The best city hikes and walks around Rheinbach

In his address on Remembrance Day in 2015, then-President Joachim Gauck expressed some thoughts that I would like to offer visitors to this war cemetery for reflection: "This... is our shared hope: that the memory of the suffering of war will not breed revenge, but will lead more and more people and nations to seek a way out in peaceful coexistence. Just as European integration succeeded in becoming the great peace project of our continent. (...) That military cemeteries, as Albert Schweitzer once said, may finally become the great preachers of peace. Then, as we have experienced, reconciliation over the graves will be possible. Then peace can be lasting. We all share this responsibility."

You can see a lot of history here

Rheinbach has a number of beautiful Wilhelminian-era buildings.

Stadtmauer Rheinbach 👍

Altstadt Rheinbach 👍

Roman Architecture-The Aqueduct 👍

The Catholic Church of St. Martin and Market Square 👍

<< Chronicle of the Rheinbach District Court - History of the Jurisdiction in Rheinbach >> "Rheinbach has had a jurisdiction since the beginning of its town history. As early as the 11th century, the town of Rheinbach had its own jurisdiction, the Prüm Abbey, which was initially exercised by the Rheinbach castle lords and later was in the hands of a lay judges' court, which consisted of seven lay judges from the 13th century until the Chur-Cologne period. In addition to this lay judges' court, which developed into a sovereign high lords' court, a municipal "Marthgericht" (market court) was probably established at the end of the 14th century, which over time expanded its jurisdiction from minor crimes to include the adjudication of general disputes. The French rule in the Rhineland, which replaced the Chur-Cologne state in 1792, interrupted the jurisdiction in Rheinbach for a short time. After the Rhineland was annexed to the French following the Congress of Vienna, After the fall of Prussia, the Rheinbach district was formed in 1816, which consisted of five mayoralties (Adendorf, Ollheim, Rheinbach, Kuchenheim and Münstereifel). By royal decree of September 1, 1821, Rheinbach received a new court of peace, in whose district 22,300 inhabitants lived. This court existed until October 1, 1879. It was replaced by the Rheinbach district court, which was established by a royal cabinet order of July 26, 1878. This happened as part of the extensive legal reforms in the empire. On October 1, 1879, the Reich Justice Acts came into force, namely the Court Constitution Act, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Civil Procedure Code and the Bankruptcy Code. The offices of the district court were initially located opposite the parish church in the community center, which had previously housed the court of peace and other offices of the district and city administration. In the spring of 1902, the court was moved to a new building on Schweigelstrasse. An extension was completed in 2005." https://www.ag-rheinbach.nrw.de/behoerde/gerichtsvorstellung/historie/index.php