Kevelaer

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

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Kevelaer är en stad i Kreis Kleve i Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf i förbundslandet Nordrhein-Westfalen i Tyskland, nära nederländska gränsen. Kevelaer är den mest besökta av katolska pilgrimsorter i nordvästra Europa. Mer än 800 000 pilgrimer, (huvudsakligen från Tyskland och Nederländerna), besöker varje år orten för att hedra Jungfru Maria. Här finns sedan 1642 en undergörande Madonnabild.

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