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St. Walburga, Werl

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St. Walburga, Werl

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The church of St. Walburga in Werl is a 14th-century Gothic hall building with a 62-meter-high late Romanesque tower with a Baroque Welsh dome. It is built of local green sandstone. The church was elevated to the status of a provost church by Pope Leo XIII in 1892. The parish belongs to the archbishopric of Paderborn. The parish was one of the oldest in the Soest Deanery in the Archdiocese of Cologne, to which it formerly belonged.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°33'9"N, 7°54'51"E
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1 KirchplatzWerl Germany

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St. Walburga – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wallfahrtsbasilika Mariä Heimsuchung, Fürstenberg Castle, Sankt Albanus und Cyriacus, Evangelische Kirche Rhynern.

  • wallfahrtsbasilika maria heimsuchung werl~540 ftNE
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    Wallfahrtsbasilika Mariä Heimsuchung, Werl

    3 min walk • The Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady also called Werl Basilica is a Catholic church located in Werl, Germany which was declared a minor basilica in 1953. It is dedicated to the Visitation of Mary.

  • furstenberg castle5.7 miS
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    Fürstenberg Castle

    145 min walk • Fürstenberg Castle, also called the Electoral Cologne State Castle, is a ruined castle near the former site of the village Höingen, in the municipality of Ense, Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

  • sankt albanus und cyriacus5.4 miNE
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    Sankt Albanus und Cyriacus

    139 min walk • The Lutheran Church of St. Albanus and Cyriakus is a listed church building in Welver, a municipality in the district of Soest.

  • evangelische kirche rhynern hamm5.9 miNW
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    Evangelische Kirche Rhynern, Hamm

    152 min walk • The Protestant parish church is a listed church building in Rhynern, a district of the independent city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia.

  • alte klosterkirche werl~390 ftNE
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    Alte Klosterkirche, Werl

    2 min walk • A pilgrimage to a statue of Mary in Werl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the building of pilgrimage churches there. The first one, completed in 1662, was replaced by a Baroque building completed in 1789, which later became known as the Alte Wallfahrtskirche.

  • st paulus church werl~1820 ftNE
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    St. Paulus Church, Werl

    9 min walk • St. Paul's Lutheran Church is a landmark church building in Werl in the district of Soest.

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Which popular attractions are close to St. Walburga?

Nearby attractions include Alte Klosterkirche, Werl (2 min walk), Wallfahrtsbasilika Mariä Heimsuchung, Werl (3 min walk), St. Paulus Church, Werl (9 min walk).

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