Discover Jüchen: Monastery, local history and culture

Monastery, town center and historical landmarks

The Nikolauskloster is in the Jüchen district of Damm. More than 100 years ago, the Order of the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin settled there. The monastery has extensive grounds. History and green space are two distinct aspects of this place; for local history, the order’s settlement is a specific historical point of reference.

Haus Katz combines a listed building with a present-day municipal function: built around 1706, it now serves as Jüchen’s council chamber and an exhibition space. The complex of the Protestant church in Jüchen dates from 1676. These two dates highlight different aspects of the town’s history: one is a complex from the 17th century, the other a building from around 1706 that still serves a municipal purpose today.

Garden art in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss

In the wider destination of the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, the Schloss Dyck Foundation is a center for garden art and landscape culture. The “East Meets West” show garden at Schloss Dyck covers 3,500 square meters and is inspired by Asia and Japan. Its design includes two bodies of water and a Zen garden. Hüsch’s Garden, designed by Lower Rhine cabaret artist Hanns-Dieter Hüsch, is also at Schloss Dyck. The gardens offer different points of interest: one is characterized by its Asian-Japanese inspiration, bodies of water and Zen garden, while the other is notable for being created by Hüsch.

Cycle routes through varied landscapes

The Rhein-Kreis Neuss has around 1,200 kilometers of cycling infrastructure, with a junction-based network and clear signposting. Five regional themed cycling routes also pass through the district: the Rhine Cycle Route, Erft Cycle Route, Fietsallee am Nordkanal, Lower Rhine Route and Hanseatic Route. All of these routes are signposted except the Hanseatic Route. This makes it possible to distinguish between navigating the cycling network and following a specific themed route.

One example of a circular tour is the Two Rivers Tour, which links the Rhine and Erft by bicycle. The nature cycling routes around Neuss offer different landscape highlights: the approximately 40-kilometer northern route is called “Neuss Central Terrace Landscape” and passes through an area with relatively few bodies of water. The 48-kilometer southern route leads to river and stream floodplains and skirts the Ölgangsinsel, Uedesheimer Rheinbogen and Mühlenbusch nature reserves. The comparison is particularly helpful when choosing a landscape theme: the northern route describes a relatively dry environment, while the southern route leads to floodplains and passes three named protected areas.

Nature experiences and museums in the region

The Tannenbusch near Dormagen has had a nature trail with eleven stations since 1988. Its information about nature and environmental issues is presented in a child-friendly way. The Tannenbusch is also home to an approximately three-kilometer fitness trail with a range of fitness and climbing equipment. The two distinct themes here are learning about nature and the environment, and exercising on the equipment.

The Sinsteden Cultural Center brings art and agriculture together in different ways. The agricultural museum uses a restored Franconian four-sided farmstead as an exhibition space and presents changing exhibitions on art and agriculture. The development of agricultural technology is illustrated through older and newer equipment, machinery and tractors. Visitors interested in culture can therefore explore both the exhibition venue and the development of agricultural technology as separate areas of focus.

Other cultural destinations in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss offer different highlights. The Langen Foundation presents changing exhibitions and regular displays from the Viktor and Marianne Langen Collection, featuring works of classical modernism and traditional Japanese art. Museum Insel Hombroich displays art from the Far East and an archaeological collection. Its extensive landscape park is home to a rich variety of flora and fauna and is designed to make art and nature directly accessible to the senses. Kloster Knechtsteden in Dormagen includes a Romanesque double-choir basilica from the 12th century, one of the most impressive religious buildings in the state. Art, landscapes and sacred architecture offer distinct reasons to explore the region’s destinations further.

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