Xanten Cathedral, Xanten

Name: Xanten Cathedral
Address: 24 Kapitel, Xanten, Germany

#3 among attractions in Xanten

Top attraction, Church, Gothic architecture

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Xanten Cathedral, sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church situated in Xanten, a historic town in the lower Rhine area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is considered the biggest cathedral between Cologne and the sea. In 1936 it was declared a minor basilica by Pope Pius XI. Even though the church is called a cathedral, it has never been the seat of a bishop. ()

Local name: Xantener Dom Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 51°39'37"N, 6°27'19"E

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24 KapitelXanten Germany

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Xanten Cathedral – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: LVR-Archäologischer Park Xanten, Lower Germanic Limes, Auesee, Kriemhildmühle.

0.7 miNW
Amusement, Amusement park
LVR-Archäologischer Park Xanten, Xanten
19 min walk • The Xanten Archaeological Park is an open-air museum near Xanten on the Lower Rhine. The sponsor is the Landschaftsverband Rheinland, which decided to found the park in 1973. It was opened in 1977 and has been repeatedly expanded since then.
~790 ftN
Archaeological site
Lower Germanic Limes, Xanten
4 min walk • The Lower Germanic Limes is the former frontier between the Roman province of Germania inferior and Germania Magna. The Lower Germanic Limes separated that part of the Rhineland left of the Rhine as well as the Netherlands, which was part of the Roman Empire, from the less tightly controlled regions east of the Rhine.
5.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Beach
Auesee, Wesel
143 min walk • Auesee is an artificial bathing lake in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 50 kilometres northwest from the state capital of Düsseldorf. A popular recreation spot, it has been referred to as the "jewel" of Wesel. Auesee was built from one of the largest gravel excavation sites in North Rhine-Westphalia.
~1610 ftNW
Windmill
Kriemhildmühle, Xanten
8 min walk • The Kriemhildmühle is a historic windmill in Xanten and the only mill of the Lower Rhine, which is operated daily.
4.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lower Rhine Heights
113 min walk • The Lower Rhine Heights is a hill ridge which, with several interruptions, stretches in a broad arc through the Lower Rhine Plain from Krefeld to Nijmegen, between the valley of the Rhine in the east and that of the Niers in the west.
4.3 miNW
Church
St. Mariä Himmelfahrt
111 min walk • Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - a pilgrimage church in Marienbaum, near Xanten. It was built as a monastery church, founded in 1460 Brygida monastery in Marienbaum. From 1802 he was secularization to the parish...
4.9 miSW
51°36'32"N • 6°22'31"E
St. Maria-Magdalena, Sonsbeck
126 min walk • Church