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Monschau is a town in western Germany, near the Belgian border. It is known for its medieval center with half-timbered houses and narrow cobbled streets. Monschau Castle towers over the city with its towers and is a venue for open-air concerts. The Red House, a home of a wealthy cloth manufacturer built in 1752, contains luxurious antique furniture and a carved oak spiral staircase. Not far from the city is the Eifel National Park with hiking trails. ― Google
Monschau ist eine Stadt im Westen Deutschlands, nahe der belgischen Grenze. Sie ist für ihr mittelalterliches Zentrum mit Fachwerkhäusern und engen Kopfsteinpflasterstraßen bekannt. Die Burg Monschau thront mit ihren Türmen über der Stadt und ist ein Veranstaltungsort für Open-Air-Konzerte. Das Rote Haus, ein 1752 erbautes Wohnhaus eines wohlhabenden Tuchfabrikanten, enthält luxuriöse antike Möbel und eine mit Schnitzereien versehene Wendeltreppe aus Eichenholz. Unweit der Stadt befindet sich der Nationalpark Eifel mit Wanderwegen. ― Google
Monschau ist eine Stadt im Westen Deutschlands, nahe der belgischen Grenze. Sie ist für ihr mittelalterliches Zentrum mit Fachwerkhäusern und engen Kopfsteinpflasterstraßen bekannt.
Das Rote Haus in Monschau, Nordrhein-Westfalen, ist ein ehemaliger Stammsitz der Unternehmerfamilie Scheibler und heute als Museum zugänglich, das insbesondere die bürgerliche Wohnkultur an der Wende vom 18. zum 19. Jahrhundert präsentiert. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotes_Haus_(Monschau)
A beautiful day in this lovely town. In the mean time a man is upstream trying to catch a trout, have a good look and you will spot the guy.
Monschau (French: Montjoie, Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the Aachen district of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The town is located in the hills of the North Eifel, within the Hohes Venn – Eifel Nature Park in the narrow valley of the Rur river. The historic town center has many preserved half-timbered houses and narrow streets have remained nearly unchanged for 300 years, making the town a popular tourist attraction nowadays. An open-air, classical music festival is staged annually at Burg Monschau. Historically, the main industry of the town was cloth-mills.
Monschau (French: Montjoie, Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region of western Germany, located in the district Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia.
On the heights above the city is Monschau castle, which dates back to the 13th century — the first mention of Monschau was made in 1198. Beginning in 1433, the castle was used as a seat of the dukes of Jülich. In 1543, Emperor Charles V besieged it as part of the Geldern Feud, captured it and plundered the town. However, the castle stayed with Jülich until 1609, when it became part of Palatinate-Neuburg.
In 1795, the French captured the area and, under the name Montjoie, made it the capital of a canton of the Roer département. After the area became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, Monschau became the district capital of the Kreis Montjoie.
During World War I, some people argued that Monschau (or "Montjoie" as it was then still called) should be annexed to Belgium since they believed it historically to be a Walloon area that had been Germanized by the Prussians.
In 1918, William II, German Emperor, changed the name to Monschau. In 1972, the town was enlarged with the previous independent municipalities of Höfen, Imgenbroich, Kalterherberg, Konzen, Mützenich and Rohren. Mützenich, to the west of the town center, is an exclave of German territory surrounded by Belgium. It is separated from Germany by a railroad line that was assigned to Belgium by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
The historic town center of the small resort town in the Eifel region of Germany has many preserved half-timbered houses. The narrow streets have remained nearly unchanged for 300 years, making the town a popular tourist attraction.
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