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|mayor             = Thomas Beyer<ref>[https://www.laiv-mv.de/Wahlen/Kommunalwahlen/ Kommunalwahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahlen], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesamt für innere Verwaltung, accessed 2 August 2021.</ref>
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'''Wismar''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvɪsmaʁ|-|De-Wismar.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|Wismer}}), officially the '''Hanseatic City of Wismar''' ({{langx|de|Hansestadt Wismar}}) is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], and the fourth-largest city of [[Mecklenburg]] after [[Rostock]], [[Schwerin]] and [[Neubrandenburg]]. The city was the third-largest port city in former [[East Germany]] after Rostock and [[Stralsund]].

Wismar is located on the [[Bay of Wismar]] of the [[Baltic Sea]], directly opposite the island of [[Poel]], that separates the Bay of Wismar from the larger [[Bay of Mecklenburg]]. The city lies in the middle between the two larger port cities of [[Lübeck]] in the west, and [[Rostock]] in the east, and the state capital of [[Schwerin]] is located south of the city on [[Lake Schwerin]]. Wismar lies in the northeastern corner of the [[Hamburg Metropolitan Region]], and is the capital of the district of [[Nordwestmecklenburg|Northwestern Mecklenburg]]. The city's natural harbour is protected by a [[promontory]]. The uninhabited island of [[Walfisch]], lying between Wismar and the island of [[Poel]], administratively belongs to the borough of Wismar-Wendorf.

It is estimated that Wismar was founded in 1226 under [[Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg]] from the [[House of Mecklenburg]], a German dynasty of Slavic origin also known as the [[Obotrites]] or Niklotides. In 1259, the city became part of the [[Hanseatic League]]. Throughout its history, the city has been under control of various German states as well as the [[Swedish Empire]]. It was part of Sweden from 1648 until 1803 ({{lang|la|[[de jure]]}} until 1903, when Sweden officially renounced its claims to the city), and this Swedish chapter of the city is celebrated annually with a large "Sweden Celebration". From 1815 until 1918, Wismar lay in the [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] and later in the [[Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]].

Wismar is a typical representative of the [[Hanseatic League]] with its city-wide [[Brick Gothic]] structures and iconic gabled patrician houses and was inscribed on the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage List]] alongside the historical old town of [[Stralsund]] in 2002.<ref name = "unesco"><{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1067 |title=Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar |publisher=[[UNESCO World Heritage Centre]] |access-date = 27 August 2022}}</ref> Wismar is the seat of {{lang|de|[[Hochschule Wismar]]|italic=no}}, a university of [[applied science]]s, one of nine institutions of higher education in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. With [[MV Werften Wismar]], the city is one of three cruise ship-producing locations of [[MV Werften]] (along with Rostock and [[Volkswerft|Stralsund]]), and the shipyard with its tall white-blue hall is one of the city's largest employers. St. George's, [[St. Nicholas' Church, Wismar|St. Nicholas']] and St. Mary's, of which only the tower is left standing, are the three iconic sacred buildings dominating the skyline of Wismar.

==History==
[[File:Wismar (Martin Weigel, 2. Hälfte 16. Jh.).jpg|thumb|left|525px|Wismar in the 16th century]]
The name of the settlement was first recorded in the 12th century as Visemer, Wismar (1147, 1167), Wyssemaria (1229)[https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburgisches_Urkundenbuch]''<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch}}</ref> ''and is probably of Slavic origin although finally disputed. Wismar could have the same [[Old Saxon]] origin like the German city Weimar.''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Niemeyer |first=Manfred |title=Deutsches Ortsnamensbuch |publisher=De Gruyter |year=2012 |location=Berlin}}</ref> ''Wismar was part of the Western Slavic [[Obotrites]]' territory.

The exact date of the city's foundation is not clear. In the oldest existing document of Wismar from 1229, its civic rights are already established. In 1301 Wismar came under the rule of the [[House of Mecklenburg]].<ref name="Crull1875">{{cite book|author=Friedrich Crull|title=Die Rathslinie der Stadt Wismar- p. XVII ff. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fMradR_LyUC|year=1875|publisher=Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses}}</ref> In 1259 Wismar joined a defensive agreement with Lübeck and [[Rostock]], in order to effectively counter the numerous Baltic pirates. Subsequently more cities of the northern [[Holy Roman Empire]] would agree to cooperate as commerce and trade was increasingly coordinated and regulated. These policies would provide the basis for the development of the [[Hanseatic League]]. By the 13th and 14th centuries Wismar had grown into a flourishing Hanseatic trading hub and an important center of wool processing. Although around 2,000 of its inhabitants perished during the plague of 1376, the town remained reasonably prosperous until the 16th century.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Wismar|volume=28|page=754}}</ref><ref name="Schildt1871">{{cite book|author=Franz Schildt|title=Geschichte der Stadt Wismar bis zum ende des 13. jahrhunderts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWYyAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA83|year=1871|publisher=E. Kuhn|pages=83–}}</ref>

