Mönchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the largest city west side of the Lower Rhine, located half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Mönchengladbach’s centre, and location of numerous hotels, is the Old Market Square. During your stay at a Mönchengladbach hotel, you will be able to take a stroll there and stop off at one of the nice street cafés.
While staying at a hotel in Mönchengladbach, we recommend you to make a trip to the hill Abteiberg, where you will find the town hall and the city’s minster. Mönchengladbach hotel guests may have a look at the interior of the minster, where the relics of holy Vitus, the city’s patron, are preserved.
For an entertaining variety during your stay at a Mönchengladbach hotel, you should go and see the city’s Carnival Museum, where the history of carnival for the last 100 years is being exhibited. Another popular sight in Mönchengladbach is the city’s water tower, an art nouveau building, with an observation platform that grants a wonderful view over your hotel in Mönchengladbach.
Mönchengladbach hotels in the district Rheydt are located near the renaissance palace. The hotels in Mönchengladbach are frequently fully booked while the Rheydter Blumenwoche (week of flowers in Rheydt) is taking place.
Mönchengladbach is being traversed by well-organised bus lines operated by the traffic service Niederrheinische Verkehr und Versorgungs AG. Mönchengladbach’s hotels can be reached via the through roads B57, B59 and B230. Tourism nowadays plays a vital role for Mönchengladbach’s economy. Mönchengladbach’s ca. 40 hotels offer ca. 2,000 beds for their guests. Mönchengladbach is home to enterprises of machine tool building, the printing industry and several breweries.
Total population: 264,566 (March 2008)
Postal codes: 41001 - 239
Sights in Mönchengladbach
Places in the vicinity (in km)