Emmerich am Rhein - town in Kleve District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Emmerich am Rhein is a city on the River Rhine in Lower Rhine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, with a population of around 30,000.

Understand

History

Orientation

Emmerich lies on the River Rhine, or more precisely, on its right (northern) riverbank next to the Dutch border.

Emmerich is divided into 10 quarters (Ortsteile): Altstadt (old town), Borghees, Dornick, Elten, Hüthum, Klein-Netterden, Leegmeer, Praest, Speelberg and Vrasselt.

Tourists are most likely to concentrate on Altstadt and maybe Elten.

Get in

By plane

The nearest airports are located in Weeze (IATA: NRN, 37 km away), Düsseldorf (IATA: DUS, 95 km), Eindhoven (NL) (IATA: EIN, 120 km), Dortmund (IATA: DTM, 125 km) and Schiphol (NL) (IATA: AMS, 136 km). Out of these, Düsseldorf and Amsterdam Schiphol see by far the most international connections. Weeze meanwhile is mostly served by no frills airlines.

By train

Emmerich station is situated less than 1 km away from the city centre. At Duisburg main station travellers from Germany may change trains from high speed train ICE to regional trains Regionalexpress "Rhein-Express" (RE 5) or Regionalbahn „Der Weseler“ (RB 35). The night trains CityNightline "Pollux" (CNL 419/1319) and "Pegasus" (CNL 40419) have a stop in Emmerich too.

• Emmerich station timetables: current arrivals • current departures
• trip scheduling (by train and bus): inbound journey • outbound journey

By car

Emmerich is connected to the highway ("Autobahn") A3 and to the federal highways ("Bundesstraße") B8 and B220.

Get around

By local transportation

VRR database

By car

By bike

By foot

Tourist information

• Tourist Information infoCenterEmmerich, Rheinpromenade 27, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein, 51.83000°, 6.24122°, +49 2822 9310-40, infocenter@stadt-emmerich.de. april-october: monday to friday 10-18, saturday, sunday and holidays 11-17; november-march: monday to friday 10–17.

See

• Rheinbrücke Emmerich (Rhine Bridge), Klever Str., 51.829158°, 6.226434°. largest suspension bridge in Germany 2016-02-21
• Heilig-Geist-Kirche, 51.83934°, 6.25662°. built in 1966, version of the cross made of scrap metal and the Stations of the Cross made of linen. 2016-02-21
• Rheinmuseum (Rhine Museum), Martinikirchgang 2, 51.831295°, 6.2373805°, +49 2822 75-1900. A one man submarine and a number of models of ships 2016-02-21

Do

Events

Buy

Local specialties

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Hotel Stadt Emmerich, Bahnhofstraße 26, +49 2822 537909.
• Hotel Am Pan, Baustraße 50, +49 2822 975190.
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• Reiterhof "Ortscher Hof", Eltener Straße 355, 51.84585°, 6.20583°, +49 2822 45343.

Caravan sites

• Wohnmobilstellplatz am Yachthafen, Fackeldeystr., 51.83722°, 6.21972°.
• Wohnmobilstellplatz Kleiner Wall, Kleiner Wall, 51.83202°, 6.23596°, +49 2822 931040.

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