St Antonius basilica, Rheine

The Basilica of St. Anthony is a neo-Romanesque church building in Rheine-Eschendorf. The church was built between 1899 and 1905 in the style of a Romanesque imperial cathedral and dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. It is located on the right bank of the Ems River on Osnabrücker Straße and is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Anthony in Rheine. With 650 seats, a total length of 90 meters and a maximum width of 39 meters, the representative building is the largest house of worship in the city and dominates the image of the district with its imposing dimensions. St. Anthony's Basilica is considered one of the most elaborate and important church buildings of the late historicism in Germany.