Pilgrimage church
A pilgrimage church is usually the destination of a pilgrimage and forms a place of pilgrimage . Pilgrimage churches can also be located along pilgrimage routes , such as the Way of St. James . Pilgrimage churches are originally often located next to the graves of saints or have relics of those who are venerated in the church. These can be bones, items of clothing or other memorabilia, in isolated cases also suspected splinters of Jesus' cross , parts of the crown of thorns , nails of the cross and the like. Pilgrimage churches were also built in places where miracles are said to have happened. Since modern times, these have often been Marian shrines , which often have particularly venerated images of grace .
Pilgrimage churches in Europe
Belgium
- Banneux , virgin of the poor
- Gistel , Ten Putte Abbey (St. Godeleva )
- Plombières, Moresnet-Chapelle pilgrimage site
- Scherpenheuvel , Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Scherpenheuvel
- Wiesenbach, St. Bartholomew
Germany
Pilgrimage churches in the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany :
Bamberg, Eichstätt, Würzburg, Speyer
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Bamberg :
- Pilgrimage church Maria im Sand (Dettelbach)
- Eckartshausen (Werneck) : Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- Franciscan monastery Engelberg
- Gößweinstein basilica
- Kälberau : Maria to the rough wind
- Marktleugast : Marienweiher Basilica
- St. Blasius (Raitenbuch)
- Rengersbrunn : Birth of the Virgin
- Rütschenhausen : pilgrimage church Maria von der Tann
- Sankt Salvator (Steinbachtal) , Middle Franconia
- Schneeberg (Lower Franconia) : Our Lady on the Holderstock
- Scheßlitz : Gügel pilgrimage church
- Basilica Vierzehnheiligen , Bad Staffelstein
- Maria im Weingarten , Volkach
- Käppele (Würzburg)
Berlin, Dresden-Meißen, Görlitz
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Berlin :
- in the area of the Archdiocese of Berlin :
- Maria Frieden Church (Berlin)
- up to the Reformation of supraregional importance: Wunderblutkirche Wilsnack , Brandenburg (then Diocese of Havelberg , today Protestant)
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Diocese of Dresden-Meißen :
- Pilgrimage Church Rosenthal
- Wechselburg pilgrimage church
Freiburg, Mainz, Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Freiburg :
- Abtsgmünd : Pilgrimage Church of the Sacrifice of the Virgin Mary
- Appenweier : Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption
- Armsheim , Rheinhessen: To the Heilgen Blut Christi
- Bickesheim # pilgrimage church
- Pilgrimage church Birenbach near Göppingen
- Birnau pilgrimage church on Lake Constance in Upper Swabia
- Maria Zell near Hechingen-Boll
- St. Remigius (Dahenfeld) , Neckarsulm
- Deggingen, Ave Maria (pilgrimage church) , Oberes Filstal
- Pilgrimage Church Dieburg
- St. Wolfgang Chapel (Distelhausen)
- Kreuzkapelle (Dittwar)
- St. Hildegard (Eibingen)
- Schönenberg Church , Ellwangen
- Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady in Nussbaum , Höchstberg near Gundelsheim
- Maria Frieden (Kippenheim)
- Coronation of Mary (Lautenbach) , Ortenau
- Leipferdingen : pilgrimage church of St. Michael
- St. Johannes Baptist (Leutershausen)
- Witterschneekreuz near Löffingen
- Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary (Ludwigshafen) , Oggersheim
- Fourteen Helpers Chapel (Mainz-Gonsenheim)
- Moosbronn : pilgrimage church Maria Hilf
- Ottersweier : Maria Linden pilgrimage church
- Schwäbisch Gmünd :
- Spaichingen : pilgrimage church on the Dreifaltigkeitsberg (Swabian Alb)
- Pilgrimage church Steinhausen , Bad Schussenried
- Our Lady (Todtmoos)
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Maria (Unterkochen)
- Marian pilgrimage church (Waghäusel)
- Walldürn: pilgrimage basilica St. Georg ( blood miracle of Walldürn )
