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.
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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 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 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, 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.
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.
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Wies, Steingaden, Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria, Germany Christianity
UNESCO-listed Rococo pilgrimage church created after reports that a wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour shed tears.
St. Michael’s Church, Hildesheim
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany Christianity
Former Benedictine abbey church built by Bishop Bernward and one of Europe’s major surviving monuments of Ottonian Romanesque architecture.
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.
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.
Basilica of St. Matthias, Trier
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
Benedictine basilica centered on the tomb venerated as that of the Apostle Matthias.
Trier Cathedral
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Christianity
Ancient cathedral and UNESCO site housing the Holy Robe, a relic at the center of major Catholic pilgrimages since 1512.