Erftstadt - Erftstadt

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Erftstadt
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
49.801 (2019)
height
95 m, 98 m, 94 m
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Erftstadt

Erftstadt is a city made up of a number of places on the Erft. It belongs to the Rhein-Erft district in North Rhine-Westphalia.

background

Erftstadt was only created in 1969 through the amalgamation of its individual districts. There is therefore no actual center of Erftstadt, but each of the districts has its own town center.

  • Erftstadt is located in the Rhineland Nature Park, which is characterized by lignite opencast mining (recultivation)
  • Erftstadt is not far from the metropolis Cologne, therefore the landscapes are popular as a local recreation area. Bathing lakes are often only accessible with admission and parking fee.

Districts

Ahrem, Blessem and Frauenthal, Bliesheim, Borr and Scheuren, Dirmerzheim, Erp, Friesheim, Gymnich and Mellerhöfe, Herrig, Kierdorf, Köttingen, Lechenich and Konradsheim, Liblar, Niederberg

getting there

Map of Erftstadt

By plane

By train

1 Erftstadt stationErftstadt station in the Wikipedia encyclopediaErftstadt train station (Q15107159) in the Wikidata database is located in the Liblar district and is on the railway line Cologne–Euskirchen (Eifel route). A regional express from Cologne and Trier and a regional train from Cologne and Kall stop here every hour. From the nearest long-distance train station, Köln Hbf, it is a good 20 minutes drive; from Euskirchen 15 minutes, from Trier 2:40 hours

From Bonn you can change trains in Hürth-Kalscheuren (RB) or Köln-Süd (RE) and it takes around 40 minutes.

Unfortunately, there is no train line to Erftstadt from nearby Düren, so paradoxically the fastest connection to Erftstadt train station is via Cologne.

If you don't want to go to the district of Liblar, but rather to Kierdorf, Köttingen or Gymnich, it can be cheaper to take the train to 2 Kerpen-HorremKerpen-Horrem in the encyclopedia WikipediaKerpen-Horrem in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsKerpen-Horrem (Q800933) in the Wikidata database (or Sindorf) and change there to the bus (see below). The same applies if you want to go to the south of Erftstadt (Friesheim, Niederberg, Borr): It can be cheaper here in 3 EuskirchenEuskirchen in the encyclopedia WikipediaEuskirchen in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsEuskirchen (Q800745) in the Wikidata database to switch to the bus.

By bus

From Kerpen-Horrem there is an hourly bus line 955 to Erftstadt-Kierdorf, -Köttingen and -Liblar (travel time 25-40 minutes) and line 920 via Sindorf to Erftstadt-Gymnich, -Dirmersheim, -Konradsheim, -Lechenich and -Bliesheim (travel time 30 -60 minutes). In Horrem it is possible to change from the Erftbahn from Grevenbroich and Bergheim as well as from trains from Aachen and Düren.

Bus line 990 runs every hour from Brühl-Mitte to Erftstadt-Liblar (travel time 20–40 minutes), -Blessem, -Lechenich (50-55 minutes) and -Herrig (just under an hour). From Euskirchen you can also take line 807 directly to Erftstadt-Niederberg (journey time from Euskirchen train station 25 minutes), -Borr, -Friesheim (30-35 minutes), -Ahrem, -Lechenich (40-55 minutes) and -Liblar. From Euskirchen to Liblar, however, you can get much faster by train (15 minutes).

In the street

  • A 61 and A 1, exit Erftstadt.

By bicycle

mobility

Several bus routes operate within Erftstadt. For example, line 807 runs once an hour from the train station in Liblar to Lechenich (10-18 minutes), Ahrem (20 minutes), Friesheim (25 minutes), Borr and Niederberg (30-35 minutes) and on to Euskirchen. Line 920 also provides an hourly connection from Liblar to Bliesheim (10 minutes), Lechenich (20 minutes), Konradsheim (25 minutes), Dirmersheim (28 minutes) and Gymnich (30–35 minutes) and on to Kerpen.

Tourist Attractions

Churches

Church of St. Alban in Liblar
  • 1  Lady Chapel, Frauenthal. Lady Chapel in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMarienkapelle in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLady Chapel (Q1363438) in the Wikidata database.
  • 2  Parish Church of St. Alban, Liblar. Parish Church of St. Alban in the encyclopedia WikipediaParish Church of St. Alban in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsParish Church of St. Alban (Q2316893) in the Wikidata database.
  • 3  Parish Church of St. Kilian, Lechenich. Parish Church of St. Kilian in the encyclopedia WikipediaParish Church of St. Kilian in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsParish Church of St. Kilian (Q1249744) in the Wikidata database.
  • 4  St. Martin Church, Friesheim. Church of St. Martin in the encyclopedia WikipediaChurch of St. Martin in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsChurch of St. Martin (Q1671254) in the Wikidata database.

