Historic Town Center of Werden

The Basilica of St. Ludgerus dates back to around 800, when the Frisian missionary Liudger, who later became the first Bishop of Münster, founded a Benedictine monastery here. The abbey church was built in its present form in 1256. One of the last monuments of Romanesque architecture in the Rhineland, this cruciform, three-aisled gallery basilica is also a historical document.