St. Anthony

The parish church of St. Antonius is a Catholic church in Kevelaer. It is under the patronage of Anthony the Great.

The parish of Kevelaer was created in 1472 by separation from the parish of Weeze. The small, Gothic village church, built around 1450, remained unchanged until the 19th century. The reconstructed remains of this building are integrated into today's modern church interior and are used as a chapel. A larger, magnificently designed, neo-Gothic church with the approximate ground plan of today's main building was not built until after the construction of St. Mary's Basilica and consecrated in 1904. The church was largely destroyed in the Second World War and rebuilt in 1952. In order to make the church meet the requirements of the 2nd Vatican Council, an extensive redesign took place in 1972, especially of the choir.

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