Monchronik — the decentralized city museum

An interactive walk with seven sites and an app

The history of Monheim can be felt, seen and experienced in many places across the city. The Monchronik, the decentralized city museum, links and presents our historical places and historical sites.

The Monchronik includes the Eel Fishing Museum, St. Mary’s Chapel, the Carnival Museum, Marienburg Park, former Roman Fort Haus Bürgel, Hilla’s Reading Shed, and the Rogue’s Tower. The sites can be visited as part of an organized tour or by oneself.

Opening hours and admission fee

Admission to all Monchronik sites is free of charge. The Eel Fishing Museum and Hilla’s Reading Shed at the Ulla Hahn House open their doors to all visitors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Former Roman Fort Haus Bürgel opens on weekends and bank holidays from 10 1.m. to 6 p.m.

Follow the blue goose footprints!

Discover the city in a very special way: The blue goose footprints, which you can find at various places throughout the city, show you the way to various sights around Monheim. At the individual sites, the Gänseliesel or Goose Girl, an emblem of Monheim, provides you with further information.

Our Monchronik sites

The 26 meter high Schelmenturm, or Rogue’s Tower, is the stately landmark of Monheim and the last part of a fortification built around 1425 to protect the "Freiheit Monheim".

With the historic eel fishing boat called "Fiat Voluntas", the city has landed a "real contemporary witness" for you, one which inspires its guests as an interactive museum.

In the heart of the Urdenbacher Kämpe Nature Reserve, the former Roman fort at HausBürgel is just waiting for you to discover and explore it. The Roman Museum vividly tells visitors about thelife of the soldiers once stationed here, and outside, you can even smell real plants of late antiquity.

A must for literature fans: the eponymous writer grew up here in the Ulla Hahn House. Even as a child, Ulla Hahn discovered her love of language and found a retreat for writing in the old shed behind the house.

Carnival all year round! The citizens of Monheim live and love their foolish goings-on. With the Carnival Museum in the heart of the old part of town, this tradition also has a permanent place outside the so-called "fifth season".

Situated in a fairy-tale romantic setting, Marienburg Manor was built by the architect August Carl Lange around 1879 as a summer house for the lawyer and politician Eugen von Kesseler, both from Cologne. It was modelled on Marienburg Castle in Malbork, Poland – one of Monheim’s twin towns today.

One landmark of Monheim am Rhein that’s visible from afar is St. Mary’s Chapel. Rhine boatmen initially built a wooden chapel here in 1418, which was replaced by a late Gothic chapel made of stone in 1514.

Experiencing history: the Monchronik

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