5 Sights in Ratingen, Germany (with Map and Images)

The Upper Silesian National Museum (OSLM) in Latingen is dedicated to the history and culture of Upper Silesia. The museum is sponsored by Stiftung Haus Oberschlesien (Upper Silesian House Foundation), a private law foundation established in 1970. It is located directly opposite the old museum building "Haus Oberschlesien" in Ratingen-Hösel, where the foundation is currently located. Museum work is funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia under Section 96 of the BVFG. It is based on a 1964 patronage by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for Upper Silesians living in Germany and a strengthened partnership with the Polish province of Silesia since 2000. The museum focuses on the cultural history of the area and its adjacent areas, industrialization in the 19th century. The history of mining and heavy industry in Upper Silesia industrial zone and the history of the 20th century. Century. Today, in the sense of European dialogue, the collection, protection, research and exchange of the cultural heritage of Upper Silesia are of paramount importance.

Wikipedia: Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum (DE)

The Catholic parish church of St. Anna in Ratingen-Lintorf is a three-nave, neo-Romanesque columned basilica. It is the main church of the parish of St. Anna, which was founded in 2009 and to which other branch churches belong. The parish belongs to the deanery of Ratingen in the district deanery of Mettmann in the Archdiocese of Cologne. The present church dates back to 1878 and has been a listed building since 1985. However, the construction history of its predecessor dates back to the 11th century.

Wikipedia: St. Anna (Ratingen-Lintorf) (DE)

Landsberg Castle is a castle complex in the Ruhr Valley in the city of Ratingen, on the outskirts of Essen, in the immediate vicinity of Hugenpoet Castle. It is located near the Kettwig district of Vor der Brücke about one kilometre southwest of the centre of Kettwig on the road to Mülheim an der Ruhr-Mintard in the middle of an English landscape park with extensive woodland.

Wikipedia: Schloss Landsberg (Ratingen) (DE)

The Textilfabrik Cromford in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was built in 1783 by Johann Gottfried Brügelmann. It was the first cotton spinning mill on the European mainland. Today it is an industrial museum specialising in textile history.

Wikipedia: Textilfabrik Cromford (EN)

St. Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ratingen, Germany. In addition to the nave of Essen Cathedral, the Ratingen sacred building is one of the earliest hall churches in the Rhineland.

Wikipedia: St. Peter und Paul (Ratingen) (DE), Website, Heritage Website