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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Düsseldorf

Elevation
  
20 m (70 ft)

Area
  
100.6 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 6:23 PM

State
  
North Rhine-Westphalia

District
  
Kleve

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
28,328 (31 Dec 2010)

Administrative region
  
Düsseldorf

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 38% Humidity

Kevelaer is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the best visited Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. More than 1 million pilgrims, mostly from Germany and the Netherlands, visit Kevelaer every year to honour the Virgin Mary. The population in 2015 was 28,311.

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Map of Kevelaer, Germany

Twin town

  • Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom. In the Middle Ages, Bury St. Edmunds was also an important place of pilgrimage.

    • Notable people

  • Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst (born 1959), German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian.
  • Markus Meurer (born 1959), German outsider artist.

    • References

    Kevelaer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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