Solingen - city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Clemensgalerie and Clemens-church Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Understand

Solingen is world famous for its century old tradition of making knives and swords and you can still get a high quality blade here, but expect to pay good money for good quality.

Get in

By train

  • Solingen Main Station, 51.161528°, 7.004167°. The train station has regular services to other cities in North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, etc.) and elsewhere in Germany (Frankfurt, Munich...), as well as sporadic services to Basel and Vienna.

By plane

Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, and Frankfurt are all within close proximity to Solingen.

Get around

trolleybus network

By trolleybus

Solingen is one of only three remaining cities in Germany to still have buses driven by overhead wires. The other two German cities to retain such systems (as of 2020) are Eberswalde and Esslingen.

See

  • Müngstener Brücke, 51.160556°, 7.133333°. with the adjacent Brückenpark: The Müngsten Viaduct between Solingen and Remscheid is the highest railway bridge in Germany, running at 107 metres above ground level. A park located below the bridge contains various playground items, a mini golf course, a hand-operated overhead ferry and a bistro. Also, there are various hiking trails in the area.
  • Burg Castle (Schloss Burg), 51.137608°, 7.152778°. 2017-11-18

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Solingen

solingen.de
Postal code:42601–4271942655Date Time:Please wait...Timezone:Europe/BerlinPopulation:159,193Coordinates:51.17, 7.08

Düsseldorf District

2nd-order administrative division

North Rhine-Westphalia

Primary administrative division

Germany

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Population:82.9 MDial code:+49Currency:Euro (EUR)Voltage:230 V, 50 Hz
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