BASILICA OF ST LUDGERUS

ESSEN-WERDEN

GERMANY

The romanesque church of the former Benedictine abbey founded by Saint Ludgerus.

"Filled with God's love, St Ludgerus set out again and again to bring the good news of Christ to the people of his beloved homeland.”

- Benedict XVI.

A university next door and a river just a few steps down from the square. A Romanesque church with a beautiful crypt underneath. You stop on a long road as the medieval travellers in the old Benedictine monastery.

LINKS

Website (German): https://www.ludgerus.ruhr/

Wikipedia (German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ludgerus_(Werden)

Wikipedia (English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werden_Abbey

VISITS

February 15, 2017