- Zell am Harmersbach : Maria on the chains
- Munster of Our Lady (Zwiefalten)
Hamburg, Hildesheim, Osnabrück
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg :
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Marien (Küblingen)
- St. John the Baptist (location) , Rieste
- St. Johannes Apostle (Wietmarschen)
Cologne, Aachen, Limburg, Münster, Trier
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Cologne :
- Aachen Cathedral - Mary's dress, Jesus' diapers, Christ loincloth, John the Baptist's decapitation cloth ( Aachen Shrine Tour )
- Chapel of Grace (Aldenhoven)
- Gezelinkapelle (Leverkusen-Alkenrath)
- Pilgrimage chapel "Maria Hilf" (Beselich)
- Holy Cross Chapel (Blieskastel)
- Klein St. Arnold (Arnoldsweiler)
- Kreuzberg Church (Bonn)
- St. Johannes Baptist (Bruchhausen)
- St. Katharina (Buschhoven)
- St. Kornelius (Kornelimünster) , sanctuary tour Kornelimünster
- St. Salvator (Heimbach) , pilgrimage to the Sorrowful Mother
- Annakirche (Düren) , storage of the acceptance head
- St. Mary's Birth (Eggerode)
- Elmstein : pilgrimage church to the Mother of God
- St. Anna (Haltern am See)
- Bödingen Monastery : Pilgrimage Church to the Sorrowful Mother of God , Hennef
- Kevelaer : Chapel of Grace, Candle Chapel and St. Mary's Basilica
- Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Klausen)
- St. Nikolaus (Koblenz) with Pfarrer Kraus enclosures (landscape picture Bible)
- Maria Hilf (Koblenz)
- Cologne Cathedral - St. Peter and Maria (Holy Three Kings)
- Cologne : St. Maria in the Kupfergasse (Black Madonna of Cologne)
- St. Marien (Lünen)
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary's Visitation (Marienheide)
- Marienthal (Geisenheim)
- Marienthal Abbey (Westerwald)
- Quirinus Munster (Neuss)
- Nothgottes in Eibingen, Rheingau
- Pilgrimage Church Bleidenberg (Oberfell)
- Collegiate Church (Pfaffen-Schwabenheim) , pilgrimage to Mary, Queen of Peace , 1750 from the Cologne Carmel St. Mary of Peace (Cologne) given
- Apollinaris Church (Remagen)
- Schoenstatt (Vallendar) : Schoenstatt Chapel as the “Original Shrine” of the Schoenstatt Movement
- Assumption of Mary (Spabrücken)
- Neviges pilgrimage cathedral
- Marienkapelle (Telgte)
- Little Jerusalem Chapel , Willich
- St. Mary's Assumption (Marienbaum) , Xanten
Munich, Augsburg, Passau, Regensburg
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising :
- Assumption of Mary (Allersdorf)
- Chapel of Grace (Altötting) , Marian pilgrimage
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Hilf (Amberg)
- Andechs monastery church , Marian pilgrimage, Eucharistic pilgrimage
- Annaberg (Sulzbach-Rosenberg) , Upper Palatinate
- Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady, Ast (Waldmünchen)
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Schutz (Bad Griesbach)
- Beratzhausen : pilgrimage church Mariahilf
- Bergen near Neuburg : pilgrimage church of the Holy Cross
- Salvatorkirche (Bettbrunn)
- St. Jakobus, St. Laurentius and St. Cross (Biberbach)
- Birkenstein (Fischbachau) : Pilgrimage chapel Maria Himmelfahrt
- Pilgrimage Church of Bogenberg , Bogen
- St. Johannes Baptist on the Busses , Upper Swabia
- Grave church (Deggendorf) , Deggendorfer Gnad
- Ettal Abbey , pilgrimage church of the Assumption
- Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Ettenberg)
- Falkenstein (Upper Palatinate) : Tannerl
- Fahrberg (Waldthurn) : Hl. Berg Mariä Visitation
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Hilf (Freystadt)
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Hilf (Vilsbiburg)
- Pilgrimage Church Herrgottsruh (Friedberg)
- Fuchsmühl : pilgrimage church Maria Hilf
- Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary (Hohenpeißenberg)
- Pilgrimage Church Heiligenbrunn , Lower Bavaria
- Heuwinkl Chapel in Pfaffenwinkel
- Kößlarn : Marian pilgrimage
