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District of Haan
North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany

Mettmann (district)

Mettmann is a Kreis in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring are the Ennepe-Ruhr and the district-free cities Wuppertal, Solingen, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Mülheim, Essen. It is the most densely populated rural district in Germany; it borders Düsseldorf International Airport in the northwestern district borders, on the city limits of Ratingen, and is also near Cologne Bonn Airport. It was named after Mettmann, its district seat.

Located at 51.25, 7 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bergisches Land

Neandertal

The Neandertal is a small valley of the river Düssel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 12 km east of Düsseldorf, the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia. The valley belongs to the area of the towns Erkrath and Mettmann. In 1856, the area became famous for the discovery of Neanderthal 1, the first specimen of Homo neanderthalensis to be found. The Neandertal was originally a limestone canyon widely known for its rugged scenery, waterfalls and caves.

Located at 51.2267, 6.95111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, Nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia, Visitor attractions in Düsseldorf, Neanderthal sites

Gruiten

Gruiten is a historical, North-Rhine-Westphalian village incorporated by Haan. The village is located near Wuppertal and Düsseldorf.

Located at 51.2181, 7.01139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergische Museumsbahnen

|} The Bergische Museumsbahn is a heritage tram museum situated in the German city of Wuppertal. It operates its own tram line south of Wuppertal on original rails with original cars. Wuppertal operates still the "Schwebebahn", a unique overhead railway.

Located at 51.1914, 7.11222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Tram transport in Germany, Heritage railways in Germany, Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Railway museums in Germany, Bergisches Land, Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia

Gräfrath

Grafrath is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria in Germany. It takes its name from Saint Rasso (Ratho), who was a count (Graf) who founded a Benedictine abbey here in the 10th century.

Located at 51.2, 7.08333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Solingen, Fürstenfeldbruck (district)

Stadion am Zoo

The Stadion am Zoo is a multi-purpose stadium in Wuppertal, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Wuppertaler SV Borussia. The stadium is able to hold 23,067 people and was built in 1924.

Located at 51.2391, 7.10508 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Football venues in Germany, Wuppertaler SV Borussia, Wuppertal, Sports venues in North Rhine-Westphalia

Neanderthal Museum

Neanderthal Museum is a museum in Mettmann, Germany. Located at the site of the first Neanderthal man discovery in the Neandertal, it features an exhibit centered on human evolution. The museum was constructed in 1996 to a design by architect Arno Brandlhuber and draws about 170,000 visitors per year. The museum also includes an archaeological park on the original discovery site, a Stone Age workshop, as well as an art trail named "human traces".

Located at 51.2269, 6.95056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia, Archaeological museums in Germany, Archaeological parks, Paleoanthropology

Solingen arson attack of 1993

The Solingen arson attack of 1993 was one of the most severe instances of anti-foreigner violence in modern Germany. On the night of May 28 to May 29, 1993, four young German men (ages 16-23) belonging to the far right skinhead scene, with neo-Nazi ties, set fire to the house of a large Turkish family in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Three girls and two women died; fourteen other family members, including several children, were injured, some of them severely.

Located at 51.184, 7.08992 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Terrorism in Germany, Arson in Europe, Hate crimes, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1993 in Germany, Terrorist incidents in 1993, Neo-Nazism in Germany, German people of Turkish descent, Racism in Germany, 1993 fires, Solingen, Mass murder in 1993

Kleine Feldhofer Grotte

Kleine Feldhofer Grotte was a cave, a paleoanthropologic site in the Neandertal Valley in northern Germany. In 1856, 60 Neanderthal specimens were unearthed from the cave. The bones come from at least three distinct individuals. The cave was in a limestone gorge and had interior dimensions of 3 m in width by 5 m in length by 3 m in height with a 1 m opening 20 m above the valley floor in the south wall which was 50 m high. The cave gets its name from the nearby large farm of Feldhof.

Located at 51.2275, 6.94556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, Ancient DNA (human)

Botanischer Garten Solingen

The Botanischer Garten Solingen is a 6 hectares botanical garden located at Vogelsang 2a, Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily without charge. The garden dates to 1952 when the city opened its first greenhouse on a 4-hectare site, with the garden itself opening in 1963. In 1965 the tropical house was built (143 m², 8 meters in height), and in 1994-1995 the greenhouses were extended to 826 m² by adding a cactus house and bromeliad house.

