The city of Andernach is located in the Neuwied Basin on the left bank of the Rhine between Brohl in the north and the Nette estuary in the southeast. In the north of Andernach the Rhine valley narrows again and forms the northern part of the romantic Middle Rhine. The narrow passage between the Andernacher Krahnberg and the opposite Engwetter in Leutesdorf is called Andernacher Gate. In the northwest starts the Eifel, in the southwest the Pellenz. Andernach is a large county town with about 30,000 residents. In 1988 it celebrated its 2000th anniversary. Of tourist interest are today mainly the medieval fortifications and the proximity to the Laacher Lake with the Maria Laach Monastery. Through the city flows the Antel, the Kennelbach, the Schafbach and Deubach but mostly channeled and subterranean. On the left bank of the Rhine lies the harbor basin. It is 650 m long and 90 m wide.
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The landmark of the city is known as the "Round Tower", which forms the northwestern corner of the city wall. It was built in the years 1440-1453 by the municipal foreman champion Philipp Preudemann. In 1689 the tower resisted a firing of the retreating French troops of Louis XIV .. What remained was an outbreak on the western side of the tower.
The historic Town Hall
After the destruction of the Jewish community in 1349, the city council came into possession of the already longer popular site of the Jewish ghetto on the elevated road. In 1561 the town hall was renewed, with an open market hall originally towards the elevated road and the council and courtroom lying behind. After the destruction by the French the facade was redone in baroque style. While the synagogues of the former Jewish community no longer existed the 12,80 meter deep two-storey Jew bath built at the beginning of the 14th century has been preserved, one of the few still existing Jewish baths of this kind.
Evgl. City Church - former church of the Minorite Monastery with a high Gothic hall church with an aisle. Begun in 1245 - completed in 1450
City Museum - House von der Leyen
Around 1580/90 built as a city palace for magistrate Georg von der Leyen, it now houses the town museum.
Hospital Church
Catholic Church of the St. Nicholas Monastery Hospital. Former Church of the Annuntiaten Monastery. Late Baroque site (built between 1737 - 1739). Bohemian vaulted ceiling. Extensive paintings shows i.a. the foundation of the Order by Joan of Valois.
Fortress ruins or castle garden
The construction of the Electoral Cologne Castle began in 1200; destroyed by the French in 1689.
The Catholic parish church of the Assumption, a mighty basilica with four towers. Westbau and chorus is, on the western edge of the city, where in Roman times was the fort Antunnacum, then gave rise to the later setlement. Particularly noteworthy is the richly decorated West Front, which forms one of the finest examples of Cologne-Rhine architecture from the beginning of the 13th century.
Rhine Gate (Kornpforte, Korenporzen)
The Rhine Gate was built around 1200 as the main access to the city from the Rhine shore. It is the oldest double gate site of the Rhineland.
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