Remscheid

Remscheid is a German city of Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia. The agglomeration counts 115.864 inhabitants (December 2005).

Interesting sites

  • the town hall, built in 1906, with its tower (48 m in height)
  • the historical city of Lennep with its half-timbered houses
  • the historical city of Lüttringhausen
  • the Bridge Müngsten, it is a bridge of Acier and the highest (107 m) bridge for Railroad in Germany, built 1893 per 1897
  • the German museum for Outil (Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum)
  • the German museum of Röntgen (Deutsches Röntgen-Museum), Wilhelm Röntgen was born in Lennep in Remscheid
  • the Textile museum for (Tuchmuseum)
  • the Stopping Eschbach (Eschbachtalsperre), it is the first stopping for Drinking water in Germany, built at 1891 by Otto Intze
  • Steffenshammer, a “Hammerwerk” (hammer manufactures) with a noria, built 1746
  • the Theater Teo Otto
  • the astronomical observatory “Dr. - Hans-Schäfer” in the turn of Bismarck

Twinning

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