Rheinbach - Rheinbach

Rheinbach is a city in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia, about 18 km west of downtown Bonn and about 50 km south of Cologne.

background

The city was first mentioned in a document in 762. During the war, the city fell to France and Prussia.

After the Second World War, several specialist glass companies from the Sudetenland settled here and established Rheinbach's reputation as a Glass city. In 1957, Rheinbach became a Bundeswehr base.

getting there

By train

The Rheinbach train station is on the Voreifelbahn. Line S23 runs every 30 minutes (sometimes 15 minutes) along the route Bonn - Rheinbach - Euskirchen – Bad Münstereifel.

In the street

Rheinbach is on the BAB 61 Cologne–Ludwigshafen.

Buses run to Bonn above Witterschlick and Euskirchen.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

Museums

• 50.6244076.949191  Rheinbach Glass Museum. barrier-free.Open: Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Admission for adults € 3.last change: Sep. 2016 (information may be out of date)
• Mostert Carriage Museum
• Nature Park Center of the Rhineland Nature Park

Buildings

• Old town house (Am Bürgerhaus 5)
• Bocksturm
• Tomburg castle ruins near Wormersdorf
• Witch tower
• Himmeroder Hof
• Kallenturm
• Roman aqueduct ("Roman Canal")
• Wasemer tower
• Forest chapel
• Windmill tower

Catholic parishes

• Catholic parish of St. Martin, Rheinbach with the churches
  • St. Aegidius, Oberdrees
  • St. Antonius, Niederdrees
  • St. Basilides, Ramershoven
  • St. Joseph, Queckenberg
  • St. Margareta, Neukirchen / Merzbach
  • St. Martin, Flerzheim
  • St. Martin, Hilberath
  • St. Martin, Rheinbach City
• Catholic parish of St. Martin, Wormersdorf in the pastoral care area of ​​Meckenheim

Evangelical congregations

• Evangelical Congregation Rheinbach, Gnadenkirche
• Free Evangelical Church Congregation

activities

• Leisure park with children's playground, lakes and mini golf course

• Monte Mare (Leisure pool, sauna and indoor diving center) last change: not specified

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kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

• 50.60836.94421  Waldhotel Rheinbach. Tel.: 49(0)2226 1570, Fax: 49(0)2226 157 157, Email: [email protected]. The Wilhelminian style hotel has 16 upscale hotel rooms, two cafés, a beer garden and a meadow with orchards. It also has several conference rooms.last change: not specified

Camping / RV

• 50.620396.933242  RV park, Münstereifeler Strasse (at the Monte Mare swimming pool). de facto a parking lot, without electricity, without supply / disposal.Price: free.last change: Feb. 2017 (information may be out of date)

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Practical advice

trips

• Roman villa in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, approx. 20 km

literature

• Fink, Klaus: History of the castle, the city and the Rheinbach office: from the beginning to the end of the 18th century. Bonn: Roehrscheid, 1965.

Web links

• http://www.rheinbach.de - Official website of Rheinbach