List of basilicas in Germany

This is an incomplete list of basilicas of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany. A basilica is a church with certain privileges conferred on it by the Pope. Currently there are some 76 basilicas in Germany.

List of basilicas edit

Location Circumscription Basilica Date of Designation Image
Bad Staffelstein, Bavaria Bamberg Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption September 2, 1897  
Berlin-Neukölln Military Ordinariate of Germany Basilica of St. John the Baptist Patron of Breslavia December 3, 1906  
Altötting, Bavaria Passau Basilica of St. Ann July 8, 1913  
Ettal, Bavaria Munich and Freising Ettal Abbey January 28, 1920  
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier St. Matthias' Abbey March 20, 1920  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne St. Gereon's Basilica June 25, 1920  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Ursula June 25, 1920  
Kevelaer, North Rhine-Westphalia Münster Basilica of St Mary Comforter of Sorrows April 11, 1923  
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz Worms Cathedral November 12, 1923  
Bamberg, Bavaria Bamberg Imperial Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul and St. George December 4, 1923  
Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate Speyer Speyer Cathedral May 13, 1925  
Seligenstadt, Hesse Mainz Basilica of Sts. Marcellinus and Petrus May 27, 1925  
Ottobeuren, Bavaria Augsburg Ottobeuren Abbey November 25, 1925  
Maria Laach, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier Maria Laach Abbey July 14, 1926  
Streithausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Limburg Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption June 22, 1927  
Berlin Berlin St. Hedwig's Cathedral October 27, 1927  
Niddatal, Hesse Mainz Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Sts. Peter and Paul November 28, 1928  
Bingen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz Basilica of St. Martin March 12, 1930  
Niederalteich, Bavaria Passau Basilica of St. Mauritius November 11, 1931  
Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia Münster Xanten Cathedral May 13, 1936  
Tuntenhausen, Bavaria Munich and Freising Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady June 23, 1942  
Gößweinstein, Bavaria Bamberg Basilica of the Holy Trinity May 7, 1948  
Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier Basilica of the Transfiguration of Our Lord June 10, 1950  
Berlin-Steglitz Berlin Basilica of Our Lady Queen of Rosary October 20, 1950  
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (German: Liebfrauenkirche July 13, 1951  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Severin March 9, 1953  
Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia Paderborn Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady October 16, 1953  
Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Cathedral of Constance May 30, 1955  
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Bonn Minster January 14, 1956  
Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg Rottenburg-Stuttgart Weingarten Abbey March 16, 1956  
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria Würzburg Basilica of Sts. Peter and Alexander January 17, 1958  
Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier St. Paulinus' Church May 23, 1958  
Sankt Wendel, Saarland Trier Basilica of St. Wendal April 22, 1960  
Kall, North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen Steinfeld Abbey October 7, 1960  
Walldürn, Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Basilica of St. George and of the Most Precious Blood February 16, 1962  
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony Hildesheim Basilica of St. Godehard December 7, 1963  
Ellwangen, Baden-Württemberg Rottenburg-Stuttgart Basilica of St. Vitus January 18, 1964  
Regensburg, Bavaria Regensburg St. Emmeram's Abbey February 18, 1964  
Regensburg, Bavaria Regensburg Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady to the Ancient Chapel March 5, 1964  
Ingolstadt, Bavaria Eichstätt Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady June 1, 1964  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne St. Maria im Kapitol April 23, 1965  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of the Holy Apostles September 18, 1965  
Altenstadt, Bavaria Augsburg Basilica of St. Michael October 9, 1965  
Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Suitbert March 28, 1967  
Waldsassen, Bavaria Regensburg Stiftsbasilika Waldsassen September 15, 1969  
Kempten, Bavaria Augsburg Basilica of St. Lawrence and Our Lady of the Assumption December 20, 1969  
Uhldingen-Birnau, Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady April 28, 1971  
Benediktbeuern, Bavaria Augsburg Benediktbeuern Abbey May 19, 1972  
Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Aachen Gladbach Abbey April 25, 1973  
Augsburg, Bavaria Augsburg St. Ulrich's and St. Afra's Abbey May 26, 1973  
Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Knechtsteden Abbey July 25, 1974  
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Lambert July 25, 1974  
Saarbrücken, Saarland Trier Basilica of St. John the Baptist October 22, 1975  
Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony Münster Basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows April 14, 1977  
Scheyern, Bavaria Munich and Freising Scheyern Abbey June 25, 1979  
Dillingen, Bavaria Augsburg Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul October 11, 1979  
Amberg, Bavaria Regensburg Basilica of St. Martin July 16, 1980  
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Margaret September 14, 1982  
Osterhofen-Altenmarkt, Bavaria Passau Basilica of St. Margaret December 29, 1982  
Straubing, Bavaria Regensburg Basilica of St. James March 9, 1989  
Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate Trier Basilica of St. Castor July 30, 1991  
Ulm-Wiblingen, Baden-Württemberg Rottenburg-Stuttgart Wiblingen Abbey May 5, 1993  
Marktleugast-Marienweiher, Bavaria Bamberg Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary June 25, 1993  
Essen-Werden, North Rhine-Westphalia Essen Werden Abbey July 12, 1993  
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St. Kunibert January 16, 1998  
Hanover, Lower Saxony Hildesheim St Clemens Basilica March 12, 1998  
Wemding, Bavaria Eichstätt Basilica of Our Lady Source for Consolation and the Ascension of Christ September 12, 1998  
Landshut, Bavaria Munich and Freising Basilica of St. Martin and St. Kastulus December 3, 2001  
Fritzlar, Hesse Fulda Basilica of St. Peter February 14, 2004  
Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Minster-Basilica of St. Quirinus of Neuss October 6, 2009  
Herrieden, Bavaria Eichstätt Basilica of Sts. Vitus and Deocar May 31, 2010  
Kiedrich, Hesse Limburg Basilica of Sts. Dionys and Valentine June 29, 2010  
Lippetal, North Rhine-Westphalia Münster Basilica of St. Ida July 11, 2011  
Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Basilica of St Laurentius December 21, 2013  
Boppard, Rheinland-Pfalz Trier Basilica of St Severus February 18, 2014  
Duderstadt, Lower Saxony Hildesheim Basilica of St. Cyriakus October 3, 2015  
Wechselburg, Saxony Dresden-Meissen Wechselburg Abbey September 16, 2018  
Ochsenhausen, Baden-Württemberg Rottenburg-Stuttgart Basilica of St. George June 3, 2019[1]  
Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Mark the Evangelist, Reichenau Abbey November 24, 2023  

References edit

  1. ^ "Klosterkirche St. Georg in Ochsenhausen ist "Basilica minor"".

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