Düren - Düren

Düren is a city in the lower Rurtal in North Rhine-Westphalia.

background

location

Düren lies in the Cologne Bay, with small shares on the northern edge of the Eifel. In Düren, the transition from the low mountain range of the Eifel to the Lower Rhine to recognize. Düren is the most important city among the big cities Aachen and Cologne and is located south of Neuss. Düren is the district town of the Düren district.

Districts

• 50.8376.4881 Arnoldsweiler
• 50.7746.4432 Birgel
• 50.8266.4633 Birkesdorf
• 50.7986.4294 Derichsweiler
• 50.8266.4185 Echtz-Konzendorf
• 50.7946.4446 Gürzenich
• 50.8296.4427 Hoven
• 50.8756.4258 Krauthausen
• 50.7686.4789 Lendersdorf
• 50.8156.44210 Mariaweiler
• 50.8476.42411 Notice
• 50.7686.4812 Niederau
• 50.796.46613 Rölsdorf

history

Düren has a very old city history that goes back to the Germanic tribes. A Roman garrison was located here, and later Charlemagne had a palace built here (it was roughly on the site of today's Anna Church). Until the First World War, Düren was one of the richest cities in the empire at that time. The exceptionally beautiful city had a tram network and its own theater.

At the end of the Second World War it was devastated. With 99% of the apartments destroyed, Düren was the city in Germany hardest hit by the bombing. Today's Düren was completely rebuilt after the end of the war according to the urban planning knowledge of the time. As a result, the city center is predominantly shaped by the architecture of the 1950s. Some of the few buildings that survived the war still have traces of air raids.

getting there

By plane

From just 60 km away 50.8658333333337.1427777777778Cologne-Bonn Airport(IATA: CGN) you can take the S-Bahn (S13 / S19) directly to Düren in 50 minutes. The 51.2894444444446.7666666666667Dusseldorf Airport(IATA: DUS) is 90 km away, with the RE you need 1:15 hours (1 hour travel time by train via Cologne). The 50.9125585.769536Maastricht Aachen Airport(IATA: MST) is almost 70 km away, but it takes more than two hours by bus and train (two changes).

The small sports airfield Aachen-Merzbrück is 25 km west of Düren.

By train

Long-distance trains rarely stop 50.80986.48351 Dueren train station: only on Sundays an ICE from Berlin (via Hanover, Ruhr area), as well as an Intercity each from Hamburg (via Bremen, Ruhr area) and Dresden (via Berlin, Hanover, Ruhr area) and on Fridays an IC from Aachen to continue to Stralsund (via Ruhr area, Hamburg)

Regionalexpress 1 Aachen – Cologne – Düsseldorf – Dortmund – Hamm and RE 9 Aachen – Cologne – Siegen stop every hour, so there are two trains per hour from Aachen and Cologne, the journey from Aachen and Cologne takes 25 minutes.

The S-Bahn line S19 runs twice an hour from Au (victory) via Cologne / Bonn Airport (55 minutes) and Cologne (35 minutes) to Düren.

There is also a regional train to Düren every hour from Aachen, Stolberg and Eschweiler.

The Rurtalbahn runs every hour (every half hour during rush hour) on the one hand from Linnich and Jülich, on the other hand from Heimbach and Kreuzau to Düren. In addition to the Düren station, it also stops at the stops In the great valley (North industrial area), Annakirmesplatz (City Southwest), Cow bridge (South edge), Lendersdorf, Renkerstrasse (at the Lendersdorf Hospital) and Cloth mill (Niederau district).

There is also a direct connection from Euskirchen and Zülpich (every two to four hours).

By bus

Within the region there are regular bus connections from all directions to Düren.

In the street

The motorway runs through the urban area Cologne – Aachen, with its own junction Düren.

The B 56 leads from Jülich and Euskirchen, the B 264 from Eschweiler and Kerpen, and the B 399 from Monschau to Düren.

By bicycle

The RurUfer cycle path leads downstream from Monschau (67 km), Nideggen (22 km) and Kreuzau (9 km) to Düren, in the opposite direction from Jülich (20 km), Linnich (33 km), Heinsberg (58 km) and Roermond.

The Kaiser route, named after Charlemagne, leads from Aachen (43 km) via Düren and Bedburg (62 km) to Paderborn.

mobility

• Rurtalbahn and buses of the DKB and regional transport Euregio Maas-Rhein

Tourist Attractions

Churches

• 50.80146.483891  Anna Church. .Catholic Church with the main relic of St. Anna, who is considered the mother of Mary (were stolen in Mainz and were then allowed to be kept by the Düren people after the papal's approval). The modern church building dates from the 1950s, but individual parts of the Gothic predecessor building have also been preserved.last change: not specified
• Christ Church, Protestant
• Marienkirche, catholic, neo-Gothic
• Joseph Church, catholic
• two mosques

Castles, chateaux and palaces

• 50.7669055555566.49748888888892  Burgau Castle. .Moated castle in the Niederau district.last change: not specified
• Remains of the medieval city wall and defense towers

Buildings

• Railway station with an old reception building from 1874
• Examples of the beautiful pre-war architecture of Düren can be found e.g. B. in Holzstrasse and Goethestrasse
• Green belt, at the east end of the city center, with classic-modern brick buildings from the first half of the 20th century, was largely spared from war damage

Monuments

• Memorial for the destruction of Düren in 1944, town hall forecourt
• Rückriem steles, ten memorials spread across the city. Except for one, the granite steles refer to National Socialism and World War II, only the stele in Mariaweiler at the Anne Frank Comprehensive School refers to the future.