===Under Swedish rule===
{{main|Swedish Wismar}}

[[File:Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B10 065-De Belegeringh van Wismar.jpeg|thumb|left|Siege of Wismar 1675]]
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| Part_of     = Historic Centres of [[Stralsund]] and Wismar
| Image       = Wismar, Marktplatz mit dem Staffelgiebelhaus, Haus der Alte Schwede und der wiederaufgebauten Gaststätte Reuterhaus.jpg
| Caption     = ''Alter Schwede'', c. 1380
| Criteria    = Cultural: ii, iv
| ID          = 1067-002
| Year        = 2002
| Area        = 88 ha
| Buffer_zone = 108 ha
}}
With the [[Peace of Westphalia]] of 1648 Wismar came under the territorial control of [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]]. Through the acquisition of Wismar and other [[Dominions of Sweden|dominions]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the [[Monarchy of Sweden|Kings of Sweden]] in their role as [[Princes of the Holy Roman Empire|imperial princes]] were entitled to a seat in the [[Reichstag (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]]. Wismar became administrative center of Wismar town and the districts of Pod and [[Neukloster]], and after 1653 the ''Fürstenhof'' (prince's court) served as the seat of the supreme court for all Swedish dominions in the Holy Roman Empire. Wismar's fortifications were extended into an effective all-round defence system under the supervision of Field Marshal [[Erik Dahlbergh]]. Remains of these fortifications have been preserved, among other places, in the ‘Lindengarten' to the east of the wall of the old city.{{sfn|Dumrath|1911|p=203}}<ref name="wismar-stralsund1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wismar-stralsund.de/en/the_cities/history/swedish_era |title=Swedish era – Zwei Städte – Ein Erbe |publisher=Wismar-stralsund.de |archive-date=2 February 2014 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123043/http://www.wismar-stralsund.de/en/the_cities/history/swedish_era}}</ref> During the [[Scanian War]], the town was besieged and captured by [[Denmark|Danish]] forces in 1675.

In 1803, Sweden ceded both the town and lordship to the [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] for 1,258,000 [[Riksdaler]]s, but reserved the right of redemption after 100 years. In view of this contingent right of Sweden, Wismar was not represented at the [[Diet (assembly)|diet]] of [[Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin|Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] until 1897. In 1903, Sweden finally renounced its claims to the town. Wismar still retains a few relics of its old privileges, including the right to fly its own flag.<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name="Tober2007">{{cite book |author=Philip Tober |title=Wismar im Dreißigjährigen Krieg 1627 – 1648: Untersuchungen zur Wirtschafts-, Bau- und Sozialgeschichte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Voz3IvsI0ewC&pg=PA53 |year=2007 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-8258-0101-4 |pages=53–}}</ref><ref name="Giese2001">{{cite book|author=Gerd Giese|title=Wismar: Portrait einer Stadt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbbRirM4F4YC&pg=PA67|year=2001|publisher=Sutton Verlag GmbH|isbn=978-3-89702-370-3|pages=67–}}</ref>

