9 Sights in Velbert, Germany (with Map and Images)

The Church of St. Mariä Conception is a Roman Catholic Church in Neviges. It was built in 1728 as a pilgrimage church for the Neviges' pilgrimage and replaced in this function in 1968 by the Nevige's pilgrimage cathedral. In addition, it served as the monastery church of the Franciscan monastery Neviges until January 31, 2020. Since January 1, 2010 she has been the parish church of the parish "Maria, Queen of Peace" in the district dean of Mettmann.

Wikipedia: St. Mariä Empfängnis (Neviges) (DE), Website

Hardenberg Castle, also known locally as Old Castle, is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a 247-metre-high mountain spur between the districts of Neviges and Tönisheide in Velbert. About 600 metres northeast of the castle site is Hardenberg Castle. However, this is not – as a local legend claims – connected to the Old Castle by a secret passage. Nor were their stones used as building material for the castle.

Wikipedia: Burg Hardenberg (Velbert) (DE)

The Eulenbach Bridge in Velbert, also called Eulenbachviaduct, but rather known in the population as a suction bridge, is a former railway bridge that was built from natural stone from 1914. The bridge is part of the Niederbergbahn and was used for train traffic until the 1990s. Today it is part of the Niederbergbahn Panoramaradweg, which leads from Wülfrath to Essen-Kettwig.

Wikipedia: Eulenbachbrücke (DE)

Maria, Königin des Friedens is a pilgrimage church and parish in Neviges, part of Velbert, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The pilgrimage dates back to 1676. Neviges was the home of a Franciscan monastery from 1675 until the end of 2019. A church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in 1728 became too small for the growing numbers of pilgrims in the 20th century.

Wikipedia: Maria, Königin des Friedens (EN), Website

The Villa Petershall became a residential building for the textile manufacturer David Peters III in 1877. Built on the outskirts of Neviges near the Chaussee to Elberfeld and opposite his factory. After a conversion to the office building in the 1990s, it is now only used for residential purposes.

Wikipedia: Villa Petershall (DE)

The Krupp night decoy site Kruppsche Nachtscheinanlage was a German decoy-site of the Krupp steelworks in Essen. It was designed to divert Allied night airstrikes in the bombing of Essen in World War II from the actual production site of the arms factory.

Wikipedia: Krupp decoy site (EN)

The Windrather Chapel is a church belonging to the Evangelical Church of Langenberg, which lies in the outdoor area of the city of Velbert in the district of Neviges in the farmer's Windrath community surrounded by agricultural land.

Wikipedia: Windrather Kapelle (DE), Website

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in Velbert-Tönisheide, Germany. Since January 1, 2010, it has been a branch church of the parish of "Mary, Queen of Peace" in the district deanery of Mettmann.

Wikipedia: St. Antonius von Padua (Tönisheide) (DE), Website

The Jewish Cemetery Neviges is a Jewish cemetery in the district of Neviges in the town of Velbert in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Zwingenberger Weg.

Wikipedia: Alter Jüdischer Friedhof Velbert-Neviges (DE)