Discover the Most Beautiful Pilgrimage Sites in the Netherlands

Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Handel

~~~ HISTORY Handel is the oldest Marian pilgrimage site in Brabant. The veneration of Our Lady begins around the year 1220. A statue of Mary is found by a shepherd in a hawthorn bush.…

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Heiloo

HISTORY The history of the origin of the pilgrimage site in Heiloo dates back centuries. History tells... The Runxput, the spring, plays an important role in the origin of...

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – IJsselstein

IJsselstein History A legend tells of a 12th-century statue of the Virgin Mary being found by ditch diggers in the hamlet of Eiteren, near IJsselstein. When the image was taken to the (old) Saint Nicholas' Church in IJsselstein…

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Pilgrimage Sites in the Netherlands – Maastricht

HISTORY The popular devotion to Mary in Maastricht is many centuries old. This veneration existed long before the current statue, Star of the Sea, arrived in Maastricht. This effigy is...

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Renkum

HISTORY In the centre of Renkum in Gelderland stands the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption. It is a three-aisled, Neo-Gothic church, designed by architect Joseph Cuypers (1861-1949). The...

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Roermond

ROERMOND HISTORY In 1607, a chapel is established again on the Zandheuvel. The number of believers increases, and the building soon becomes too small. In 1610, a larger chapel is erected…

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Tienray

TIENRAY HISTORY Tienray, located in the province of Limburg and part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas. Since 1879, it has held the honorary title “Little Lourdes”. This pilgrimage site has a long…

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands – Weert

HISTORY In 1404, the first confraternity was founded, named “Bruderscap ende Susterscap van Onser Sueter Vrouwe”. This was established by Willem VI van Horne (1357-1417), lord of Horne,…

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Pilgrimage sites in the Netherlands - Zegge

HISTORY After the St. Elizabeth's Flood in 1421, a chapel dedicated to Mary was erected by a skipper, so the legend tells. The story passed down states that it is a chapel of thanksgiving for his safe return...

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