The pilgrimage town Werl (German pronunciation: [vɛʁl] ⓘ; Westphalian: Wiärl) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the Soest district in the Arnsberg administrative district.

At the end of 2018, Werl had 32,994 inhabitants on an area of 76.35 square kilometers;[3] this corresponds to a population density of 432 people/km2.

The Werler part of the lowlands is, in terms of landscape and economy, more dominated by agriculture.

Werl also had the "Forum der Völker", an ethnological museum, which closed permanently in early 2024.

Today this relic is in the Wallfahrtsbasilika and is looked after by the Franciscan religious order.