The following cities and districts border Monheim am Rhein: to the north Düsseldorf, to the east Langenfeld, to the south Leverkusen and Cologne to the southwest, and Dormagen to the west.
History
Monheim has approximately 850 years of recorded history. It was first documented in 1150 as a fishermen's village in the Berg. It became the administrative centre for the surrounding villages in 1363, and stayed in that position until Napoleon formed the Rhine Confederation in 1806. Monheim, Baumberg and Hitdorf were then combined into a municipal corporation. Monheim gained city status in 1960, ten years after it finally incorporated the neighbouring villages Baumberg and Hitdorf. At the end of 1974 Monheim was incorporated by Düsseldorf as part of a major municipal corporation reform. After a successful complaint in the federal state's constitutional court in Münster, the city became independent again on 1 July 1976, but lost Hitdorf to Leverkusen. Since 1994 the official city name has been Monheim am Rhein.
Sites of interest
Schelmenturm – The 26m-high landmark of Monheim is a tower from the early 15th century, which was part of the former fortification built by the Earls of Berg. Since 1972, the tower has been reorganised, also being used as a cultural meeting place.
Deusserhaus – The Deusser manor house, built around 1848, today is the museum of the HeimatbundMonheim e.V.
Haus Bürgel – This house is located on the border between Baumberg and Düsseldorf in a landscape conservation area called "Urdenbacher Kämpe", a flood plain of the Rhine. The earliest source from 1019 states that the "Castrum in Burgela" was built in the 4th century as part of the Roman defences against the Franks on the left bank of the Rhine. In the 14th century, the broadly meandering river changed its bed after a flood, so that Haus Bürgel is actually on the right bank of the Rhine today. Some remains of the Roman walls are still visible, although the place was transformed into a larger Frankish manor house. In recent years, it has been used as a museum and biological-environmental research and information station.
Gänselieselbrunnen – The fountain known locally as Gänselieselbrunnen is located next to the town hall of Monheim am Rhein.
Friedenskirche - The Friedenskirche is a protestant church in Monheim-Baumberg, built from 1968 to 1974 according to the plans of :de:Walter Maria F%C3%B6rderer|Walter Maria Foerderer and an outstanding example of Brutalism in the Rhineland.
