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Kevelaer

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Kevelaer (; Low Rhenish: Käwela) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. Over one million Marian devotees, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit the Basilica of Kevelaer every year to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary. The population in 2019 was 28,021.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Kevelaer
German location.image_flag
Flagge Kevelaer.svg
German location.image_coa
DEU Kevelaer COA.svg
German location.image_photo
Mariabasiliek Kevelaer 24-04-2019 12-44-27.jpg
German location.image_caption
The Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation
German location.image_plan
Kevelaer in KLE.svg
German location.state
North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region
Düsseldorf
German location.district
Kleve
German location.elevation
20
German location.area
100.64
German location.postal_code
47623, 47624, 47625, 47626, 47627
German location.area_code
0 28 32
German location.licence
KLE, GEL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 1 54 032
German location.divisions
5
German location.website
www.kevelaer.de

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Startseite | Wallfahrtsstadt Kevelaer

kevelaer.de

Link to the official site · 16,314 chars · not written by Vinony

Described at

Mediendatenbank | kek-online.de

kek-online.de

Link to a page describing this subject · 1,088 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Kleve
Population
28466
Area
100.64
Elevation
20
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Official website
www.kevelaer.de
Image
Basilika, Gnadenkapelle in Kevelaer.JPG
Dialing code
02832
Licence plate code
KLE
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postal code
47623–47627
Commons category
Kevelaer
topic's main category
Category:Kevelaer
described by source
Svensk uppslagsbok
short name
Kv
hashtag
Kevelaer
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Marian cult and Legend
  • History
  • Pontifical approbations
  • References in literature
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • Notable people
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Kevelaer (; Low Rhenish: Käwela) is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. Over one million Marian devotees, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit the Basilica of Kevelaer every year to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary. The population in 2019 was 28,021.

==Marian cult and Legend==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevelaer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (9)

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