16 Sights in Solingen, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Solingen, 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 Solingen. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Solingen1. Mahnmal Solinger Bürger und Bürgerinnen
The Solingen arson attack was one of the most severe instances of racist violence in modern Germany. On the night of 28–29 May 1993, four young German men belonging to the far right skinhead scene, with neo-Nazi ties, set fire to the house of a large Turkish family in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Three girls and two women died; fourteen other family members, including several children, were injured, some of them severely. The attack led to violent protests by Turkish diaspora members in several German cities and to large demonstrations of other Germans expressing solidarity with the Turkish victims. In October 1995, the perpetrators were convicted of arson and murder and given prison sentences between 10 and 15 years. The convictions were upheld on appeal.
2. Planetarium Galileum Solingen
The Galileum Solingen is a planetarium with observatory opened on July 5, 2019 in the Solingen district of Ohligs. It is the first and only planetarium to be built into a disused spherical gas container. The project was planned and carried out by the Walter-Horn-Gesellschaft e. V., the sponsoring association of the Solingen Observatory. It is a lighthouse project within the Integrated District Development Concept Ohligs, which was supported by the urban development funding of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of three regionally important extracurricular learning locations within the Bergisch city triangle and is also intended to be a meeting and event venue for the residents of the district. Since June 2014, the patron of the Galileum has been the science cabaret artist and presenter Vince Ebert.
3. Deutsches Klingenmuseum
The German Blade Museum in the Solingen district of Gräfrath shows cutlery, blank weapons and cutlery. Exhibits are on display that illustrate the blade and its use throughout history, explaining the importance of cutting in human history.
4. Walder Kirche
The Evangelical Church of Solingen-Wald, or Walder Church for short, is a neoclassical church building with a Romanesque west tower in Solingen, Germany. It is located in the centre of the Wald district on the Walder Kirchplatz and is the central place of worship of the Protestant parish of Wald, which belongs to the Solingen church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. The tower of the Walder Church is the oldest surviving building in Solingen, built around 1150.
5. Obus Museum
The Solingen Trolleybus Museum is a registered association that refurbishes discarded vehicles of Stadtwerke Solingen and makes them accessible to posterity. In addition, materials such as writings and pictures about the trolleybus are collected. The museum's holdings range from trolleybuses and decommissioned diesel buses to a trolleybus trailer and a tower car.
6. Schloß Hackhausen
Hackhausen Castle is a moated castle of reform architecture in the Bergisch city of Solingen. The history of the aristocratic residence dates back to the Middle Ages. However, large parts of the castle that still exist today date from 1907, as it was rebuilt after a fire.
7. Tierpark Fauna
The Fauna Zoo is a three-hectare zoo in Solingen-Gräfrath that is open all year round. It lies northeast of the centre of Gräfrath in the Gräfrather Heide on Lützowstraße. It is organized as the Nature and Bird Protection Association Tierpark Fauna e. V.
8. Burg Hohenscheid
Hohenscheid Castle, also known as Haus Hohenscheid, is located in the Bergisches Land about 100 metres above the Wupper in the south of the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Solingen. It goes back to a high medieval hilltop castle, which was the ancestral seat of the lower aristocratic von Hunscheid family.
9. Sankt Reinoldi Kapelle Rupelrath
The chapel of the Protestant parish of St. Reinoldi Rupelrath is the second oldest surviving building in Solingen. It is located in the district of Rupelrath near the city limits of Langenfeld and Leichlingen.
10. Sankt Martinus
St. Martinus is the Roman Catholic parish church of Burg an der Wupper, a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Solingen. The building has been a listed building since 5 March 1986. The parish belongs to the Solingen-Süd pastoral care area in the Archdiocese of Cologne.
11. Schloss Caspersbroich
Caspersbroich Castle is a castle in the Ohligs district of Solingen, Germany. The lords of the castle also owned the fiefdoms in Buschenhaus, Hagscheid, Sombers, Hülsberg and Zwengenberg. Until 1808, Caspersbroich belonged to the parish of Wald.
12. Solinger Vogel- und Tierpark
The Solingen Bird and Animal Park is a 1.5-hectare zoo in Solingen-Ohligs that is open all year round. It lies northwest of the Ohligser Heide on Hermann-Löns-Weg. It is organized as a registered association. The zoo is the namesake for the Solingen Vogelpark S-Bahn station, which is a few hundred meters away.
13. Lutherkirche
The Protestant Martin Luther Church in the centre of Solingen was built between 1898 and 1901 according to plans by the architects Adolf Cornehls and Arno Eugen Fritsche on Kölner Straße. The building has been a listed building since 9 August 1988.
14. Balkhauser Kotten
The Balkhauser Kotten is one of two largely original Schleifkotten on the Wupper in the Bergisch city of Solingen. The Kotten is used as an industrial and grinding museum and is one of the city's most famous landmarks.
15. Wipperkotten – Außenkotten
The Wipperkotten is one of two grinding pots largely preserved in the originally preserved grip on the Wupper in the Bergisches city of Solingen. The Kotten is used as an industrial and grinding museum and is one of the most famous landmarks of the city.
16. Gräfrather Lichtturm
The light tower in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, is a converted former water tower. It is located in the district of Gräfrath near the highest point of the city of Solingen at approximately 276 meters above sea level. Due to its former function, it continues to bear the unofficial name Gräfrath Water Tower. The tower was built in 1904, decommissioned in 1983 and rebuilt in the mid-1990s.
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