Emmerich am Rhein
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Emmerich am Rhein is a city on the River Rhine in Lower Rhine in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, with a population of around 30,000.
Understand
History
Orientation
Emmerich lies on the River Rhine, or more precisely, on its right (northern) riverbank next to the Dutch border.
Emmerich is divided into 10 quarters (Ortsteile): Altstadt (old town), Borghees, Dornick, Elten, Hüthum, Klein-Netterden, Leegmeer, Praest, Speelberg and Vrasselt.
Tourists are most likely to concentrate on Altstadt and maybe Elten.
Get in
By plane
The nearest airports are located in Weeze (NRN, 37 km away), Düsseldorf (DUS, 95 km), Eindhoven (NL) (EIN, 120 km), Dortmund (DTM, 125 km) and Schiphol (NL) (AMS, 136 km). Out of these, Düsseldorf and Amsterdam Schiphol see by far the most international connections. Weeze meanwhile is mostly served by no frills airlines.
By train
Emmerich station is situated less than 1 km away from the city centre. At Duisburg main station travellers from Germany may change trains from high speed train ICE to regional trains Regionalexpress "Rhein-Express" (RE 5) or Regionalbahn „Der Weseler“ (RB 35). The night trains CityNightline "Pollux" (CNL 419/1319) and "Pegasus" (CNL 40419) have a stop in Emmerich too.
- Emmerich station timetables: current arrivals • current departures
- trip scheduling (by train and bus): inbound journey • outbound journey
By car
Emmerich is connected to the highway ("Autobahn") A3 and to the federal highways ("Bundesstraße") B8 and B220.
Get around
By local transportation
VRR database
By car
By bike
By foot
Tourist information
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Tourist Information infoCenterEmmerich
phone: +49 2822 9310-40address: Rheinpromenade 27, 46446 Emmerich am Rhein
See
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Rheinbrücke Emmerich
address: Klever Str.largest suspension bridge in Germany Heilig-Geist-Kirchebuilt in 1966, version of the cross made of scrap metal and the Stations of the Cross made of linen.
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phone: +49 2822 75-1900address: Martinikirchgang 2A one man submarine and a number of models of ships
Do
Events
Buy
Local specialties
Sleep
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phone: +49 2822 537909address: Bahnhofstraße 26
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phone: +49 2822 975190address: Baustraße 50
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phone: +49 2822 981770address: Rheinpromenade 8
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phone: +49 2822 45343address: Eltener Straße 355
Caravan sites
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Wohnmobilstellplatz am Yachthafen
address: Fackeldeystr. -
Wohnmobilstellplatz Kleiner Wall
phone: +49 2822 931040address: Kleiner Wall