Located at 51.1845, 7.0647 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in Germany, Gardens in North Rhine-Westphalia

Solingen Central Station

Solingen Central Station (Solingen Hauptbahnhof) is the only train station in Solingen, Germany offering ICE and IC long distance trains. Solingen-Mitte station serves central Solingen but only with Regionalbahn trains.

Located at 51.1615, 7.00417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, Hauptbahnhof in Germany, S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), Solingen

Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station

Vohwinkel station is the most western station in the city of Wuppertal. It is placed in the district of Vohwinkel. It is a triangular station, built at a railway junction.

Located at 51.2341, 7.07143 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), Wuppertal

Gruiten station

Gruiten station is one of the two stations of the Bergian city of Haan in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is described in German as a Berührungsbahnhof (contact station), as the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld and the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz lines both pass through the station, but their operations are separate. East of the station, they join to form a common route at Linden junction, which is the actual beginning of the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz line.

Located at 51.2146, 7.01085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Wuppertal-Sonnborn station

Wuppertal-Sonnborn station is located in the city of Wuppertal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station is served by S 8 services between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Hagen Hauptbahnhof (some terminating at Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and some running on to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof as line S 5).

Located at 51.2406, 7.09628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), Wuppertal

Mettmann Stadtwald station

Mettmann Stadtwald station is located in the town of Mettmann in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia at the end of a fragment of the Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway, opened by the Rhenish Railway Company. The line and the station were opened on 15 September 1879. The line is served by line S 28 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. There are plans to extend the line to Wuppertal.

Located at 51.2508, 6.98788 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S28 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Solingen Vogelpark station

Solingen Vogelpark station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Düsseldorf–Solingen railway, which was opened on was opened on 3 January 1894 by the Prussian state railways. The station was also opened in 1976 or 1977 and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. The station is served by line S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, running between Dortmund and Solingen every 20 minutes during the day.

Located at 51.1663, 6.9922 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S1 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), Solingen

Solingen Grünewald station

Solingen Grünewald station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Grünewald station was opened on 12 February 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel. The station was opened on 6 May 2006. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station.

Located at 51.1638, 7.07957 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Solingen

Solingen Mitte station

Solingen Mitte station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway. The line through the site of Solingen Mitte station was opened on 2 December 1890 as part of the Solingen–Wuppertal-Vohwinkel line, known as the Korkenzieherbahn ("Corkscrew Railway"), to Vohwinkel. The station was opened on 10 December 2006. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

Located at 51.1661, 7.08935 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Solingen

Leichlingen station

Leichlingen station is a through station in the town of Leichlingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened on 25 August 1867 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between Gruiten and Opladen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 25 September 1867. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

Located at 51.1079, 7.00537 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Haan station

Haan station is a through station in the town of Haan in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened between 1880 and 1897 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between Gruiten and Opladen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 25 September 1867. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

Located at 51.1882, 6.99804 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia

Hochdahl station

Hochdahl station is a through station in the district of Hochdahl of the town of Erkrath in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

Located at 51.2186, 6.94433 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Hochdahl-Millrath station

Hochdahl-Millrath station is a through station in the district of Millrath of the town of Erkrath in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1968 or 1969 on the section of the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway from Erkrath to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel that was opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company on 10 April 1841. It has two platform tracks and it is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

Located at 51.2162, 6.96699 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Violettas Puppenbühne

Violettas Puppenbühne is a theatre in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Located at 51.1583, 7.09083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Theatres in North Rhine-Westphalia

Erbslöh

The Erbslöh was an airship named after the German aviation pioneer Oskar Erbslöh from Wuppertal that was operational in the years 1909/10. In July 1910 the Erbslöh crashed near Leverkusen, killing all five people on board.

Located at 51.0947, 7.01917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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1910 in Germany, Airships of Germany

Gymnasium Schwertstraße

The Gymnasium Schwertstraße in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany was established on 15 October 1841 as the Höhere Bürgerschule, and is the oldest and most traditional of the four gymnasiums in the city.

Located at 51.1687, 7.08964 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Solingen, Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, High schools in Germany, Educational institutions established in 1841