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Hilf (Loipl)
- Marienberg (Burghausen)
- Maria Eich pilgrimage church , near Planegg
- Pilgrimage church Maria Gern , Berchtesgaden
- Pilgrimage church Maria Steinbach , Unterallgäu
- Pilgrimage church Maria Thalheim , Upper Bavaria
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Corona (Staudach) , Lower Bavaria
- Our Lady of the Mount Carmel (Mussenhausen) , Unterallgäu
- Mater Dolorosa (Katzdorf) , Upper Palatinate
- Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Kirchwald) , Nussdorf am Inn
- St. Alexander and Theodor (Ottobeuren) , Upper Swabia
- Assumption of Mary (Ramsau)
- Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Rechberg)
- Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady , Reuth near Erbendorf
- St. Bartholomä (Königssee) , Berchtesgadener Land
- To Our Lady of Kreuzberg , Upper Palatinate
- Assumption of Mary (Stadlern) , Upper Palatinate
- Vilgertshofen : pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows
- Wieskirche in Pfaffenwinkel
- Pilgrimage church Tuntenhausen : Basilica minor
- Waldkirchen (Petersberg) # Parish and pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul
- Trinity Church Kappl , Waldsassen
- Weihenlinden # Pilgrimage and parish church to the Holy Trinity
- Maria Brünnlein , Basilica minor in Wemding
- Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption , Halfing in Upper Bavaria
Paderborn, Fulda, Erfurt, Magdeburg
Pilgrimage churches in the ecclesiastical province of Paderborn :
- Pilgrimage Chapel Etzelsbach , Thuringia
- Gottsbüren , North Hesse
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Ida (Herzfeld)
- Kleinenberg (Lichtenau) , East Westphalia
- Pilgrimage church Kleinheiligkreuz , Fulda district
- Assumption of Mary (Rückers)
- Old pilgrimage church (Werl)
- Pilgrimage Basilica Werl
France
- Le Puy-en-Velay : Sanctuary of Notre-Dame du Puy
- Lourdes : Sanctuary of Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception
- Marseille : Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de la Garde
- Mont St. Michel : St. Michel
- Ronchamp : Notre-Dame-du-Haut pilgrimage chapel
Gibraltar
Great Britain
- Walsingham : Anglican and Roman Catholic Shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham
Ireland
- Knock : Marian pilgrimage chapel Our Lady Queen of Ireland
- Station Island , Lough Derg : St. Patrick's Basilica
Israel
Italy
- Abbey (South Tyrol) : Holy Cross Church (Abbey)
- Assisi : Basilica of Assisi
- Bologna : Sanctuary of the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca
- Nova Ponente : pilgrimage church Maria Weißenstein
- Dumenza : Sanctuary of the Santuario di Trezzo
- Loreto (Marche) , Basilica of the Holy House with the Black Madonna
- Padua : Basilica of Saint Anthony
- Pompei : Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary
- Re (Piedmont) : Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sangue in the Vigezzo Valley (Vigezzo Valley)
- Sacro Monte di Oropa : Sanctuary of the Madonna di Oropa
- Savona : Nostra Signora di Misericordia
- Schnals : pilgrimage church of Our Lady in Schnals
- Tindari : Sanctuary of the Black Madonna di Tindari
- Tirano : Pilgrimage Church of Madonna di Tirano
- Varese : Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte
- Vicenza : Madonna del Monte Berico
- Viterbo : Sanctuary of the Madonna della Quercia
Netherlands
The Mater Dolorosa from Warfhuizen
Austria
- Ardning , Styria: Pilgrimage Church Frauenberg on the Enns
- Arnsdorf , Salzburg: Maria im Mösl
- Bad Leonfelden , Upper Austria: pilgrimage church Maria Schutz am Bründl
- Berg near Rohrbach , Upper Austria: Maria Trost pilgrimage church
- Bergheim near Salzburg: Maria Plain pilgrimage church
- Breitenau am Hochlantsch : Schüsserlbrunn pilgrimage chapel
