Hey, ich besuche die Gegend im April und bleibe mehrere Nächte. Ich werde ein Auto haben, also möchte ich auch einige hübsche Dörfer in der Umgebung besuchen. Die Fahrt mit dem Auto kann bis zu einer Stunde dauern 🙂 Danke!
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Go to Eifel
Monschau, maybe Soest. Nümbrecht.
Monschau would be the obvious answer.
In the end: Most towns in the „Eifel“ will have Fachwerkhäuser.
Close to Dusseldorf is Zons
That would also work.
Maybe Altenberg incl their „Cathedral“ if you are into churches.
Btw: This picture is from Bavaria, South-East-Germany 😉 // I learned: It is no Bavaria… Ooops. But still more than one hour from Cologne.
Not sure how far uou want to go. Aachen is nice, but it is not a village. With car and if you dont mind a bit farther, go to Koblenz and drive however far you could afford towards Trier. Cochem is lovely, but driving along Moselle is incredible. One hour from Köln to Koblenz, two more to Trier Google map said.
Bergneustadt not
sadly i don’t know the the Köln/Düsseöldorf region good (one of the few towns which came to my mind is Königswinter with the oldest cog railway in germany)
the picture shows Bacharach in the Middle Rhine Valley, it’s about 2h drive from Köln we got plenty more of that in the Middle Rhine Valley for example Rüdesheim
Take a car, get off the highway, and just drive through the countryside.
Duisburg 👌🏽
definitely Monschau, also worth it are Bad Münstereifel, Cochem is about 1:30 from köln, Stolberg, Linz am Rhein, Mayen and Monreal
If you have a time go to cochem , cochem , Trier & perhaps you can visit Monschau.
Try Hattingen. It’s not in general a beautiful city, but has a lovely old city center with a lot history and GREAT restaurants
There’s a ton! Even in those cities, starting with Düsseldorf:
– Kaiserswerth
– Reichsgasse
– Kiefernstraße
– Orangeriestraße
Continuing the list in Köln, we have:
– Ostermannplatz
– Römische Hafenstraße
– Zeughausstraße
When you walk the latter, you can start at the Kölner Dom and walk towards Friesenplatz. There are a ton of Roman sights along the route, but you really have to pay attention! Personally, I think this is something that makes this area special: There are a lot of beautiful historic places in between contemporary buildings. You just gotta look.
As for the villages you have asked for:
– Krefeld-Linn
– Hattingen
– Bedburg Alt-Kaster
– Essen-Kettwig
– Solingen-Gräfrath
There’s usually some interesting trivia about these. Essen-Kettwig for example has a different area code than the city of Essen and belongs to the diocese of Köln. If you are willing to travel a bit further, these are some nice villages to visit:
– Windeck
– Xanten
I would absolutely suggest you do take some longer trips, as Monschau, which was suggested by another Redditor, is absolutely worth it! Make sure to go on a weekday however, as it gets packed on weekends with nice weather.
Freudenberg. About 45 minutes away
Lützerath
The place on your picture is a town not a village. It has a town wall. Please stop this cutesy babbling about villages – which usually are not interesting places.
Also where are you located? Cologne and Düsseldorf are a bit apart and the region is due to war damage and an explosive population rise in the 19th century not exactly a hotspot of small picturesque places. Lennep is roughly the same distance from both places. Other places like Hattingen, Bad Münstereifel or Monschau are closer to either Cologne or Düsseldorf.
Kempen and Arcen are nice
Dont fit in your 1 hour time frame but around 1 and half hour by car mosel velly starts and there are many beautiful villages nestled there. Cochem which is 1 hour 40 min. A very beautiful medieval village is worth a day trip.
Not near Düsseldorf, but i highly recommend Bochum-Dahlhausen, Hattingen and Witten