===20th century===
By the end of the 19th century Wismar's most important manufacturing branches were the production of iron and steel, roofing-felt, asphalt, paper and machine industry. International sea trade took place at the local harbour, which was deep enough to admit vessels of up to {{convert|5|m|ft|0|spell=in}} draught at its quays. Exports included grains, oil-seeds and butter as coal, timber and iron were imported.<ref name="EB1911"/> Wismar was production site for several railroad rolling stock manufacturers and since 1933 home to ''Norddeutsche Dornier-Werke'' of aircraft manufacturer [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke|Dornier]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wismar.de/index.php?ModID=7&FID=2634.6700.1&object=tx%7C2634.6700.1 |title= Flugzeugbau in Wismar – Die Norddeutschen Dornierwerke |publisher= Wismar De |access-date= 4 January 2021 |archive-date= 9 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210109184524/https://www.wismar.de/index.php?ModID=7&FID=2634.6700.1&object=tx%7C2634.6700.1 |url-status= dead }}</ref> On 14 May 1881 [[Rudolph Karstadt]] opened his first shop (''Tuch-, Manufaktur- und Konfektionsgeschäft'') of the now well established department store chain [[Karstadt]] in Wismar.<ref name="wdr">{{cite news|url=http://www1.wdr.de/themen/archiv/stichtag/stichtag1712.html|title=14. Mai 2006 – Vor 125 Jahren: Rudolph Karstadt eröffnet sein erstes Geschäft|work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]]|language=de|access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], it was the location of a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamp of the Nazi prison in [[Bützow|Bützow-Dreibergen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000166|title=Außenkommando der Strafanstalten Dreibergen-Bützow in Wismar bei den Norddeutschen Dornier-Werken|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=30 October 2021|language=de}}</ref> Wismar was heavily bombed and destroyed by [[Strategic bombing during World War II|Allied air raids]]. As the [[line of contact]] between Soviet and other Allied armies formed in Europe at the end of the war, Wismar was captured by the British [[6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|6th Airborne Division]]'s [[1st Canadian Parachute Battalion]] on 2 May 1945,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Last/USA-E-Last-19.html | title= HyperWar: The Last Offensive Chapter XIX Goetterdaemmerung   |publisher= Ibiblio | access-date= 4 January 2021}}</ref> [[James Hill (British Army officer)|James Hill]] commanding, in accordance with Operation Eclipse. On 7 May 1945 British Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Montgomery]] and Soviet Marshal [[Konstantin Rokossovsky]] met in Wismar. In accord with the ''Occupation Zone Agreements'' of the [[Yalta Conference]] Wismar became a part of the [[Soviet Occupation Zone]] of Germany on 1 July 1945, as British troops retreated and Soviet troops took control over the area.

During the 1949 to 1990 era of the [[German Democratic Republic]], Wismar became East Germany's second-largest port, after [[Rostock]] and developed a shipbuilding industry. Although the GDR government had pledged to restore the local churches and historic sites that had been heavily bombed during the war, this commitment was for the most part not fulfilled.

After German reunification in 1990, churches and all historic buildings in the city's town center were restored, and the old towns of Wismar and [[Stralsund]] ({{circa}} {{convert|110|km|mi|round=5|disp=or|abbr=on}} to the east), were listed as UNESCO [[World Heritage Sites]]. In 2011, Wismar became the capital of the [[Districts of Germany|district]] of [[Nordwestmecklenburg]].<ref name="Abrokat1997">{{cite book|author=Sven Abrokat|title=Politischer Umbruch und Neubeginn in Wismar von 1989 bis 1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyu3AAAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Krämer|isbn=978-3-89622-016-5}}</ref>
[[File:Aerial image of Wismar (view from the south).jpg|thumb|center|700px|View over the city]]

==Mayors and Lord Mayors==
* 1919–1929: Lawyer Hans Rasp (1877–1957, SPD)
* 1929–1933: Heinrich Brechling (1897–1959, SPD)
* 1933–1945: Alfred Pleuger (NSDAP)
* May 1945{{snd}}June 1945: Heinrich von Biel (independent)
* June 1945{{snd}}August 1945: Heinz Adolf Janert (1897–1973) (independent)
* August 1945{{snd}}1945: Karl Keuscher (KPD)
* September 1945{{snd}}1945: August Wilke  (KPD)
* December 1945{{snd}}December 1950: Herbert Säverin (1906–1987) (SPD/SED)
* January 1951{{snd}}June 1952 Erhard Holweger (1911–1976) (SED)
* August 1953{{snd}}June 1957: Herbert Kolm (SED)
* July 1957{{snd}}April 1969: Herbert Fiegert (SED)
* April 1969{{snd}}November 1989: Günter Lunow (born 1926) (SED)
* November 1989{{snd}}May 1990: Wolfram Flemming (SED), temporary
* 1990–2010: Rosemarie Wilcken (born 1947) (SPD)
* Since July 2010: Thomas Beyer (born 1960) (SPD)

==Sights and architecture==
[[File:11 Wismar St Georgen 003.jpg|thumb|190px|left|Reconstruction of the Medieval [[Brick Gothic|Gothic]] ''Georgenkirche'' (St. George's Church) was completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgenkirche.de/geschichte.html|title=Website des Förderkreises St. Georgen zu Wismar e.V.|website=georgenkirche.de|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref>]]

The historic old town, centered on the huge marketplace (one of the largest in northern Germany at {{convert|10000|m2|sqft|abbr=on|disp=or}}), is characterized by town houses, manufacture and trading structures of the Hanseatic League, built in [[Brick Gothic]] style during the 13th to 15th centuries, 19th-century [[Romanesque Revival architecture]] and [[Art Nouveau]] houses. Distinctive buildings and military works, built during the period of Swedish control during the 17th and the 18th centuries provide another layer of cultural influence.<ref name="unesco" />

The market square's focal point is the ''Wasserkunst'', an elaborate wrought-iron fountain imported from Holland in 1602. The northern side of the square is occupied by the Town Hall, built in [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] style from 1817 to 1819. Another notable building on the square is a [[Brick Gothic]] patrician's home (''Bürgerhaus'') called ''Alter Schwede'' (Old Swede), erected around 1380.