- Christkindl , Upper Austria: Christkindl pilgrimage church
- Dürrnberg , Salzburg: Parish and pilgrimage church Dürrnberg
- Eberstein , Carinthia: Parish and pilgrimage church Hochfeistritz "Our Lady"
- Embach , Salzburg: Maria misery
- Fernitz , Styria: Maria Trost pilgrimage church
- Filzmoos , Salzburg: Filzmooser Gnadenkirche with the Filzmooser Kindl
- Gaflenz , Upper Austria: St. Sebald am Heiligenstein
- Graz , Styria: Maria Grün , Mariatrost Basilica
- Großgmain , Salzburg: Our Lady on the Gmain
- Gurk , Carinthia, Gurk Cathedral (tomb of St. Hemma von Gurk )
- Gutenstein , Lower Austria: Mariahilfberg
- Heiligengrab , Bleiburg, Carinthia
- Kaltenberg , Upper Austria
- Kaltenbrunn , Tyrol
- Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg
- Maria Anzbach , Lower Austria: Parish and pilgrimage church Maria Anzbach
- Maria Dornach (Mitteldorf) , Großkirchheim, Carinthia
- Maria Gail , Villach
- Maria Hilf ob Guttaring , Carinthia
- Pilgrimage Church Maria Laach , Maria Laach am Jauerling , Lower Austria
- Sankt Martin bei Lofer , Salzburg: Maria Kirchental
- Maria Loreto , Sankt Andrä i. L., Carinthia
- Maria Rain , Carinthia
- Marienkirche (Maria Saal) , Carinthia
- Maria Schmolln , Upper Austria
- Pilgrimage church Maria Schnee (Maria Luggau) , Lesachtal, Carinthia
- Maria Schnee (at around ten locations in Austria and at some locations in Germany and neighboring countries)
- Mariastein , Tyrol
- Pilgrimage church Maria Taferl , Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria)
- Maria Waitschach , Guttaring, Carinthia
- Mariazell , Styria - that in 2003-2005 the venue of the Central European Catholic Day was
- Mold : Basilica Maria Dreieichen
- Molln, Upper Austria: Frauenstein pilgrimage church
- Pottenstein: pilgrimage church "Maria Trost im Elend" , Lower Austria
- Poysdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Bründl
- St. Leonhard ob Tamsweg , Salzburg
- Sankt Jakob im Rosental: pilgrimage church Maria Elend , Carinthia
- St. Wolfgang , Upper Austria: Wolfgang Church
- Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades , Metnitz, Carinthia
- Schollach , Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz
- Seggauberg : pilgrimage church on Frauenberg near Leibnitz , Styria
- Sonntagberg , Lower Austria
- Zistersdorf , Lower Austria: Maria Moos (oldest spring shrine in Lower Austria)
Poland
Warsaw
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Warsaw :
- Church of St. Andrew Bobola in Warsaw , sanctuary of the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Warsaw
- Jesuit Church in Warsaw Old Town , Sanctuary of the Merciful Mother of God, city patroness of Warsaw
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Warsaw , tomb of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
Krakow
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Krakow :
- Wawel Cathedral with the tomb of St. Hedwig of Anjou , Queen of Poland ( Królowa Jadwiga )
- Pauline Monastery on Skałka Hill ( Kościół na Skałce ), Sanctuary of St. Stanislaus of Cracow , Patron of Poland
- Sanctuary in Łagiewniki ( Kraków-Łagiewniki ), World Center of Adoration of the Divine Mercy
Greater Poland
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Gniezno :
- Gnesen Cathedral : (Bazylika archikatedralna Wniebowzięcia NMP i św. Wojciecha) with the grave of St. Adalbert of Prague ( Sw. Wojciech )
- Licheń Stary : Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń
Silesia
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Wroclaw :
- St. Annaberg , Góra Świętej Anny : Pilgrimage to St. Anne , the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in Upper Silesia
- Bardo (Lower Silesia) : Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- Częstochowa : pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Jasna Gora with the miraculous image of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa
