Hückelhoven - Hückelhoven

Rurich Castle
Hückelhoven
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
39.931 (2019)
height
75 m, 53 m
Tourist info 49 2452 13-1315
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Hückelhoven

Hückelhoven is a town in the district of Heinsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia at the Lower Rhine.

background

Hückelhoven is a rural medium-sized town in the Rhineland and is located about 35 km southwest of Mönchengladbach and about 40 km north of Aachen in the Rurtal. The city has 38,593 residents in 11 districts. The cities of Erkelenz, Geilenkirchen, Heinsberg and Wassenberg, (all districts of Heinsberg), as well as the city of Linnich and the municipality of Titz (both districts of Düren) border on Hückelhoven. On January 1, 1972, the city of Hückelhoven was also restructured with the municipal reorganization the districts of Altmyhl, Baal, Brachelen, Doveren, Hilfarth, Hückelhoven, Kleingladbach, Millich, Ratheim, Rurich, and Schaufenberg.

In the last 100 years, Hückelhoven has developed from a place with a village character - through the coal mining industry - to a medium-sized town with almost 40,000 inhabitants. At times, up to 6,000 people were employed at the colliery. The city developed into a flourishing business location. The news that the colliery closed in 1997 was all the more rigid. More than 5000 people lost their jobs. New branches of industry and intelligent economic development have made Hückelhoven a modern, service-oriented location that is looking forward to your visit.

getting there

By plane

Hückelhoven is in by plane via the international airports Dusseldorf AirportWebsite of this institutionDüsseldorf Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaDüsseldorf Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsDüsseldorf Airport (Q58226) in the Wikidata database(IATA: DUS), Cologne-Bonn AirportWebsite of this institutionCologne-Bonn Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCologne-Bonn Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryCologne-Bonn Airport (Q157741) in the Wikidata database(IATA: CGN) and Maastricht Aachen AirportWebsite of this institutionMaastricht Aachen Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMaastricht Aachen Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMaastricht Aachen Airport (Q698063) in the Wikidata database(IATA: MST) and the Niederrhein Weeze AirportWebsite of this institutionNiederrhein Weeze Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNiederrhein Weeze Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNiederrhein Weeze Airport (Q632410) in the Wikidata database(IATA: NRN) to reach.

By train

linedescriptioncourse
RE 4Wupper ExpressAachen Hbf. - Mönchengladbach Hbf. - Düsseldorf Hbf - Dortmund Hbf
RB 33Rhine-Niers RailwayAachen Hbf. - Mönchengladbach Hbf. - Krefeld - Duisburg Hbf.

By bus

  • There are several bus stops in the transport association (VRR) in the city, served by the bus routes
  • Timetable information
lineConnections to and from Hückelhoven
AVV 401Erkelenz - Hückelhoven - Oberbruch - Heinsberg and back
AVV 406Erkelenz - Golkrath - Kleingladbach - Ratheim and back
AVV 407Myhl - Gerderath - Hückelhoven - Hilfahrt - Geilenkirchen, and back
AVV 409Ratheim - Hückelhoven - Brachelen - Lindern - Linnich, and back
AVV 495Lövenich - Baal - Hückelhoven - Ratheim - Wassenberg and back
HÜ 1Rurich - Baal - Hückelhoven - Kleingladbach and back

In the street

By bicycle

On foot

mobility

Map of Hückelhoven

Tourist Attractions

Churches and chapels
St. Lambertus Church in Hückelhoven

Churches

Castle, country houses and goods
Rurich Castle

Castle, country houses and goods

  • Water tower on the Wadenberg

  • Headframe and machine hall of the Sophia-Jacoba colliery

  • Locomobile of the Sophia-Jacoba colliery from 1906

Buildings

Monuments

Museum and library

Parks and nature reserves

activities

Recreation

Sports

Equestrian sport

shop

  • Numerous shops, banks and savings banks, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels and small shops are located in the city center of Hückelhoven. The smaller parts of the city are only sparsely populated with shops. Numerous medium-sized to large department stores have been built on and around the former colliery area, forming an extensive shopping center.
  • Commercial and industrial areas of Hückelhoven. The city of Hückelhoven has and provides large-scale commercial space. The Rurtal industrial park and the Hückelhoven-Baal commercial and industrial area are the largest industrial settlements.
  • The city of Hückelhoven offers free parking.

kitchen

Cafes

nightlife

accommodation

RV park

Holiday apartment

Hotel and pension

Learn

Work

health

Practical advice

trips

literature

  • Lower Rhine water mills guide, by Hans Vogt, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
  • Precious and beautiful in the Heinsberg district, by Edwin Pinzek, 1998, ISBN 3-00-002967-2 .
  • Handbook of the Diocese of Aachen, Third edition 1994, ISBN 3-87448-172-7 .

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