Juchen - Jüchen

Juchen is a municipality on the Lower Rhine in the Rhine district of Neuss, in the state North Rhine-Westphalia.

background

On the occasion of the community reform in 1975, the new community Jüchen was formed from the communities Jüchen, Hochneukirch, Garzweiler and Bedburdyck. Today Jüchen consists of the main town and 27 districts, which are spread over around 70 square kilometers of the urban area. In addition to the settlements, the urban area is mainly characterized by agriculture and the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine (or the recultivated areas). Jüchen is one of the most forest-poor places in Germany and only has larger contiguous tree populations in the area of ​​Schloss Dyck with the adjacent districts of Damm and Aldenhoven.

getting there

• by train, regional express train twice an hour from Mönchengladbach (15 minutes) or Cologne (35 minutes)
• Motorway A46 Düsseldorf – Heinsberg
• A540 Grevenbroich-Jüchen motorway
• A44 Aachen-Jüchen motorway
• Motorway A61 Koblenz-Mönchengladbach
• Federal road B59 Mönchengladbach-Jüchen
• Federal road B230 Neuss-Mönchengladbach

mobility

Juchen is very well connected to the trunk road network. The inner cities of the cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne can be reached (outside of peak hours) in 30 and 50 respectively by car. The surrounding medium-sized centers Grevenbroich, Mönchengladbach, Neuss and Korschenbroich can also be easily reached from Jüchen by car and various bus routes that also ensure mobility within the town.

The main town in particular suffers considerably from heavy truck traffic. On the one hand, this is due to the open-cast mine, which trucks loaded with soil do not approach via the designated pit edge road, but rather via the B59 (i.e. the through-town road). In addition, there is the destination and source traffic of the surrounding industrial areas (in particular Regiopark and Neusser Straße (Europalager 3M, Polo) as well as connecting traffic between the A61 and the A46 / A540. This is likely to increase due to the 42 hectare industrial area planned between Grevenbroich and Jüchen .

The relatively narrow and heavily traveled through-town B59 (Kölner Straße / Odenkirchener Straße) has only sections of bike paths that are structurally separated from the carriageway (sometimes only on one side). In several sections there are bicycle protection lanes on the road, but they are at the expense of the already narrow lanes, i.e. they are inevitably used by buses and trucks in particular. Other sections of the route, especially in the town center, do not have any cycle paths / protective strips.

The other districts are easy to reach by bike, so that bike excursions are ideal for exploring the urban area. Often, however, the shortest connection is via busy country roads, so it is advisable to take detours via bike paths and dirt roads. Juchen is part of Rhineland cycling region; there are nine nodes in the urban area.

The bus stops in the city area are gradually being made barrier-free. However, this is to be seen relatively insofar as there are in some cases no sidewalks wide enough for wheelchair users, especially in the smaller districts.

Tourist Attractions

Churches and monasteries

• Catholic parish church St. Jakobus in Jüchen, Kirchstrasse 11, neo-Gothic, three-aisled brick church
• Evangelical Church in Jüchen, Markt 31, single-nave hall from 1676
• Catholic parish church St. Martinus in Bedburdyck, Grevenbroicher Straße 40, baroque brick hall building from 1773/74, the tower is from the previous building from the 12th century (Romanesque-Gothic)
• Nicholas Monastery near Damm (1.5 km northeast of Schloss Dyck), baroque style, west wing dates from 1627, four-wing courtyard was added in 1722–32, changed again in the 19th century

Castles, palaces and gardens

• Haus Katz in Jüchen, a baroque manor house built in 1706, is used today in particular as a meeting room for the local council and for other community events. Weddings are held in a wedding room on 25 Saturdays a year.
• Dyck Castle near Aldenhoven (approx. 9 km northeast of the city center, reachable by bus line 870 in 10–15 minutes, from Neuss in 30 minutes). The moated castle was the former ancestral seat of the Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck princes. The current baroque style building was between 1656 and 1667. It is one of the most important palace complexes in the Rhineland and certainly one of the most beautiful in all of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has been owned by the Schloss Dyck Foundation. It should be known to a national television audience as the backdrop for the series Verbotene Liebe. It is surrounded by an English-style landscaped garden with a remarkable population of old and rare trees. In the wedding room in the south wing, the municipality of Jüchen holds weddings on twelve Saturdays a year.
• In the Gardens of Dyck Castle the state horticultural show of North Rhine-Westphalia took place in 2002.
• Stessen Castle
• Gierath Castle; of the medieval moated castle complex (15th century), the main tower has been preserved.

