What is Bethen?
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}} [[File:Bethen Wallfahrtsbasilika.jpg|thumb|Bethen Pilgrimage basilica]] '''Bethen''' is a small town on the edge of the German city [[Cloppenburg]] in Lower Saxony. It is a Marian shrine, as such first mentioned in 1448. {{commonscat|Bethen}} {{coord|52|51|55|N|8|03|44|E|type:landmark_region:DE-NI_source:dewiki|display=title}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Cloppenburg (district)]]