Coal-church-monastery

Start: Vluyner Platz
Kirchplatz & Vluyner Village Church
In 1482, the St. Antonius Chapel was first mentioned in documents. After the reformation of the County of Moers in 1580, it became the evangelical village church and has been an independent parish since 1614. Parts of the bell tower still date back to the 15th century. The hall church was extensively restored in the last decade.
Bloemersheim Castle
Bloemersheim Castle was first mentioned in 1406 and is one of the oldest historical buildings in the city. The castle is still the ancestral seat of the von der Leyen family and houses the Bloemersheim Frhr.-von-der-Leyensche estate management. The estate is a versatile family business consisting primarily of agriculture, fruit growing, and forestry. The orchards, known for their apples and pears, as well as strawberries, sweet cherries, blueberries, and plums, sell their products in the farm shop on Niederrheinallee in Neukirchen-Vluyn (L140). Bloemersheim regularly hosts castle courtyard concerts and selected cultural events.
Kamp Monastery
Kamp Monastery was founded in 1123 as the first Cistercian monastery on German-speaking soil. The extensive area with abbey church, museum, monastery shop, and herb garden invites you to explore and linger. The Spiritual and Cultural Center Kamp Monastery offers numerous activities: concerts, readings, and art exhibitions. In addition, guided tours are offered around Kamp Monastery and in Kamp's Treasure Chamber.
The "jewel" is the terraced garden, a gem of baroque garden architecture. The donation café and the surrounding gastronomy provide for the physical well-being. The distinctive ambiance of the monastery also serves as a backdrop for numerous cultural events. Top-class open-air events include the alternating Kamper Night and the Kamper Open-Air Theater.
Wandelweg
The city of Kamp-Lintfort has two different roots. While the sparsely populated district of Kamp can be traced back to the former Cistercian abbey Kamp Monastery to the year 1123 and has a rich art and cultural history, the settlement focus Lintfort has been industrially and urbanly shaped since 1906.
The connecting element between the two districts is the Wandelweg. Even during the State Garden Show, the Wandelweg will be the connecting axis between the event areas Zechenpark and Kamper Gartenreich.
Former Friedrich-Heinrich Colliery Site
This is an aerial photograph from October 2012 showing the dimensions of the Bergwerk West, right in the middle of the city.
Through the redevelopment of the site for the State Garden Show in 2020 and the subsequent development into the Friedrich-Heinrich neighborhood, the former colliery site becomes a connecting element between the old and the civil servant settlement.
Old Settlement
Fans of industrial culture will get their money's worth with the Old Settlement Friedrich-Heinrich, one of the largest mining colonies in the Rhine-Westphalian industrial area. Over 100 years of mining tradition can be experienced live here: During a guided tour through the Old Settlement or in the Museum House of the Miner, located in the heart of the Old Settlement, the memories of the life of a mining family are vividly kept alive.
Former Niederberg Colliery Site
In the last century, the history of Neukirchen-Vluyn was significantly shaped by the Niederberg colliery. Mining was carried out with a total of five shafts from 1917 until the closure of the mine in 2001. The underground connections extended from Kamp-Lintfort to Tönisberg. Niederberg was one of the most successful collieries in the Ruhr area, producing very high-quality fat coal that was also exported abroad. Today, the winding towers 1 and 2 and the machine house still stand as industrial monuments reminding of the city's mining history.