Buildings

• Villa Lindgens in Jüchen, Steinstrasse 1, representative neo-baroque factory owner's villa from 1904
• Dycker Weinhaus in Damm, Klosterstrasse 1, former customs house from 1654, later the only wine bar in the area as well as room for auctions and court hearings, restaurant and hotel until 2019, then conversion into residential buildings
• Windmill in Hochneukirch, Mühlenstraße 67 (mid 19th century)
• Behrenhof in Hochneukirch, Hochstrasse 10 (end of the 19th century)
• Becherhof in Aldenhoven
• Water tower in wood
• various half-timbered houses and courtyards in Jüchen, Herberath, Schaan, Waat
• numerous historical crossroads
• Silo at the train station

various

• The Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine

activities

Jüchen offers a perfect starting point to visit the brown coal opencast mine. Various methods are possible here. From cycling to walks to long hikes can be easily carried out from here.

• The Garzweiler I open-cast lignite mine at Juchen. This former mining area is currently being filled in very slowly. From the Jüchen train station you can get to the pit by always going south through the underpass. Walking time about 5 minutes.Here you have an impressive view of the size of the pit and the immense machines. There is an interesting ensemble between the wind power plants and caloric power plants on the horizon and the lack of the landscape due to the lignite mining. At the edge of the pit you can follow a forest road to the east. This becomes a path that runs along the edge of the pit without any obstacles. On this way there are always new perspectives. Deer were released in the large area. Various species of birds of prey can also be observed here.
• The Garzweiler II open-cast lignite mine near Hochneukirch west of the BAB 46. In this active mining area is currently (March 2017) work. From the Hochneukirchen train station, follow Peter-Busch-Straße (this street changes its name to "Am Hackhausener Weg") to the south until it ends at the autobahn. Here you follow the forest / sidewalk towards the west until you can cross the motorway at the underpass of Holzer Straße. Walking time about 20-30 minutes.

shop

Food

• REWE Ermer, Kölner Str.28a, 41363 Jüchen, open daily (except Sunday) 8 a.m. - 10 p.m., Tel .: 49 2165 871365.
• ALDI Süd, Kölner Str.26a, 41363 Jüchen, open daily (except Sunday) 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Lidl, Kölner Str. 29, 41363 Jüchen, open daily (except Sunday) 7 am-9pm.
• Netto, Meisingstr. 2, 41363 Jüchen, open daily (except Sunday) 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

kitchen

Regional cuisine:

Remise restaurant in Schloss Dyck, Schloss Dyck, 41363 Jüchen, 49 2165 824260, regional and seasonal cuisine. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (or 5 p.m. in the winter season), closed on Mondays.

Foreign cuisine:

Trattoria Pizzeria La Romantica, In den Weiden 1, 41363 Jüchen, Tel .: 49 2165 1 71 54 00, Italian restaurant with a changing menu of the day, reservations are strongly recommended, especially on weekends. Open Tuesday-Sunday 5:30 pm-10:30pm, closed on Mondays.

Kervan restaurant, Odenkirchener Str. 5, 41363 Jüchen, Tel .: 49 2165 8721710, Turkish and Mediterranean dishes.

Pizzeria Fiorello, Markt 20, 41363 Jüchen, Tel .: 49 2165 1033, Pizzeria (pizzas, pasta dishes, Turkish dishes).

Mesopotamia grill Markt 4, 41363 Jüchen, Tel .: 49 163 9272173, Turkish dishes.

Ice cream parlors

Eiscafé Stasi, Kölner Straße 34, open daily (February - October) from 10 a.m., Tel .: 49 2165 1392.

nightlife

accommodation

trips

• Grevenbroich (7 km east, 5 minutes by train)
• Mönchengladbach (Rheydt: 9 km north, 13 minutes by train; Gladbach: 13 km, 15 minutes)
• Korschenbroich (12 km north)
• Bedburg (17 km southeast)
• Erkelenz (18 km west)

literature

Web links

• http://www.juechen.de - Official website of Jüchen