The little curve in the Rhine where Monheim am Rhein lies has a long and important history. Monheim am Rhein’s attractions amply elaborate its heritage in the form of traditional museums, outdoor institutions that preserve the natural flora and fauna of the region and activity facilities that allow you to explore passing landscapes.
The sprawling conservation areas home to key biological research station offer ample opportunities for respectful visitors to ramble through diverse natural landscapes. For the more studious, there’s a full programme of events and talks.
Discover the secrets of the 600-hundred-year-old rogue’s tower. Central to the town’s identity, it was once part of the defensive structure built by the counts of Berg but later existed as more or less a romantic ruin until being restored as a civic building in the 1970s.
Take a peek into day-to-day life in the 19th and early 20th centuries at this museum of local social history maintained by the local history society in a sturdy manor house that later served as a clinic. Also runs a range of special events.
Give the little ones a treat at this nature park in the forest, home to some 100 indigenous animals. While most of the deer and wild boar are free to roam, visible only if they choose to be, the fallow deer enclosure allows kids to get up close. Free entry.
If you’re not planning to follow the Rhine Cycle Route its entire route, the stretch that takes in Monheim am Rhein between Düsseldorf and Cologne is particularly interesting, embracing the greatest variety of passing riverscapes.
Join those in the know who would never neglect this museum. Housed in several historic buildings like the restored medieval castle of the archbishops of Cologne, it's certain to impress. And the thoughtful exhibitions are just as compelling.