List of basilicas in German-speaking countries
This list of the basilicas in the German-speaking countries contains the basilicae minores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Alsace and Eastern Lorraine, South Tyrol and the former German eastern regions.
Germany
(78 Basilicae minores)
Austria
(35 basilicae minores)
Switzerland
(12 Basilicae minores)
place | Name of the basilica | Diocese / territorial abbey | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Bern | Holy Trinity | Diocese of Basel | 1956 |
Freiburg in Üechtland | Notre Dame | Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg | 1932 |
Geneva | Notre-Dame de Genève | Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg | 1954 |
Lausanne | Notre-Dame du Valentin | Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg | 1992 |
Locarno | Madonna del Sasso | Diocese of Lugano | 1918 |
Lugano | Sacro Cuore (Heart of Jesus) | Diocese of Lugano | 1952 |
Kreuzlingen | Ortisei and St. Afra | Diocese of Basel | 1967 |
Metzerlen | Mariastein | Diocese of Basel | 1926 |
Morbio inferiore | Madonna dei Miracoli | Diocese of Lugano | 1990 |
Neuchâtel | Our Lady Assumption to Heaven | Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg | 2007 |
Saint-Maurice | Saint-Maurice Abbey | Territorial Abbey of Saint-Maurice | 1948 |
Manners | Notre-Dame de Valere | Diocese of Mores | 1987 |
Luxembourg
(1 minor basilica)
place | Name of the basilica | Archdiocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Echternach | St. Willibrord's Basilica | Archdiocese of Luxembourg | 1939 |
Alsace and Eastern Lorraine
(6 Basilicae minores)
place | Name of the basilica | Archdiocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Marienthal near Haguenau | Basilica of Our Lady | Archdiocese of Strasbourg | 1892 (first German basilica) |
Lutterbach | Sacred Heart Basilica | Archdiocese of Strasbourg | 1922 |
Young wood | Our Lady von Thierenbach | Archdiocese of Strasbourg | 1936 |
Ottrott | Our Lady of Mount Odile | Archdiocese of Strasbourg | 2006 |
Saint Avold | Our Lady of Good Help | Diocese of Metz | 1932 |
Metz | St. Vincent | Diocese of Metz | Profaned in 1933, around 1980 |
South-Tirol
(4 basilicae minores)
place | Name of the basilica | Diocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Brixen | Cathedral of the Assumption | Diocese of Bozen-Brixen | 1950 |
Neustift | Abbey of the Assumption | Diocese of Bozen-Brixen | 1956 |
Marienberg | Abbey of the Assumption | Diocese of Bozen-Brixen | 1963 |
Maria Weissenstein | Basilica Sorrowful Mother | Diocese of Bozen-Brixen | 1985 |
Former German Eastern Territories
(29 Basilicae minores) Basilicas in Poland, which were in the German Reich until 1918/1945 in the provinces of East Prussia , Pomerania ( Hinterpommern ), Posen ( Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia ), Silesia or West Prussia ( Free City of Danzig ).
East Prussia Province
place | Name of the basilica | Archdiocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Guttstadt | Dom | Archdiocese of Warmia | 1989 |
Allenstein | St. Jacob | Archdiocese of Warmia | 2004 |
Braunsberg | Katharinenkirche | Archdiocese of Warmia | 2001 |
Dietrichswalde | Pilgrimage church | Archdiocese of Warmia | 1970 |
Frauenburg | Dom | Archdiocese of Warmia | 1935 |
Rastenburg | St. George Church | Archdiocese of Warmia | 1999 |
Springborn | Church Queen of Peace | Archdiocese of Warmia | 1987 |
Pomeranian Province
place | Name of the basilica | Archdiocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Kolberg | Dom | Diocese of Köslin-Kolberg | 1986 |
Province of Posen / Grenzmark Posen-West Prussia
place | Name of the basilica | Diocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Rokitten | Basilica of Our Lady | Diocese of Grünberg-Landsberg | 2001 |
Province of Silesia
Province of West Prussia / Free City of Danzig
place | Name of the basilica | Archdiocese | Year of appointment |
---|---|---|---|
Danzig | Nikolaikirche | Archdiocese of Gdansk | 1928 |
Danzig | Marienkirche | Archdiocese of Gdansk | 1965 |
Danzig | Oliva Cathedral | Archdiocese of Gdansk | 1976 |
Danzig | St. Brigitte's Basilica | Archdiocese of Gdansk | 1991 |
Web links
- Complete list of basilicas worldwide (in English)
- Divine Service Congregation: Domus ecclesiae , norms for granting the title of Basilica minor (English and Latin)