Pilgrimage church

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A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.

The in Bonn with its holy stairway

Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of saints, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are ascribed or saintly relics that are safeguarded by the church for their veneration. Such relics may include the bones, books or pieces of clothing of the saints, occasionally also fragments of the cross of Jesus, pieces of the crown of thorns, the nails with which he was fixed to the cross and other similar objects. Pilgrimage churches were also built at places where miracles took place.

List of Roman Catholic pilgrimage churches[]

For non-Catholic pilgrimage churches, see List of Christian pilgrimage sites.

Churches are listed in alphabetical order of the sites in or near where they are located.

Austria[]

Andenken an Birkenstein postcard. University of Dayton Libraries.
Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Mariazell
  • Ardning, Styria:
  • Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria:
  • Berg bei Rohrbach, Upper Austria:
  • Bergheim near Salzburg:
  • Christkindl, Upper Austria:
  • Fernitz, Styria: (Styria)
  • Gaflenz, Upper Austria:
  • Graz, Styria: , Mariatrost Basilica
  • Gurk, Carinthia, Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk)
  • Gutenstein, Lower Austria:
  • , Bleiburg, Carinthia
  • Horn, Lower Austria:
  • Kaltenberg, Upper Austria
  • Kaltenbrunn, Tyrol
  • Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg
  • , Großkirchheim, Carinthia
  • , Villach
  • , Carinthia
  • Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria
  • , Saint Andrew i. L., Carinthia
  • , Carinthia
  • , Carinthia
  • Maria Schmolln, Upper Austria
  • , Lesachtal, Carinthia
  • Maria Schnee (at about ten places in Austria and several places in Germany and neighbouring countries)
  • Mariastein, Tyrol
  • Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria)
  • , Guttaring, Carinthia
  • Mariazell, Styria – which in 2003–2005 was the venue for the Central European Catholics Day
  • Molln, Upper Austria:
  • Pottenstein:
  • Poysdorf, Lower Austria:
  • Saalfelden, Salzburg:
  • Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia:
  • St. Wolfgang, Upper Austria
  • , Metnitz, Carinthia
  • Schollach, Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz
  • Seggauberg, Styria: Pilgrimage Church on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz
  • Sonntagberg, Lower Austria
  • , Eberstein, Carinthia
  • Zistersdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Moos (oldest spring shrine in Lower Austria)
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Brazil[]

  • Aparecida: great Marian sanctuary

Croatia[]

  • Mariatrost Basilica in Graz
    Trsat, Dalmatia, Croatia: Pilgrimage Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, Cathedral of St Vitus

Czech Republic[]

France[]

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

Germany[]

