Brühl

If you are looking for a hotel in Brühl, local topics offer two distinct points of reference for planning your trip: local history and the Rhine landscape. The Local History Museum focuses on objects relating to the history of Brühl and Rohrhof; Koller Island is connected with the history of a bend in the Rhine. This lets you decide whether you are more interested in specific historical topics or in how a landscape was formed.

Local History Museum: the history of Brühl and Rohrhof

The Local History Museum in Brühl displays numerous objects relating to the history of Brühl and Rohrhof. Topics include Schütte-Lanz airship construction and the seven brickworks. These two subjects offer different historical perspectives: Schütte-Lanz represents airship construction, while the brickworks provide another way to explore local history. Special guided tours at the Local History Museum are available by arrangement. Check the museum’s latest information before your visit.

Koller Island: a landscape shaped by changes to the Rhine

Koller Island covers around 400 hectares. It was formed near Brühl when a bend in the Rhine was cut through as part of Tulla’s Rhine straightening works (1770–1828). Alongside the objects in the Local History Museum, this offers a different historical perspective: the island’s formation is linked to a change in the course of the Rhine. If you are more interested in landscape history than museum objects when choosing what to explore on your trip, this distinction is a useful point of reference.

Ferry information for planning your trip

Koller Island has traditionally been accessible via the Koller Ferry. From spring through late autumn, it connects the municipal areas on the right and left banks of the Rhine. The ferry runs on demand; if demand warrants, additional or continuous crossings are also possible. Due to low water levels, ferry operations have been suspended with immediate effect. Check the latest information before travelling, rather than basing your plans on a crossing.

More topics in the wider Rhine-Neckar District travel destination

The wider Rhine-Neckar District travel destination offers other topics associated with different places. In Schwetzingen, the Electoral Palace has a Rococo theatre and a world-famous park; asparagus has been grown in Schwetzingen for approximately 350 years. In Ladenburg’s historic town centre, much of the townscape is still shaped by the Middle Ages and, in part, by Roman times. These places offer further cultural and culinary topics to consider when planning a trip to the Rhine-Neckar District.

Nature and leisure activities are also found in different parts of the Rhine-Neckar District. The Bergstraße and the eastern part of the district lie within the Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park. The annual “Ab in den Wald” programme offers free guided forest walks and excursions throughout the Rhine-Neckar District. Eberbach has 150 kilometres of marked hiking trails; at Waidsee in Weinheim, there are areas for paddlers, sailors and windsurfers. The Hockenheimring in Hockenheim is a popular destination for motorsport enthusiasts. At the swimming lake in St. Leon-Rot, water skiing and wakeboarding are available on a cableway.

Discover more destinations: Meckesheim, Oftersheim, Altlußheim, Neulußheim, Sankt Leon-Rot, Dossenheim, Eppelheim, Schwetzingen

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