St. George's Church, the third so-named edifice on the site, dates from 1404. It had escaped major damage during most of World War II, but on 14 April 1945, three weeks before the end of the war it was badly damaged by "[[Blockbuster bomb]]s" dropped by the British Royal Air Force. Reconstruction after German reunification, costing some 40 million Euros, was completed in 2010.

The {{convert|80|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} tower church of St. Mary's Church (''Marienkirche'') is the only remainder of the original [[Brick Gothic]] edifice, built during the first half of the 13th century. It suffered heavy damage in World War II and was partially razed in 1960 during the [[East Germany|East German]] era.

St. Mary's Church and the church of [[St. Nicholas Church, Wismar|St. Nicholas]] (''Nikolaikirche'') with its very lofty vaulting, built from 1381 to 1460, serve as prime examples of [[Lübeck]]'s [[St. Mary's Church, Lübeck|St. Mary's Churches]] architectural influence on the entire region.<ref name="EB1911" />

The ''Fürstenhof'', a richly decorated specimen of early Italian [[Renaissance]] style was once a [[duke|ducal]] residence and served later as the seat of the [[municipality|municipal]] authorities. Built from 1552 to 1565, it was restored from 1877 to 1879. The ''Old School'', dating from about 1300, has not been restored yet. The town hall, rebuilt in 1829, houses a gallery of paintings.<ref name="EB1911" /> The Fine Arts Municipal Gallery ''Baumhaus'' is located in the old harbour area.

==Education==
* [[Hochschule Wismar|Hochschule Wismar – University of Technology, Business and Design]]

==Transport==
The nearest major airport is [[Hamburg Airport]], located {{convert|131|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south east of Wismar.
==Economy==
[[Nordic Yards Wismar]] is a shipbuilder located in Wismar and shipbuilding has existed since 1946 at the site.

[[File:Friedrich christoph dahlmann.jpg|thumb|125px|[[Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann]]]]
[[File:Young frege.jpg|thumb|125px|[[Gottlob Frege]] around 1879]]
[[File:18-05-2017-Simone Oldenburg-JonasR.jpg|thumb|125px|[[Simone Oldenburg]], 2017]]

==Notable people==
*[[Klaus Störtebeker]] (c. 1360–1401), privateer
*[[Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] (1557–1631), queen of [[List of Danish royal consorts|Denmark]] and [[List of Norwegian royal consorts|Norway]]
*[[Daniel Georg Morhof]] (1639–1691), writer, scholar and historian<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Morhof, Daniel Georg |volume=18 |page=836 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Johan Henrik Scheffel]] (1690–1781), Swedish painter
*[[Johan Carl Wilcke]] (1732–1796), physicist
*[[Henricus Christophorus Christianus Wegener]] (1757–1799), lawyer
*[[Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann]] (1785–1860), historian, statesman.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Dahlmann, Friedrich Christoph |last=Luckwaldt |first=Friedrich |author-link= |volume=7 |pages=732–733 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Heinrich Keil]] (1822–1894), philologist
*[[Theodor Martens]] (1822–1884), architectural and landscape painter
*[[Friedrich Bernhard Christian Maassen]] (1823–1900), law professor<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Friedrich Bernard Christian Maassen |volume=9 |last=Schlager |first=Patricius |author-link= |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Gottlob Frege]] (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
*[[Hermann Ritter]] (1849–1926), viola player, composer and music historian
*[[Guglielmo Plüschow]] (1852–1930), a German photographer of male nudes in Italy
*[[Marie Musaeus Higgins]] (1855–1926), founder of [[Musaeus College]], [[Colombo]]
*[[Franz Ziehl]] (1857–1926), bacteriologist
*[[Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow]] (1874–1945), ethnologist, explored the [[Polynesia|islands of the South Pacific]].
*[[Gustav Neckel]] (1878–1940), Germanist and Scandinavist
*[[Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald]] (1885–1934), Reichswehr and SS officer
*[[Helmuth Wohlthat]] (1893–1982), civil servant and diplomat
*[[Harald Weinrich]] (born 1927), classical scholar; scholar of Romance philology and philosopher
*[[Uwe Holmer]] (1929–2023), pastor, author and theologian; housed [[Erich Honecker]] and his [[Margot Honecker|wife]]
*[[Gunter Pleuger]] (born 1941), diplomat and politician
*[[Klaus Grünberg]] (born 1941), actor
*[[Simone Oldenburg]] (born 1969), politician, local Deputy Minister-President since 2021
*[[Thomas Wiegand]] (born 1970), electrical engineer; substantially contributed to [[video coding format]]s

