Christianity sacred sites in Germany

Aachen Cathedral

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

In the octagonal chapel that Charlemagne built as the heart of his empire, 32 Holy Roman Emperors ascended a marble throne to receive their crowns....

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Bad Staffelstein, Germany

Bad Staffelstein, Bavaria, Germany

The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers stands on a hill above the Main valley in Upper Franconia, on the site where a fifteenth-century shepherd reported visions of the...

Basilica of the Virgin Mary, Kevelaer, Germany

Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kevelaer is the largest Catholic pilgrimage destination in north-western Europe, built around a small printed image of Mary as Consoler of the Afflicted....

Burg Teck, Cave of Sybillenloch

Owen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

On a limestone peak rising from the Swabian Alb, a ruined castle guards a cave where legend says a wise woman once lived and foretold the future....

Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle), Altötting

Altötting, Bavaria, Germany

At the centre of Altötting's broad Kapellplatz stands the Gnadenkapelle, the Chapel of Grace....

Cologne Cathedral

Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne Cathedral rises from the Rhine plain in twin spires that took six centuries to complete....

Holy Robe of Trier

Inside Trier Cathedral

Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

The Holy Robe is kept in Trier Cathedral and shown publicly only on exceptional pilgrimages....

Our Lady of Altötting

Inside Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle), Altötting

Altötting, Bavaria, Germany

Altötting's tiny octagonal Chapel of Grace houses one of Europe's most venerated Black Madonnas — a small dark lindenwood statue carved in the early fourteenth century....

St. Bartholomew's Church, Berchtesgaden

Königssee, Bavaria, Germany

St. Bartholomä stands on a peninsula in Lake Königssee, deep in Berchtesgaden National Park, beneath the towering east face of the Watzmann....

Trier Cathedral

Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Trier Cathedral has stood on the same sacred ground since the fourth century. Roman masonry, Romanesque rebuilding, later choirs, and continuous liturgy make the building...