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Remscheid

Country:
Germany
State:
North Rhine-Westphalia
City:
Remscheid
Type of Location:
Multiple
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How to Reach

By Air

The international airports of Dusseldorf and Cologne / Bonn and the regional airport in Dortmund can be reached by car or train in 45 to 60 minutes.

By Train

Remscheid since 1868 to reach over railroad tracks in Wuppertal-Barmen upper-Solingen, which is currently being navigated by the regional train RB47-line "The Müngstener" Hauptbahnhof Wuppertal (W-Elberfeld) to Solingen Hauptbahnhof (SG-Ohligs). In the urban area there are four stations: Luettringhausen, Lennep, Remscheid Station and Guldenwerth.The railway line crosses on the border of Remscheid coming to the city of Solingen Müngstener Bridge, Germany's highest steel railroad bridge. The nearest long-distance train stations are located in Wuppertal and Solingen.

By Road

The city of Cologne is on the federal motorway A 1 is connected (exit 95b "Remscheid" and exit number 95a "RS-Lennep / RS-Luettringhausen-South") on the German motorway network.The exit Wuppertal-Ronsdorf / RS-Luettringhausen-North is located directly behind the city limits. Eschbach, near the dam is the first rest stop on the A Remscheid Ferner fuhren die Bundesstraben B 51, B 229 and B 237, sowie die Landesstraben L 58, L 74, L 80, L 81, L 157, L 216, L 407, L 409, L 411, L 412, L 415 and L 417 durch das Stadtgebiet.

By Trambus

The operation of the Ronsdorf-Mungstener railroad, which has opened the Morsbachtal in the north of the city for economic entities and the (rather small) passenger from 1890/1891 and are derived from several tram lines, was set 1959th.Public transport (public transport) buses serve the Stadtwerke Remscheid GmbH.The most important point is the bus Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in the Remscheid city.From here there are buses to all parts of the city and other cities like Wuppertal, Solingen and Cologne.All transportation must be used in Remscheid at uniform prices within the transport association Rhein-Ruhr (VRR).When traveling in the south (for example Wermelskirchen, Radevormwald, Huckeswagen, Leverkusen) has applied since 1 January 2005 a uniform tariff of the transport association Rhein-Sieg.

Key places to visit
Teo Otto Theater, German Rontgen Museum, Cloth Museum Lennep, German Tool Museum, St. Engelbert Church, City Evangelical Church

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Places to Visit

Teo Otto Theater

is the municipal theater in Remscheid.It is the largest and most important of the three theaters in the city.It is in close proximity to City Hall in downtown Remscheid.The Teo-Otto-Theater can accommodate 620 persons.In addition to the normal theater program plays the Symphony Orchestra of the towns of Solingen and Remscheid, the " Bergische Symphoniker ", various operas, concerts and musicals.In addition, there is an annual 'Night of Sports "takes place, in which the best athletes will be chosen Remscheid.In 1952, the plans of architect Ernst chicken begun the first phase.On 11 January 2000, the city of Remscheid in the theater on their monument list.Almost a year later on 30 September 2001 it was named after the Remscheider designer Teo Otto named.This was followed by the renovation works were completed in 2003.

German Rontgen Museum

is located just a few hundred meters away from the birthplace of the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, Gansemarkt 1 in Remscheid - Lennep in a mansion at the Altberg Schwelmer Strabe 41.Now on 2500 m2 area the visitor an extensive historical and technical overview of the work is taught radiography.Awarded the first Nobel Prize was awarded in the history of the discovery of X-rays , which he called "X-rays", on 10 December 1901.As part of the 2006 Regional Museum of the X-ray was reconstructed. The opening of the first phase of construction took place late March 2007. The museum should be the end of 2010 have been completed, later in the completion date was postponed to 2012.

Cloth Museum Lennep

The cloth in the museum Lennep Remscheid district Lennep documents the history of the cloth industry in the Bergische Land.While in Wülfing Museum in Dahlerau by the association, "John Wülfing & Son - Museum e. V." a preserved monument of a textile mill industry with an efficient machinery is present, is documented in Lennep by Anna Hardt Foundation in a school building in the history of the two Hardtstraße Bergische textile industry on the example of Johann Wulfing & Son.The last textile mill closed bergische 1996th The cloth museum continued after 10 years working in its textile museum Wülfing Lennep.Both museums are complementary in their presentations.After all the exhibits were packed, the search for a new home designed to be difficult. Finally, the premises in the GGS Baron. von Stein found. As politics and administration had the city of Remscheid found a feasible way, began the conversion work. Within a short time, the permanent exhibition to move into the new rooms.In the summer of 1997 was the cloth of the municipal museum in the presence of representatives of Remscheid and Radevormwald over to the public. Since then the museum is run by volunteers. Anna supports the Hardt Foundation is based in Remscheid.

German Tool Museum

is the city of Remscheid, the only museum of its kind in Germany.It houses an extensive engineering, social and cultural history collection of tools of various millennia, from the Stone Age to 21 Century.The collection has regional crafts and industrial historical importance, they include hand tools, machine tools and power tools.Ended with the 1996 reconstruction and expansion activities, a new concept developed professional museum and the German Tool Museum reopened on the basis of this concept 1998th.The redesigned tool museum shows the importance of the Remscheid region as an important center of German machine tool industry. It also documented the development of tool production, use of tools and tool of the trading and sales throughout Germany.

St. Engelbert Church

is a Catholic church in Remscheid district Guldenwerth.With its 25m high bell tower, they form the image of the suburb.The church has about 150 people.The Church is the youngest of the city, the cornerstone was laid on 19 February 1989, the inauguration of the Church on 27 Held in May 1990.Dusseldorf was the architect Wilhelm Dahmen.In addition to three other churches, it belongs to the parish of St. Suitbertus, Remscheid.The church is under the patronage of the holy Count Engelbert II of Berg.Bert Gerresheim created the bronze cross to the back wall.The abstract artistic design of the window is by Professor Johannes Schreiter.In the larger circle of the floor plan of the pews are a semi-circle facing the altar area.A coffered wood ceiling spans the otherwise in graduated shades of gray space and gives it a warm touch.The organ was in 1996 by the company Kreienbrink built in Osnabruck.It has 2 manuals, 12 stops and 788 pipes.The organ has change slider chests and mechanical games and register contracture.

City Evangelical Church

is the Evangelical Church of main Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia.Under the present church, a baroque hall of archaeological investigations in 1979 two predecessor churches have been detected.By 1000 the chapel was built here one Fronhof.Is a small hall church with a rectangular choir.The patronage is not known 1189 wrote on Count Engelbert I of Berg the chapel as his own church the Church founded by him coming to the St. John to the castle fortress.The St. John replaced the structure in the second half of the 12th Century by a three-nave Romanesque basilica with arched apse and choir house, similar to the still existing church of St. Anthony Abbot to Herkenrath who also belonged to the burgers to come.This was after a document from the year 1385 the apostle Paul ordained.

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October - December
April - June

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