=== Sport ===
*[[Heino Kleiminger]] (1939–2015), footballer
*[[Peter Sykora (footballer)|Peter Sykora]] (born 1946), footballer, played over 270 pro games
*[[Joachim Streich]] (1951–2022), football player and coach, played 378 games and 98 for [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]]
*[[Marita Koch]] (born 1957), track and field athlete of the GDR and [[1980 Summer Olympics]] champion
*[[Roswitha Eberl]] (born 1958), canoeist
*[[Kerstin Brandt]] (born 1961), high jumper
*[[Andreas Zachhuber]] (born 1962), football player and coach
*[[Kathrin Haacker]] (born 1967), [[1988 Summer Olympics]] champion in rowing
*[[Fiete Sykora]] (born 1982), footballer, played over 430 pro games
*[[Robert Tesche]] (born 1987), footballer, played over 400 pro games

==In cinema==

The 1922 [[vampire film]] ''{{lang|de|[[Nosferatu|Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens]]}}'' (''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'') was set and partially shot in Wismar (renamed "Wisborg" in the film). A [[take]] from the Marienkirche's (Saint Mary's Church) tower over Wismar marketplace with the Wasserkunst Wismar (waterworks fountain) served as the [[establishing shot]] for the Wisborg scene. Other locations included the ''Wassertor'' (Water Gate), the southside of [[St. Nicholas Church, Wismar|St. Nicholas]], the ''Heilig-Geist-Kirche'' (Holy-Spirit-Church) and the harbour area.

In later decades, Wismar retained its association with ''Nosferatu''. The setting of Wismar was reused in [[Werner Herzog]]'s 1979 remake of the film, ''[[Nosferatu the Vampyre|Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht]]''; unable to film in the town, however, Herzog relocated his production to the cities of [[Delft]] and [[Schiedam]] in the Netherlands. The 2000 [[metafiction]] horror film ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]]'', which depicts the filming of the 1922 silent film, also takes place in Wismar.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Wismar is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.wismar.de/Tourismus-Welterbe/Wismar-wissenswert/St%C3%A4dtepartnerschaften|website=wismar.de|publisher=Wismar|language=de|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kemi]], Finland (1959)
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aalborg Municipality|Aalborg]], Denmark (1963)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Calais]], France (1971)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lübeck]], Germany (1987)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kalmar Municipality|Kalmar]], Sweden (2002)
*{{flagicon|ALB}} [[Pogradec]], Albania (2019)
{{div col end}}

In addition, since 1991 there is a friendship with [[Halden]] in Norway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wismars Freunde in Europa: Stadt will aktiver werden|url=https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Mecklenburg/Wismar/Wismars-Freunde-in-Europa-Stadt-will-aktiver-werden|website=ostsee-zeitung.de|publisher=Ostsee Zeitung|language=de|date=29 June 2018|access-date=17 February 2021}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[State Museum of Technology]] outside of Wismar.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}
* {{EB1911 |wstitle=Sweden |volume=26 |pages=188–221 |first=Oskar Henrik |last=Dumrath}}

==External links==
{{sister project links|voy=Wismar|Wismar}}
* [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1067 Centres of Stralsund and Wismar: UNESCO Official Website]
* [http://www.wismar.de Official site]
* [http://www.panorama-cities.net/wismar/wismar_germany.html Wismar City Panoramas – Panoramic Views and Virtual Tours]
* [http://www.hs-wismar.de/en/homepage/ Hochschule Wismar, University of Technology, Business and Design]
* [http://www.wismar-stralsund.de/ UNESCO World Heritage Site Wismar]
* [http://www.kirche-in-wismar.de Evangelische Kirchengemeinden in Wismar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315203757/http://www.kirche-in-wismar.de/ |date=15 March 2021 }}
* [https://wismar-kalender.de/ Website mit historischen Bildern von Wismar]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=UPI-AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Wismar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA223 17th-century account on the City]

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