Mettmann - Mettmann

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Mettmann
federal stateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Residents
38.829 (2019)
height
140 m
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Mettmann

Mettmann is a city on the border between Rhineland and Bergisches Land and belongs to the Niederberg region.

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Mettmann has around 38,000 inhabitants, the city is characterized by agriculture and medium-sized businesses (automotive suppliers, metal processing). Mettmann is a district town, neighboring cities are Wuppertal, Dusseldorf, Duisburg and eat.

getting there

By plane

The 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) is about 10 km away. A little further away, but within a reasonable distance (approx. 60 km each) are the 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 the Niederrhein Weeze AirportWebsite of this institutionNiederrhein Weeze Airport in the encyclopedia WikipediaNiederrhein Weeze Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryNiederrhein Weeze Airport (Q632410) in the Wikidata database(IATA: NRN), on which low-cost airlines are increasingly on the move.

By train

The stations Mettmann Stadtwald, Mettmann Zentrum and Neanderthal der von der are located in Mettmann Regiobahn operated S-Bahn line S28 (Kaarst - Düsseldorf Hbf. - Mettmann).

By bus

In the street

  • Motorway A3, exit Mettmann / Düsseldorf-Hubbelrath
  • Bundesstrasse 7
  • various country and district roads

mobility

Map by Mettmann

By bus

The operator of all local bus routes is Rheinbahn.

Local bus routes O10, O11, O12, O13

Bus routes from neighboring cities

  • SB68 (Wuppertal center)
  • 738 (Düsseldorf, D Flingern, D-Gerresheim, D-Hubbelrath)
  • 741 (Hilden, Erkrath-Hochdahl, Neandertal)
  • 742 (Haan, Haan-Gruiten)
  • 743 (Erkrath, Neandertal)
  • 745 (Wuppertal Vohwinkel, connection to the suspension railway)
  • 746 (Velbert, Wülfrath)
  • 748 (Wülfrath, ME Obschwarzbach, Ratingen-Homberg)
  • 749 (Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Ratingen)

Timetable information

Tourist Attractions

  • Neanderthal Museum, Talstrasse 300, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: 49 (0)2104 979 70. Site of the first Neanderthal skull. History of human evolution. Game enclosure with animal contemporaries of the Stone Age man.Open: Mon closed, Tue - Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The site closes Nov - Feb at 4:00 p.m. and March - Oct at 5:00 p.m.Price: € 10, children: € 5.50, families: -20%, reduced € 7, arrival by public transport € -1.
  • Nature reserve Neandertal with the site of the Homo Neanderthalensis
  • Ice Age game reserve
  • City History House (old mayor's office)
  • historical tram (Königshofstraße)
  • monument Memories on the history of the city (Lavalplatz)
  • Holocaust memorial (in front of the Protestant church)
  • historic upper town (half-timbered and Bergisch slate houses)
  • cath. St. Lambertus Church with historic market square (half-timbered and Bergisch slate houses)
  • cath. Thomas-More-Kirche (worth seeing: the large altarpiece, worth listening to: the best organ in town)
  • ev. church (18th century, reformed)
  • War memorial (Metzkausen)
  • Goldberger Mühle (historic watermill, on the Goldberger pond near the city forest)
  • Pit 7 (on the border with Haan and Wuppertal, disused limestone quarry, landscape protection area)

activities

shop

  • various grocery stores (some open until 10 p.m.)
  • various food discounters
  • various clothing stores
  • various shoe stores
  • Hardware store
  • various watch and jewelry stores
  • Hairdressers
  • flowers and plants
  • Phone shops
  • Radio / television

After the bankruptcy of the two department stores, there is a lack of shopping opportunities for household goods and electronics.

kitchen

The Bergisches Land is known for hearty food.

Specialties:

  • Pill cooking (similar to potato pancakes)
  • Bergische coffee table "met allem Dröm un Dran", whereby the coffee is served from the famous Dröppelminna (a tap pot) (very opulent, prior fasting recommended).

Beer:

Because of its proximity to Düsseldorf, it is usually top-fermented here Old Also available in restaurants Pilsner, Black beer and wheat, partly also top-fermented Kölsch.

