Monastic Island of Reichenau
Reichenau, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed island preserving the remains and churches of an exceptionally influential early medieval Benedictine monastery.
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Lorsch Abbey and Altenmünster
Lorsch, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed remains of a powerful Carolingian abbey, including one of Germany’s most important surviving pre-Romanesque monuments.
Maria Laach Abbey
Maria Laach, Glees, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
Romanesque Benedictine abbey founded in 1093 and an influential center of German Catholic liturgical renewal.
Andechs Monastery and Pilgrimage Church
Andechs, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Benedictine pilgrimage complex on Bavaria’s Holy Mountain, known for a medieval relic treasury and a later Marian devotional image.
Ettal Abbey
Ettal, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Benedictine abbey founded in 1330, with a long Marian pilgrimage centered on a small white-marble devotional image.
Basilica of St. George and the Holy Blood, Walldürn
Walldürn, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
Major Catholic pilgrimage basilica centered on a corporal venerated in connection with a Eucharistic blood miracle tradition dated around 1330.
Basilica of St. Martin and Oswald, Weingarten
Weingarten, Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Christianity
Large Baroque basilica housing a Holy Blood relic and associated with the historic horseback pilgrimage known as the Blutritt.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
Vierzehnheiligen, Bad Staffelstein, Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Major Franconian pilgrimage basilica associated with fifteenth-century apparition traditions of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Chapel of Grace, Altötting
Altötting, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
Nationally important Marian shrine centered on the Black Madonna of Altötting and a pilgrimage tradition dating from 1489.
Chapel of Grace, Kevelaer
Kevelaer, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Christianity
Historic Marian shrine whose small image of the Consoler of the Afflicted became the focus of large-scale pilgrimage from the seventeenth century.
Speyer Cathedral
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed Romanesque imperial cathedral begun under Conrad II and associated with the burials of medieval emperors and kings.
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Hildesheim
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed Romanesque cathedral noted for the Bernward bronze doors, column and other exceptional medieval church treasures.