Kevelaer Things to Do

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In Kevelaer, the faithful of all ages, both men and women, those seeking enlightenment and those in desperation, those acting out of belief and out of trust, all come to her. Shepherds and their flocks gather around her image, which is unusually close to them all, virtually close enough to touch.

This chapel is very small, but still you can make a tour around the altar!

The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is located on the western side of the Fountain Courtyard.
The Chapel was built in 1860 as a confessional chapel for the Dutch pilgrims and its three-transom Paradise portico was added in the early 1880s.

The entrance to the Confessional Chapel can be found in the Fountain Courtyard, on the sacristy side of the Basilica. The Confessional Chapel, built in 1857, houses now the cloister with the penitential cells.

The old chapel built by Hendrik Husman had been replaced in 1684 by a new chapel.
The new chapel, called the Chapel of Grace has a hexagonal dome structure.
The paintings inside the chapel are in neo-renaissance style.

In the Basilica can be found remarkable religious and artistic objects dating several centuries.
In the altar rest the relics of Saint Ursula and Saint Thomas formerly embedded in the old altar from 1864.

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The Nave and the southern and western transepts of St. Mary's Basilica were completed in 1864.
Master Vincenz Statz, from Cologne, was the one that made the plans.
The 90m tall tower was completed 20 years later.

The splendid St. Mary's Basilica was build between 1858 and 1864 and dominates the center of the city.
The Basilica is not only a point of attraction for the pilgrims coming to Kevelaer, but also for everybody visiting the town, as it can be seen right from the entrance.

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Kevelaer is a small town located in the district of Kleve, Germany, near the border with Netherlands, and has around 28,000 inhabitants.
Despite its small dimensions, more than 800.000 pilgrims each year transform this pretty German town in the best visited Catholic pilgrimage location in north-western Europe.