Restaurants

  • 1  Mettmanner Hof, Breite Str. 1, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: (0)2104 952578. Open: Tue - Sun 11.30 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
  • 2  Lindenheide restaurant, Wülfrather Strasse 83, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: (0)2104 24221, Fax: (0)2104 22399, Email: . Open: Mon - Fri 5:30 p.m. - midnight, Sat, Sun public holidays 11.30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - midnight, closed on Tuesdays.
  • 3  Village jug, Johannes-Flintrop-Str. 82, 40822 Mettmann (Metzkausen). Tel.: (0)2104 52477.
  • San Lamberto, Tannisberg 2, 40822 Mettmann, Germany. Tel.: (0)2104 82669. Open: Wed - Mon 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - midnight (hot meals until 11 p.m.), Tuesdays are closed.
  • 5  Postillon, Poststrasse 21, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: (0)2104 176025, Email: . Open: Wed - Mon from 5.30 p.m. (hot meals until 10 p.m.), Sun on public holidays from 12.30 p.m. (hot meals until 9 p.m.), closed on Tuesdays.
  • 6  Peking Garden, Talstrasse 30, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: (0)2104 832999, Email: . Open: Tue - Sat 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Sun public holidays 12:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Mon is day off (except on public holidays).
  • 7  Me Lai Wah, Florastr. 82, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: (0)2104 5594.
  • various fast food restaurants (chicken, kebab, baguette, pizza, burger)

nightlife

  • Stadthalle (events rather seldom)
  • Kino Weltspiegel, Düsseldorfer Str. 2, 40822 Mettmann, Tel .: 02104/97390, (in the upper town - worth seeing, oldest art house cinema in Western Europe)
  • Restaurant scene (because of its proximity to Düsseldorf, we should also explicitly refer to Düsseldorf's old town, which is known as the longest bar in the world sees, referred)

accommodation

  • 1  Hotel Gut Höhne, Düsseldorfer Strasse 253, 40822 Mettmann. Tel.: 49(0)2104 7780, Fax: 49(0)2104 778778, Email: . The hotel also has a restaurant, a bar with snacks and a bistro.Price: single room from € 79, double room from € 130 (from € 109 for single occupancy).

Learn

  • Elementary schools
  • secondary schools
  • secondary school
  • 2 high schools
  • Vocational College
  • music school
  • Adult Education Center (in association with the neighboring town of Wülfrath)
  • private university of applied sciences in the German economy
  • library

security

health

  • Doctors of almost all specialties
  • Possibly hospital

Practical advice

Police station, Manned 24 hours a day: Adalbert-Bach-Platz 1, Metzkausen district, emergency number 110

fire Department-Emergency call: 112 When using the emergency calls you have to indicate the place from which you are calling, as these are emergency call centers for the district.

Daily newspapers with their own local section they are Rheinische Post and the West German newspaper. Evil tongues claim with a certain right that the most widely read newspaper in the area is the newspaper that appears on Wednesdays Store window. On Saturdays, a smaller number of advertisements are published SuperTip.

To go biking: Because of the many inclines, Mettmann is only suitable for cyclists to a limited extent, and there are only a few streets for cycling.

Disabled person: The city has made great efforts in recent years to make Mettmann accessible for disabled people. The pavement on the Jubiläumsplatz and in the Upper Town is unsuitable for wheelchairs and people with reduced mobility. In the hotels, it is advisable to inquire in advance whether the house is suitable for disabled people. All train stations of the Regiobahn and all vehicles on the bus routes are wheelchair accessible.

Parking spaces: The city has sufficient parking spaces, in the city center these are usually chargeable. The parking ticket is free of charge for the first half an hour at the parking machines.

foreign languages: You will get along with English and French in Mettmann, there are now many residents with a Polish, Russian and Turkish migration background.

public toilets: Stadtwald train station (coins required), Jubilee Square (key in the kiosk)

Banks / ATMs Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank, Targobank, Volksbank, Postbank (all in the center), Sparkasse (center, several branches)

  • 3 post offices (city center: Jubiläumsplatz, Metzkausen: Peckhauser Straße, south: Flurstraße)
  • all cellular networks, 3G (UMTS, city center and Metzkausen)

trips

  • Cologne (40 km)
  • Düsseldorf (15 km)
  • Wuppertal (15 km)
  • Euregio around Aachen (60 km)
  • Ruhr area (cultural capital 2010, depending on the destination 20 to 60 km)

literature

  • Mettmann by Gudrun Wolfertz, Sutton Verlag
  • 20 hikes in the Mettmann district by Kurt Kornblum and Gudrun Kornblum, Droste-Verlag

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