9 Sights in Monschau, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Monschau, Germany. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 9 sights are available in Monschau, Germany.
Sightseeing Tours in Monschau1. 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.
2. Rotes Haus
The Red House in Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, is a former headquarters of the Scheibler family of entrepreneurs and now accessible as a museum, which in particular presents the bourgeois residential culture at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century. The large patrician house was probably built between 1752 and 1768 by the cloth manufacturer Johann Heinrich Scheibler. Due to its facade color, it is called the red house.
3. Pauls’sches Haus
The Pauls'sche Haus is a typical representative Monschau town house, which was built in the second half of the 18th century. The client was Paul Christoph Scheibler. In 1824 it was acquired by Hermann Pauls. 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 under the monument number 25 in the Monschau monument register.
4. 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. The neighbouring district courts are Aachen, Düren, Eschweiler and Schleiden.
5. Monschau City Church
The Evangelical City Church of Monschau is a church in Monschau in the Aachen city region of 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 Aachen district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.
6. St. Mariä Geburt
The parish church of St. Mary's Nativity in Monschau in North Rhine-Westphalia was built between 1649 and 1650 by the Premonstratensian Fathers of the former monastery of Reichenstein as the first parish church in the community. It was an unadorned hall made of raw quarry stone masonry.
7. Historical Mustard Mill
The Monschau mustard mill is located at Laufenstraße 118 in Monschau. The Laufenbach, a tributary of the Rur, flows past the mill. It is owned and operated by the fifth generation of the Breuer family. Both the buildings and the technical equipment are listed buildings.
8. Haller
The Haller is an old fortification from the 13th century in Monschau. Today, the complex opposite Monschau Castle is regarded as an independent fortification structure and not as a parked watchtower of Monschau Castle.
9. 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.
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