Museums

• 50.80086.479443  Paper museum, Wallstrasse 2-8, 52349 Düren. Tel.: 49 (0)2421 25 25 61, Email: [email protected]. .Open: Tue – Sun, public holidays 10: 00–17: 00; Thu 17: 00-19: 00.last change: not specified
• 50.80156.479334  Leopold Hoesch Museum. .Mainly art of classical modernism (20th century), especially expressionism.last change: not specified
• 50.80926.48565  City Museum Düren, Arnoldsweilerstr. 38. Tel.: 49 (0)2421 1215925, Email: [email protected]. .last change: not specified

Parks and gardens

• Rurauen with the Willy-Brandt-Park in the south of the city center, the Rurpark in the north of the city center and the Rur-Ufer cycle path; it runs through the entire urban area and continues in both directions.
• Stadtwald Düren at the city limits Kreuzau
• Adenauerpark
• Gürzenich Forest
• Schillingspark in Gürzenich, can only be entered on certain occasions

activities

• Indoor swimming pool
• several bathing lakes
  • 50.80446.440286  Düren bathing lakelast change: not specified
  • 50.81976.421947  Echtzer Seelast change: not specified
• House of the city: theater, musical, opera
• Kulturfabrik EndArt: Concerts, parties
• Arena Kreis Düren: concerts, sports, comedy
• Come on: theater, parties, concerts
• watch a game of the men's volleyball Bundesliga club SWD Powervolleys Düren

Regular events

• Carnival:
  • Children's carnival procession in January
  • Green belt train, a Sunday or two before Carnival
  • Orchid procession on Carnival Sunday, with participants from different countries
• Children's flea market - in April
• May market and May fair - late April / early May
• Geranium market - in May
• Beer market - in June
• Annakirmes - At the end of July / beginning of August, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany
• Jazz days in August
• City festival in September
• Potato market - in September
• Autumn market - in October
• Oktoberfest
• Martinsmarkt - in November (since 2006)
• Christmas market - in November / December
• movie theater
• Street volleyball
• Dialect festival
• Cologne night
• various summer parties and concerts at the Düren bathing lake

shop

• extensive pedestrian zone
• City center
• Large weekly market from fruit to game 3 times a week

kitchen

Argentine

• El Rancho
• Dalmacija

Slavic

• City crown
• Blue grotto

Italian

• Il Gusto, on Ahrweilerplatz (St. Anna Church): homemade pasta, cocktails, friendly service, rather inexpensive
• Castello, near Kaiserplatz: medium price range
• La Taverna
• Torreveccia
• L`Osteria
• Trattoria Toscana, at the Pletzerturm: priced rather high, but also good quality. Dishes on the menu of the day are a little cheaper.
• La Cantina, good quality

Chinese

• Great Wall of China: Medium price range: Sunday buffet 11 EUR
• Mayflower
• Mongol Hann: Medium price range, generous selection
• various others

Mexican

• Dolce Buritos

Turkish

• Lots of snacks and a few restaurants

Greek

Dimitra Zülpicher Straße (middle price range, but great)

Spanish

• Ole Gaucho (goes like this)

German

• DAS BRAUHAUS - Birra Duria light, dark and wheat beer brewed for Düren
• Nice view Kölner Landstrasse (upscale gastronomy) (The food is worth its price)
• Teuterhof (former Stadtpark restaurant)
• Old Fritz
• Alt Düren
• Franciscan
• Tunnel factory
• Cusin currently
• Magellan
• Breuer's house
• Brake pad

nightlife

• Pub DADA / Harry´s / Leo´s stop at the WE Party occasionally live concerts
• Bistro's pubs Scoozie-Extrablatt-Kockelkorn

accommodation

Cheap

• Hotel to the night watchman (closed)
• Etap
• Mariaweiler Hof in the Mariaweiler district [1]

medium

• Posthotel
• Dorint Hotel

security

health

There are four hospitals in the city area.

Practical advice

trips

Neighboring municipalities:

• Merzenich (5 km northeast; S-Bahn to the main town)
• Kreuzau (7 km south), there is a direct connection with the Rurtalbahn
• Niederzier (10 km north): There is a direct bus connection to the main town, the districts of Huchem-Stammeln, Selhausen and Krauthausen are served by the Rurtalbahn
• Longing (10 km to the west), there is a direct connection by train
• Norvenich (13 km east), is known from the Bundeswehr air base. There is a direct bus connection from Düren-Kaiserplatz

• Huertgenwald (14 km southwest), there is a direct bus connection from Düren-Kaiserplatz.

near excursion destinations

• Jülich (18 km north; 20 minutes with the Rurtalbahn) - Citadel
• Aachen (38 km to the west; 25 minutes by train) - Imperial City
• Cologne (50 km east; 25 minutes by train) - Cathedral City
• Nideggen (15 km south; with Rurtalbahn to Kreuzau, then bus 210, travel time 3/4 hour. If you take your bike with you on the Rurtalbahn to Nideggen-Brück, then 2 km uphill) - Burg

• Largest open-cast lignite mine (Hambach) (3/4 hour with trains up to Bergheim)

Netherlands

• Maastricht Old town (2 hours by train with changes in Aachen and Landgraaf)
• Heerlen Shopping city (1 1/2 hours by train with a change in Aachen)

Belgium (Brussels) (by train 2 1/2 hours with a change in Aachen)

Eifel:

• Heimbach (3/4 hour with the Rurtalbahn)
• Rursee (2 hours by train and bus to Rurberg
• Vulkaneifel (bad with public transport)
• Bitburg (bad with public transport)
• Monschau (2 hours by train and bus via Aachen)

literature

• various authors and other artists have their origin here
• City library
• various bookstores and second-hand bookshops

Web links

https://www.dueren.de/ - Official website of Düren