- Kevelaer
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Kevelaer
Wappen = wappen_kevelaer.svg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 06 |lon_min = 15 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Düsseldorf
Kreis = Kleve
Höhe = 20
Fläche = 100.6
Einwohner = 28010
Stand = 2006-09-30
PLZ = 47623 47627
Vorwahl = 0 28 32
Kfz = KLE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 1 54 032
Gliederung = 5
Adresse = Peter-Plümpe-Platz 12
47623 Kevelaer
Website = [http://www.kevelaer.de www.kevelaer.de]
Bürgermeister = Axel Stibi
Partei = CDUKevelaer is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in
North Rhine-Westphalia inGermany . It is the best visitedCatholic pilgrimage location within north-westernEurope . More than 800,000 pilgrims, mostly fromGermany and theNetherlands , visit Kevelaer every year to honor the Virgin Mary.The town participates in international town twinning and it has twinned with
Bury St. Edmunds , in theUnited Kingdom . In the Middle Ages, Bury was also an important place of pilgrimage.External links
* [http://www.kevelaer.de Official site] de icon
* [http://www.marypages.com/KevelaerEng.htm “Build Me A Chapel On This Spot”]
* [http://www.wallfahrt-kevelaer.de/english/ Pilgrimage centre of Kevelaer]
* [http://bedevaartweb.com/kevelaere.htm Build me a chapel!] nl icon
* [http://www.helmut-verhuelsdonk.de/kplatz120502.jpgKevelaer Basilica]
* [http://www.kevelaer.de/kommunen/kevelaer_neu/ressourcen.nsf/files/diashow_5.jpg/$file/diashow_5.jpg Kevelaer Basilica]
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