Easy hikes and walks in Dornicksche Ward

A beautiful church in the center.

A beautiful church in Emmerich.

There are really a lot of great figures/sculptures here.

The distillery has not been located at this site for quite some time. It has moved to Bedburg-Hau on the left bank of the Rhine under new management. However, a visit there is still worthwhile for lovers of Lower Rhine delicacies...

The interior of this church, dating back to the 11th century, is very unusually structured and features special furnishings. It's worth a look inside when driving along the Rhine promenade in Emmerich.

"The work of art "FERRYMAN" on the Rhine promenade in Emmerich was created in 1983. The sculptor Dieter von Levetzow from Kranenburg has expressively and artistically reproduced the river crossings by boat that were once so common in the Lower Rhine in this sculpture. Remember: Emmerich was once a city without a Rhine bridge." https://www.lokalkompass.de/emmerich/c-kultur/der-faehrmann-von-emmerich_a84227

"The Protestant Christ Church is a listed church building in Emmerich am Rhein, a town in the district of Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia). The parish belongs to the Wesel church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland. The unadorned, cruciform brick building was built between 1690 and 1715 under the direction of the Amsterdam architect Arnold van der Leen as a free-standing building on the central Geistmarkt. In addition to the congregation of only about 500 souls, collection trips to the Netherlands and a lottery approved by the Prussian king contributed to the financing. On Palm Sunday, April 14, 1715, the church was opened. The church, which has a square floor plan under steep hipped roofs, is crowned by an octagonal lantern. There are low extensions in the corners of the cross arms. This is a preaching church with a Dutch character; the direct model was the older Oosterkerk in Amsterdam, according to whose plans it was built. In a fire on July 19, 1907 the church burned down to its foundations. It was rebuilt by 1909. After destruction in the Second World War on October 7, 1944, the outer building was restored to its original form by 1958. It was only since then that the church has been called Christ Church. The interior was changed by dividing it into two floors. The worship room is on the first floor and the community hall is on the ground floor." MORE INFORMATION: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christuskirche_(Emmerich)

"The Catholic parish church of St. Martini in Emmerich on the Lower Rhine. The building dates back to a previous building that was built from around 1040. The church was damaged several times by the Rhine floods and was subsequently rebuilt and expanded. After considerable destruction in the Second World War, the building was reconstructed in a simplified manner by 1964." https://www.architektur-bildarchiv.de/image/St.-Martini-Kirche-Emmerich-44585.html << Collegiate Foundation of St. Martin >"> Patronage: Aldegundis, Martin. Order: Collegiate Foundation (men's monastery). "History (foundation and development up to around 1200): Originally a mission station founded by the Frisian missionary Willibrord, first called "coenobium" in 914. The convent moved to a new building outside the settlement (1027-54) with the new church of St. Martin (ca. 1040), conspicuously at the time when the relationship between the Xanten monastery and the bishopric of Utrecht broke off. It was not documented as the seat of an archdeacon of the diocese of Utrecht until 1218. While the archdeacon's seat in Xanten was a central location for the archdiocese of Cologne, Emmerich was for the diocese of Utrecht, although not with a similarly strong influence. A priest who was elected by the foundation capital is first mentioned for the Aldegundis church in 1145. Although there was a real election of the provost for the collegiate foundation as late as the 18th century, it was still necessary to remember that attendance was compulsory on Sundays and public holidays - especially for the dean and the canons (Engels 2006). Founded before 914, monastery, closed in 1811 (Bönnen / Hirschmann 2006)." (LVR editorial team KuLaDig, 2011) https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/O-13319-20110714-16 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martini_(Emmerich)