- Dobrzeń Wielki ( Groß Döbern , Opole Voivodeship (Upper Silesia) ): Rochus Church
- Gościęcin (Kostenthal, Opole Voivodeship (Upper Silesia) ): Schrotholzkirche St. Brixen
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska , Holy Cross Church and other Jerusalem-inspired objects
- Kamień Śląski ( Gross Stein ): Sanctuary św. Jacka ( Holy Hyacinth )
- Ludźmierz Sanctuary of the Mother of God as: (Ludemannsdorf) Queen of Podhale , also a farmer of Podhale called
- Międzygórze (Wölfelsgrund): Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of the Snow ( Sanctuary Matki Bożej Przyczyny Naszej Radości "Maria Śnieżna" )
- Piekary Śląskie (German Piekar, Silesian Voivodeship ): Pilgrimage basilica with the miraculous image of Our Lady of Piekar
- Wambierzyce (Albendorf, Lower Silesian Voivodeship ): Marian pilgrimage
Warmia
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Warmia :
- Człuchów , see Schlochau Castle
- Gietrzwałd (Dietrichswalde): Pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary
- Głotowo
- Międzylesie (Schönwiese)
- Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Krosno ( Wormditt ), see Krosno (Orneta) #Wallfahrtskirche
- Święta Lipka (Heiligelinde, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ): Pilgrimage to "Our Lady of the Holy Linden"
Kashubia, West Prussia
Pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Gdansk :
- Sianowo (Schwanau, Pomeranian Voivodeship ): Maria, Queen of the Kashubians
- Wejherowo (Neustadt in West Prussia, formerly Weyersfrey): Kalvarienberg
Portugal
- Braga : Bom Jesus do Monte
- Fátima : important Marian pilgrimage site with the churches of the Rosary Basilica and the Holy Trinity
- Nazaré : Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (Our Lady of Nazareth)
Switzerland
- Einsiedeln ( Schwyz ): Black Madonna
- Flüeli-Ranft ( Obwalden ): Niklaus von Flüe
- Locarno ( Ticino ): pilgrimage church of Madonna del Sasso
- Luthern Bad ( Lucerne ): Pilgrimage Church Maria-Heilbronn
- Mariastein Abbey ( Solothurn )
- Solis ( Graubünden ): pilgrimage church of St. Mary's Visitation and St. Felix
- Ziteil ( Graubünden ): pilgrimage church at 2,429 m above sea level. M.
Slovakia
- Šaštín-Stráže : Basilica of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows (Šaštín)
- Marianka : Birth of the Virgin
- Turzovka
Slovenia
- Mariahilf Church in Brezje
Spain
- Santiago de Compostela : Cathedral
- Santuari de Sant Salvador : pilgrimage church
- Montserrat : monastery church
Turkey
- Mother Mary's house , near Ephesus
Czech Republic
- Chlum Svaté Maří
- Družec : Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption
- Brno -Tuřany: pilgrimage church of the Annunciation
- Příbram : Svatá Hora Monastery
- Olomouc - Svatý Kopeček : Pilgrimage Basilica of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- Dub nad Moravou : Sanctuary of the Cathedral of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Hostýn : Pilgrimage Basilica of the Assumption of Mary
- Velehrad : Pilgrimage basilica of the Assumption of Mary and St. Cyril and Method
Web links
Commons : Pilgrimage Churches - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Pilgrimage Church - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: pilgrimage chapel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pilgrimage Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Rengersbrunn
- ↑ Hohenstadt Castle and Pilgrimage Church
- ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : pilgrimage chapel Maria Hilf Beselich . In: 125 years of the parish church of St. Agidius Obertiefenbach . Parish of St. Agidius Obertiefenbach, Beselich 2013.
- ↑ The pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Warmia in Gietrzwałd (Dietrichswalde)
- ↑ The place of pilgrimage Schönwiese (Międzylesie) in Warmia