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Road map: B4. * 600,000.
n Immermannstraße 65B
(am Hauptbahnhof), Marktstraße
(0211 1720 2844).
( _ Rosenmontagsumzug
(Carnival Mon), Größte Kirmes am
Rhein (end Jul).
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The late-Baroque Schloß Benrath
Transport
to a design by Johann Josef The celebrated German poet £ Konrad-Adenauer-Platz.
Couven and Nicolas de Pigage. Heinrich Heine was born in k north of the centre.
The castle was rebuilt after Düsseldorf in 1797. This institute
World War II. It now houses the was established to preserve his
Goethe-Museum, holding legacy and to organize exhib- history dating back to the
memora bilia and documents itions. Düsseldorf’s university 8th century. Its Pfarrkirche
related to the writer’s life, and a and a num ber of streets have St Suitbertus, a Romanesque
collection of 18th-century art, also been named after Heine. basilica from the 12th century,
funded by Ernst Schneider. has the magnificent 13th-
+ Schloß Benrath century gol den relic of its
P Heinrich-Heine-Institut Benrather Schloßallee. Tel (0211) 892 patron saint. There are also
Bilker Straße 12–14. Tel (0211) 899 29 19 03. Open Apr–Oct: 11am–5pm the ruins of a palace,
02. Open 11am–5pm Tue–Fri & Sun, Tue–Fri, 11am–6pm Sat & Sun; Nov– built in the 12th century for
1–5pm Sat. & Mar: 11am–5pm Tue–Sun. & 8 Friedrich I Barbarossa.
Part of Düsseldorf since 1929,
Benrath is home to this beautiful Environs
Neo-Classical hunting palace, The “Neanderthal” part of the
built for the electors of the Düssel valley was originally
Palatine in 1755–73 by Nicolas named after the poet Joachim
de Pigage. Decor, beautiful Neander. It became famous in
furnishings and an extensive 1856, when the remains of ape-
park and gardens have survived. like creatures were uncovered
in a cave. A museum dedicated
Kaiserswerth to these “Neanderthal Men” is
The former city moat which runs Today a part of Düsseldorf, located in Mettman, 17 km
alongside Königsallee this area prides itself on a (11 miles) east of Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf City Centre
Airport
8 km (5 miles)
KAISERSWERTH SCHEIBENSTRASSE FISCHERSTR. 1 Museum Kunst Palast
Museum 2 Altstadt
Kunst Palast
Nordstraße 3 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-
INSELSTRASSE
Tonhalle Hofgarten Westfalen
Oberkasseler
Brücke Tonhalle KAISERSTRASSE 4 Hetjens-Museum
HOFGARTENRAMPE 5 Königsallee
JÄGERHOF- 6 Hofgarten
MAXIM.-
WEYHE-ALLEE STRASSE
Rhein RATINGER STR. Kunstsammlung
Nordrhein-
Westfalen Schauspiel-
Lambertuskirche Pfarrkirche haus
St. Andreas Deutsche JAN- METTMANN
Schlossturm Oper am WELLEM-
PLATZ
Rhein
SCHADOW-
Rathaus NEUSTRASSE PLATZ
BOLKERSTRASSE CORNELIUS- IMMERMANN-
GASSE
MERTENS-
PLATZ
HEINRICHE- HEINE-ALLEE
Heinrich-
R A T H A U S U F E R MARKTSTRASSE FLINGERSTRASSE Heine-Allee STRASSE
Hetjens-
Museum STRASSE MITTEL- KASERNEN- STR. BREITE STRASSE BERLINER ALLEE Hauptbahnhof
1 km (0.6 miles)
BENRATHERSTR. KÖNIGSALLEE Steinstraße 0 metres 500
Heinrich-
Heine-Institut HOHE STRASSE 0 yards 500
BASTIONSTR.
BENRATH
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