Millrath in North Rhine-Westphalia
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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 1 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, Nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia, Visitor attractions in Düsseldorf, Neanderthal sites

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 1 miles away.
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Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia, Archaeological museums in Germany, Archaeological parks, Paleoanthropology

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 1 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, Ancient DNA (human)

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 2 miles away.
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Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

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 3 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S28 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

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 2 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 1 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 0 miles away.
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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations, S8 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)