Basilica of St. George and the Holy Blood, Walldürn

Major Catholic pilgrimage basilica centered on a corporal venerated in connection with a Eucharistic blood miracle tradition dated around 1330. In Walldürn, Baden-Württemberg, the site brings together sacred use, historical memory and the physical fabric described by institutional or heritage authorities.

A Baroque pilgrimage basilica expanded around the older sacred area connected with the Holy Blood tradition. The present pilgrimage church was built between 1698 and 1728. The Holy Blood altar predates that rebuilding, and the pilgrimage reached a major early-modern peak between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Local Catholic tradition says that around 1330 a priest spilled consecrated wine on a corporal and an image of the crucified Christ with surrounding heads appeared on the cloth. This is recorded as a religious miracle tradition rather than an independently established physical event. The physical church, altar and development of the pilgrimage are documented separately from the claimed miraculous origin of the corporal.

Religious life at the site includes Mass, Eucharistic devotion and pilgrimage. Visitors should remember that worship and devotional use take priority over sightseeing wherever services or ceremonies are taking place. Important observances recorded for the site include Annual Holy Blood pilgrimage season.