in the renaissance style in the 16th century
Supraśl	Orthodox Monastery - Church of the Annunciation	1503-1511	Gothic-renaissance, destroyed in 1944 by retreating German army, rebuilt since 1985
Tarnów	Mikołajowski House	15th century	Rebuilt in the renaissance style in 1524
	Town Hall	14th century	Rebuilt in the renaissance style in the 16th century
Zamość	Zamość Fortress	1579-1618

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