Palaces and castles

Palaces and castles in Erftstadt
Moated Canal in winter
  • 5  Castle canal. Schloss Gracht in the encyclopedia WikipediaSchloss Gracht in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSchloss Gracht (Q2241245) in the Wikidata database.Impressive moated castle in the district of Liblar with a park designed partly in French and partly in English style.
  • 6  Gymnich CastleGymnich Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGymnich Castle in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryGymnich Castle (Q2241359) in the Wikidata database
  • 7  Redinghoven moated castleWasserburg Redinghoven in the encyclopedia WikipediaWasserburg Redinghoven in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsWasserburg Redinghoven (Q2550871) in the Wikidata database
  • 8  Konradsheim CastleKonradsheim Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaKonradsheim Castle in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryKonradsheim Castle (Q1012702) in the Wikidata database
  • 9  Buschfeld HouseHaus Buschfeld in the encyclopedia WikipediaBuschfeld House in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryBuschfeld House (Q1547825) in the Wikidata database
  • 10  Blessem CastleBlessem Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBlessem Castle in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryBlessem Castle (Q14552209) in the Wikidata database
  • Niederberg CastleNiederberg Castle in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNiederberg Castle in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsNiederberg Castle (Q15790353) in the Wikidata database
  • 11  Lechenich State CastleLandesburg Lechenich in the encyclopedia WikipediaLandesburg Lechenich in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLandesburg Lechenich (Q1802151) in the Wikidata database
  • 12  White Castle FriesheimWhite Castle Friesheim in the encyclopedia WikipediaWhite Castle Friesheim in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsWhite Castle Friesheim (Q1243326) in the Wikidata database

Buildings

Hussar quarters in Lechenich
  • 13  Historic town hall ErftstadtHistoric town hall Erftstadt in the encyclopedia WikipediaHistoric town hall Erftstadt in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHistoric town hall Erftstadt (Q2718711) in the Wikidata database
  • City fortification LechenichCity fortification Lechenich in the encyclopedia WikipediaCity fortification Lechenich in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCity fortifications Lechenich (Q1496798) in the Wikidata database
  • 14  Hussar quarters, Lechenich. Hussar quarters in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHussar quarters in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHussar quarters (Q1638848) in the Wikidata database.

various

Gymnich Jewish cemetery
  • 15 Gymnich Jewish cemeteryJewish cemetery Gymnich in the encyclopedia WikipediaJewish cemetery Gymnich in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsGymnich Jewish Cemetery (Q1716232) in the Wikidata database, (16 Old Jewish cemetery in LechenichOld Jewish cemetery Lechenich in the encyclopedia WikipediaOld Jewish Cemetery Lechenich in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOld Jewish Cemetery Lechenich (Q437994) in the Wikidata database, 17 New Jewish cemetery in LechenichNew Lechenich Jewish Cemetery in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNew Jewish cemetery Lechenich in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsNew Lechenich Jewish Cemetery (Q1980162) in the Wikidata database, New Jewish Cemetery, Dirmerzheim, Erp, Friesheim and Liblar

Several lakes that arose from flooded open-cast lignite mines:

  • 18 ZieselsmaarZieselsmaar in the encyclopedia WikipediaZieselsmaar in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsZieselsmaar (Q199237) in the Wikidata database (northeast of Kierdorf)
  • Köttinger See, 19 Lake ConcordiaLake Concordia in the encyclopedia WikipediaLake Concordia (Q995294) in the Wikidata database and Dinnendahlsee (north of Köttingen)
  • 20 Liblarer SeeLiblarer See in the encyclopedia WikipediaLiblarer See in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsLiblarer See (Q1823051) in the Wikidata database and Franziskussee (northeast of Liblar)
  • 21 DonatusseeDonatussee in the encyclopedia WikipediaDonatussee in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDonatussee (Q1240760) in the Wikidata database (southeast of Liblar)

activities

Donatussee

Walking, hiking or cycling around the individual lakes.

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kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

trips

  • 22  LVR open-air museum in Kommern (Line 773, on-demand bus! Call one hour before departure on 02441 99 45 45 45) from the Mechernich train station to the open-air museum. Alternative: From Mechernich with bus 808 (direction Euskirchen). Exit in Kommern-Mitte. Walk to the museum about 25 minutes.). Tel.: 49 (0)2443 99800. Open: March 30th to October 31st: daily 9 am-7pm. November to March 31: daily 10 am-5pm.Price: Free admission for children under 18 years of age, otherwise € 6.50, parking fee € 2.50 (2014).

literature

Web links

http://www.erftstadt.de/ - Official website of Erftstadt

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