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Pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist (Bussen)
  • Abensberg (Bavaria): in the village of Allersdorf
  • Abtsgmünd: pilgrimage church of the Sacrifice of Mary (Mariä Opferung) in the village of Hohenstadt
  • Aldenhoven: chapel of grace, parish church, Marian pilgrimage
  • Altötting: Shrine of Our Lady, Marian pilgrimage
  • Andechs: , Maria pilgrimage, eucharistic pilgrimage
  • Amberg:
  • Armsheim (Rheinhessen): former Pilgrimage church of the
  • Beratzhausen: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • : pilgrimage church of the Holy Cross
  • Berlin-Mariendorf:
  • Beselich:
  • : pilgrimage church of
  • Biberbach: St. James the Great, St Lawrence and the Holy Cross - 's Herrgöttle von Biberbach
  • Birenbach:
  • Birkenstein: pilgrimage chapel of St Mary of the Assumption
  • Blieskastel: Holy Cross Chapel, Madonna with the Pfeilen
  • Bogen:
  • Bonn:
  • Bruchhausen (Landkreis Neuwied): Marian pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist (Zuflucht der Sünder)
  • Bussen (Upper Swabia): pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist
  • Cologne: Cologne Cathedral - SS. Peter and Mary (Epiphany)
  • Cologne: St. Maria in der Kupfergasse (Black Madonna of Cologne)
  • :
  • Deggendorf: Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Deggingen (Upper Filst valley):
  • Dettelbach: pilgrimage church of
  • Dießen am Ammersee: Marienmünster church in the district of Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria
  • Düren: - veneration of the "head of Anna" - a head relic of the mother of Mary
  • Durmersheim: pilgrimage church of Maria Bickesheim
  • : pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary
  • : pilgrimage church of
  • Eibingen: pilgrimage church of St. Hildegard and St. John the Baptisth - burial church of Saint Hildegard and sanctuary for the Eibingen relic treasure.
  • Ellwangen: pilgrimage church of
  • Elmstein: pilgrimage church of the Mother of God
  • : St. Michael over the Main
  • Ettal, (Upper Bavaria): Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption
  • :
  • , (Thüringen):
  • Fahrenberg: pilgrimage to the Holy Hill of the Visitation of Mary
  • Freystadt: pilgrimage church of
  • Friedberg: pilgrimage church of Herrgottsruh
  • Fuchsmühl: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • Fürstenfeldbruck: Fürstenfeld Abbey dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Bavaria
  • Gößweinstein: , pilgrimage church and basilica of the Holy Trinity (Heilige Dreifaltigkeit)
  • (North Hesse)
  • Haltern-Bergbossendorf: pilgrimage chapel of Saint Anne
  • Hennef-:
  • : pilgrimage church of
  • Hirschberg an der Bergstraße: pilgrimage church of
  • Hohenpeißenberg: pilgrimage chapel and church on the Hoher Peißenberg
  • : pilgrimage church of
  • Kevelaer: chapel of grace, candle chapel and
  • Kippenheim: pilgrimage chapel of
  • Klausen (Eifel): pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary
  • near Lichtenau in East Westphalia: pilgrimage chapel
  • : pilgrimage church of with the (Landscape illustrated Bible)
  • Koblenz-Lützel: pilgrimage church of
  • Kößlarn: Marian pilgrimage (Bavaria)
  • (Lower Saxony):
  • Lautenbach: Late Gothic pilgrimage church of
  • Leipferdingen: pilgrimage church of St. Michael
  • Leverkusen-:
  • Löffingen (Baden-Württemberg):
  • Ludwigshafen am Rhein-Oggersheim: castle and - pilgrimage to the holy house of Loreto, Marche, pilgrimage site for the Electorate of the Palatinate
  • Lünen:
  • :
  • Mainz-Gonsenheim: Chapel
  • :
  • Marienheide: pilgrimage church of the
  • (Marktleugast): pilgrimage basilica the Visitation of Mary
  • Moosbronn: pilgrimage church Our Lady of Perpetual Help
  • :
  • Neunburg vorm Wald: Mater Dolorosa (Ortsteil Katzdorf, Oberpfalz)
  • Neuss: (1209-1230)
  • Nußdorf am Inn (Bavaria):
  • : Abbey Nothgottes near Eibingen im Rheingau, pilgrimage to the Gnadenbild Nothgottes.
  • Oberfell: , hilltop pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Church
  • Ottersweier: pilgrimage church of Maria Linden
  • Ottobeuren:
  • Pfaffen-Schwabenheim: , pilgrimage to the , um 1750 aus dem Cologneer Karmel geschenkt
  • Planegg: Maria Eich Chapel
  • Raitenbuch:
  • Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden:
The Apollinaris Church in Remagen
The by Lake Constance
Maria, Königin des Friedens, Neviges

Gibraltar[]

Great Britain[]

Palestinian Christian Scouts outside the Church of the Nativity, Palestine

Holy Land[]

Ireland[]

  • Knock: Marian pilgrimage chapel of Our Lady Queen of Ireland
  • Station Island, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Basilica
Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome

Italy[]

Our Lady of Lebanon

Lebanon[]

Latvia[]

Lithuania[]

Mexico[]

Guadalupe Basilica postcard. University of Dayton Libraries.
  • Guadalupe: very popular place of Marian apparitions

Netherlands[]

Philippines[]

Poland[]

Jasna Góra in Częstochowa
Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Kraków), also known as Łagiewniki

Portugal[]

Slovakia[]

Spain[]

  • Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Switzerland[]

Turkey[]

  • House of the Virgin Mary, near Ephesos

See also[]

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