Lower Rhine
The Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) is a beautiful region in the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia in Germany. The region is a paradise for cyclists and an area full of historical and cultural sights. Convince yourself and let yourself be inspired by the numerous attractions and the Rhenish hospitality.
The region of Lower Rhine is a place where you can spend your holidays, whether city trips, hiking holidays, cycling tours, cultural trips or weekend trips, the region in the west of Germany offers so much!
The Lower Rhine and its cosmopolitan people welcome you!
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Map of Lower Rhine
Historic Buildings
Leisure & Fun
Variety of opportunities to make leisure time entertaining, cultural or sporty.
Accomodations
Whether short breaks, weekend trips or city trips you wil find the right accomodation.
Natural Attractions
You will diverse natural attractions, which offer numerous hiking paths.
Destinations Germany Lower Rhine
Come to the Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) and experience one of the most diverse regions on the Rhine, which will inspire you with numerous attractions and sights as well as a varied range of leisure and events.
See for yourself ! The website Kuhpfad gives you various insights into this diverse region along the Rhine. The region includes the districts of Kleve, Viersen, Wesel and Neuss, as well as the cities of Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Duisburg and Möchengladbach and many small communities.
Here you will find decorative towns and villages that offer numerous sights and cultural facilities such as museums, theaters and galleries. The natural landscapes with idyllic forests, lakes and small rivers as well as beautiful Rhine meadows are just as diverse. Furthermore there is also a wide range of leisure activities on land, in the water and in the air.
Lower Rhine a full of history
Explore the exciting region in the west of the Federal Republic of Germany, in which the Romans already felt comfortable more than 2000 years ago. But you have to say that the area of the Lower Rhine does not offer spectacular natural sites such as the Niagara Falls. The region on the Rhine is more of a tranquil beauty. There are no megacities. The cities and communities are comprehensible , but nevertheless they have world-famous sights and buildings.
In the region of the Lower Rhine you will find diverse historic buildings as castles, palaces, churches, mills and more.
Interesting Articles
The region of the Lower Rhine offers a variety of opportunities to make leisure time entertaining, cultural or sporty.
Photos of Lower Rhine
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Castle Tower Duesseldorf
The castle tower on Burgplatz in Düsseldorf is located directly on the Rhine promenade and is one of the city's landmarks.The tower is the last remnant of a former Renaissance castle from the 16th century. The master builder of the castle tower, in which the Maritime...
Moyland Castle Bedburg Hau
Moyland Castle is one of the most beautiful castle complexes in the region of the Lower Rhine and is well worth seeing. In the past, the unique neo-Gothic palace complex served as the residence of princes and nobles. Today Moyland Castle belongs to the foundation of...
Greiffenhorst Castle Krefeld
Greiffenhorst Castle was built in Krefeld-Linn around 1840 in the style of Berlin classicism. The beautiful building with its octagonal floor plan shines to this day in the style of Berlin classicism. The wrought iron bars on the roof are very characteristic. On the...
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Natural Attractions Lower Rhine Germany
Wisseler Dunes
The up to 8 meter high Wisseler dunes were created by sand drifts and have been under nature protection since 1934. The dune area consists of smaller and larger hills and small valleys. Large areas of the dunes are covered with silver grass, which protects the dunes...
Tannenbusch Natural Oasis
The Tannenbusch local recreation area is located in the Rhine district of Neuss and offers a geopark, wildlife park and adventure trail.The Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald Dormagen e. V. in cooperation with the city of Dormagen have created a recreation area for...
The Schwalmtal
The Schwalmtal is located in the Lower Rhine region and got its name from the Schwalm river. In the Schwalmtal, which stretches from the source of the Schwalm near Tüschenbroich to the river mouth with the river Maas near Swalmen, there are some worth seeing...
Natural Park Maas-Schwalm-Nette
The Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park is a region rich in nature and water between the Maas, Schwalm & Nette rivers. The Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park is located in the districts of Viersen, Heinsberg, Kleve, and the city of Mönchengladbach, as well as the province...
Nature Reserve Salmorth
The Nature Reserve is located in the district of Kleve and belongs to the flood plain on the Rhine river that is regularly flooded during floods.The nature reserve Salmorth is characterized by wide meadows and pastures that are interrupted by individual trees and rows...
Rhine Floodplain Walsum
The Rhine Floodplain Walsum is a 500 hectare nature reserve in the north of the city of Duisburg. The Rhine Floodplain Walsum (Rheinaue Walsum) is home to numerous plant and animal species and at the same time serves as a recreational area for the people of the...
