12 Sights in Monschau, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Monschau, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Monschau. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Monschau1. Monschau City Church
The Evangelical City Church of Monschau is a church in Monschau in the Aachen city region in North Rhine-Westphalia and is registered under number 57 in the list of monuments in Monschau. It is a church of the Evangelical parish of Monschauer Land in the church district of Aachen of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.
2. Rotes Haus
The Red House in Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, is a former ancestral home of the Scheibler family of entrepreneurs and is now accessible as a museum that presents bourgeois living culture at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The large patrician house was probably built between 1752 and 1768 by the cloth manufacturer Johann Heinrich Scheibler. Because of its façade color, it is called the Red House.
3. Fotografie-Forum der StädteRegion Aachen
The Photography Forum of the Aachen City Region is a museum location in Monschau with a focus on photography. The house is open to all interested parties on six days a week as an exhibition and cultural meeting place with free admission.
4. St. Mariä Geburt
The Church of St. Mary's Nativity is a listed Baroque church building in Monschau in the Aachen city region of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built from 1649 to 1650 by the Premonstratensian Fathers of the former monastery of Reichenstein near Kalterherberg and on the initiative of their prior, Stephan Horrichem, as the first parish church in the community.
5. Troistorff House
Haus Troistorff is a listed residential building in Monschau in the Aachen city region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1783 by an unknown master builder for the cloth manufacturer Matthias Peter Wolfgang Troistorff (1737–1784), from whom it got its name. It is now owned by the Aachen City Region and is used for receptions, conferences, weddings or exhibitions. The house is home to the "Kunst- und Kulturverein Haus Troistorff", which is responsible for planning and organising the events there.
6. Historical Mustard Mill
The mustard mill Monschau is located at Laufenstraße 118 in Monschau. The Laufenbach flows past the mill, a tributary of the Rur. The owner and operator is the Breuer family in the fifth generation. Both the buildings and the technical equipment are listed buildings.
7. Haller
The Haller is an old fortification from the 13th century in Monschau. Today, the complex, which is located opposite Monschau Castle, is regarded as an independent fortification structure and not as a parked watchtower of Monschau Castle.
8. Amtsgericht Monschau
Monschau is the seat of the district court of Monschau, which is responsible for the city of Monschau and the municipality of Simmerath in the southern city region of Aachen. Around 28,400 people live in the 206 km² judicial district. Neighboring district courts are Aachen, Düren, Eschweiler and Schleiden.
9. Pauls’sches Haus
The Pauls'sche Haus is a typical representative Monschau town house, which was significantly rebuilt in the second half of the 18th century in the Rococo style. The client was Paul Christoph Scheibler. In 1824, the house was acquired by Hermann Pauls, from whom it received its current name. It has been owned by the city since 1921. The house with house numbers 1 to 3 is located on the city road directly on the Rur and is registered in the Monschau monument register under monument number 25.
10. Willkommen im NSG Perlenbach- und Fuhrtsbachtal
The Perlenbach-Fuhrtsbachtal nature reserve is a 331 hectare reserve in the Aachen region, in the south west corner of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is characterised by fen vegetation and wet grassland zones with sedge and reed beds. It is situated at a height of 465 – 615 metres above sea level at Monschau, west of Kalterherberg and south of Höfen (two districts of Monschau) and thus forms part of the Monschauer-Hellentaler forest plateau. The area includes two river valleys, the Perlenbach and Fuhrtsbach.
11. Burg Monschau
Monschau Castle is a castle in the eponymous town of Monschau in the southern part of the Region of Aachen in Germany. It is used today as a youth hostel and in summer as a venue for concerts and operas.
12. Schlosskapelle
The castle chapel in Monschau is a listed church building on the edge of Monschau Castle and was the first church in the village until 1650. It was first mentioned in 1369 and placed under the patronage of Saints Martin and Joseph. Since 1917, the chapel has been owned by the neighboring Maria-Hilf-Stift and has served as a communication center for the old people's home there since 1980.
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