Pilgrimage church

A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.

Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of saints, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are ascribed or saintly relics that are safeguarded by the church for their veneration. Such relics may include the bones, books or pieces of clothing of the saints, occasionally also fragments of the cross of Jesus, pieces of the crown of thorns, the nails with which he was fixed to the cross and other similar objects. Pilgrimage churches were also built at places where miracles took place.

List of Roman Catholic pilgrimage churches

For non-Catholic pilgrimage churches, see List of Christian pilgrimage sites.

Churches are listed in alphabetical order of the sites in or near where they are located.

Austria

  • Ardning, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenberg (Wallfahrtskirche Frauenberg an der Enns)
  • Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schutz am Bründl (Katholische Kirche Maria Schutz)
  • Berg bei Rohrbach, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost (Wallfahrtskirche Maria Trost)
  • Bergheim near Salzburg: Maria Plain
  • Christkindl, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Christkindl (Wallfahrtskirche Christkindl)
  • Fernitz, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost (Wallfahrtskirche Maria Trost Fernitz)
  • Gaflenz, Upper Austria: St. Sebald am Heiligenstein
  • Graz, Styria: Mariagrüner Kirche, Graz
  • Graz, Styria: Mariatrost Basilica
  • Gurk, Carinthia: Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk)
  • Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Wallfahrtskirche Hilfreiche Jungfrau Maria auf dem Mariahilfberg)
  • Heiligengrab, Bleiburg, Carinthia
  • Horn, Lower Austria: Maria Dreieichen
  • Kaltenberg, Upper Austria
  • Kaltenbrunn, Tyrol
  • Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg
  • Maria Dornach (Mitteldorf), Großkirchheim, Carinthia
  • Maria Gail, Villach
  • Maria Hilf ob Guttaring, Carinthia
  • Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria
  • Maria Loreto, Saint Andrew i. L., Carinthia
  • Maria Rain, Carinthia
  • St Mary's Church, Maria Saal, Carinthia
  • Maria Schmolln, Upper Austria
  • Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schnee (Maria Luggau), Lesachtal, Carinthia
  • Maria Schnee (at about ten places in Austria and several places in Germany and neighbouring countries)
  • Mariastein, Tyrol
  • Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria)
  • Maria Waitschach, Guttaring, Carinthia
  • Mariazell, Styria – which in 2003–2005 was the venue for the Central European Catholics Day
  • Molln, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenstein
  • Pottenstein: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost im Elend
  • Poysdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Bründl
  • Saalfelden, Salzburg: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kirchenthal
  • Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Elend
  • St. Wolfgang, Upper Austria
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades, Metnitz, Carinthia
  • Schollach, Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz
  • Seggauberg, Styria: Pilgrimage Church on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz
  • Sonntagberg, Lower Austria
  • Our Dear Lady, Hochfeistritz, Eberstein, Carinthia
  • Zistersdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Moos (oldest spring shrine in Lower Austria)
  • Sanctuary of the Christkindl Church, Steyr

Brazil

Croatia

  • Trsat, Dalmatia, Croatia: Pilgrimage Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, Cathedral of St Vitus

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Great Britain

Holy Land

Ireland

Italy

Lebanon

Latvia

Lithuania

Mexico

Netherlands

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

Syria

See also

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