Map Germany Lower Rhine
Whether short breaks, weekend trips, cycling holidays or city trips, this website shows a selection of accommodations.
Destinations
In the region of the Lower Rhine you will find shopping streets, farm shops as well as luxury shops or shopping centers!
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All Around Wachtendonk
All around Wachtendonk, all around the historic town center of the picturesque town of Wachtendonk, you will find hiking trails through a beautiful landscape of the Lower Rhine.A landscape awaits you with fields and meadows, small forest areas and the rivers Niers...
Rheinhausen Animal Enclosure
The small game reserve Rheinhausen is located in the Volkspark Rheinhausen and is home to numerous animals. Pygmy goats, chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys as well as a group of fallow deer seem to feel at home in the small but fine animal enclosure. There are also a...
Schwalmtal Lake Harik
The Lake Harik (Hariksee) is a local recreation area in the Schwalmtal with attractions such as hiking trails, boat rental and mini golf.Seite Zeile 3! These include extensive hiking trails, boat rental, mini golf and restaurants with a sun terrace. Boat tours across...
Kevelaer Irrland Adventure Oasis
Irrland adventure oasis, on 300,000 square meters the Irrland offers more than 80 play and learning attractions and is therefore an experience especially for children and the whole family. Here you will find, among other things, a slide paradise, animals to stroke,...
Zoo Krefeld
The Krefeld Zoo offers its visitors a variety of animals in enclosures, monkey houses, bird houses and voilers. In the Krefeld Zoo you will find antelopes, elephants, donkeys, sea lions and many more. In particular the monkey house with its exotic monkey world as well...
Nature Reserves
Pfalzdorfer Tannenbusch
The Pfalzdorfer Tannenbusch nature reserve is part of the Reichswald (forest) and lies between Goch & Bedburg Hau. The area is one of the oldest pine forests on the Lower Rhine and was used in particular at the height of mining on the Lower Rhine as a supplier of...
Wisseler Dunes
The up to 8 meter high Wisseler dunes were created by sand drifts and have been under nature protection since 1934. The dune area consists of smaller and larger hills and small valleys. Large areas of the dunes are covered with silver grass, which protects the dunes...
Tannenbusch Natural Oasis
The Tannenbusch local recreation area is located in the Rhine district of Neuss and offers a geopark, wildlife park and adventure trail.The Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald Dormagen e. V. in cooperation with the city of Dormagen have created a recreation area for...
The Schwalmtal
The Schwalmtal is located in the Lower Rhine region and got its name from the Schwalm river. In the Schwalmtal, which stretches from the source of the Schwalm near Tüschenbroich to the river mouth with the river Maas near Swalmen, there are some worth seeing...
Natural Park Maas-Schwalm-Nette
The Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park is a region rich in nature and water between the Maas, Schwalm & Nette rivers. The Maas-Schwalm-Nette nature park is located in the districts of Viersen, Heinsberg, Kleve, and the city of Mönchengladbach, as well as the province...
Museums
Emmerich Poster Museum
The poster museum in Emmerich on the Rhine shows poster art in an exhibition based on more than 90,000 posters. Poster art forms the basis of the museum to this day. In addition, various exhibitions on painting, sculpture, as well as installation, video and new media...
Krefeld House of Silk Culture
The weaving museum "House of Silk Culture" in Krefeld gives its visitors an insight into the history of the textile industry.The House of Silk Culture uses the example of a small hand weaving mill from the 19th to 20th centuries to show how fabrics were woven in the...
Royal Air Force Museum Weeze
Royal Air Force Museum Weeze (Laarbruch) on the Lower Rhine is the only one of its kind in Germany. With the help of various exhibits, the museum shows an insight into the time of the British Air Force on Laarbruch and on the Lower Rhine. British units were stationed...
Museum Heimatstube Schwalmtal
The Schwalmtal Heimatstube museum is located in the former chaplaincy building in Waldniel on the Lower Rhine. The Heimatstube shows, among other things Furniture, paintings, and much from the past. Furthermore, a functional hand loom and other tools of the line...
Casemates Rees
The Rees casemates are located under the municipal museum building, the bastion and the roundabout in the city of Wesel. The casemates were built around 1500 at the instigation of the Reeser Magistrate and are very well preserved. Take a look ......
Lower Rhine Destination Germany
You can find a lot of information about the region on the Kuhpfad website. You will also find quirky, profane and funny things in the form of pictures, articles and videos.
By the way, the Lower Rhine is worth a trip in every season and a popular holiday destination in Germany!