Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom

Name: Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom
Address: DE

Church in Velbert, Germany

Maria, Königin des Friedens (Mary, Queen of Peace) is a pilgrimage church and parish in Neviges, part of Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The pilgrimage dates back to 1676. Neviges was the home of a Franciscan monastery from 1675 until the end of 2019. A church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in 1728 became too small for the growing numbers of pilgrims in the 20th century. Inspired by the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Josef Frings of Cologne was open to a radically new church building. Gottfried Böhm designed a building in brutalist style that won the cardinal's approval. It

From Maria, Königin des Friedens on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:: Church
Where:: Velbert, Germany
Coordinates:: 51.31°N, 7.09°E

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