South Hesse
Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Rüdesheim

Niederwald monument

The Niederwald monument is a monument located in the Niederwald, near in , , built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument commemorating the founding of Germany
  • Also known as: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Address: Rüdesheim
  • Inscription: “ZUM ANDENKEN AN DIE EINMUETHIGE SIEGREICHE ERHEBUNG DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKES UND AN DIE WIEDERAUFRICHTUNG DES DEUTSCHEN REICHES 1870–1871”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple and Besucherzentrum auf dem Niederwald.

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is situated 200 metres northeast of Niederwald monument.

Tourism office
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is a tourism office, which is situated 220 metres northeast of Niederwald monument.

Railway station
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is in the town of in the German state of on the East Rhine Railway. It is on the western edge of the town, separated from the Rhine only by federal highway B 42. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Niederwald monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aulhausen and Bingen.

Village
was first mentioned in 1108 as im Rheingau. It lies in and has about 1200 Inhabitants. From 1970 to 1977 was a district in .

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am Rhein is a town in the region of at the junction of the Rhine and the Nahe, across the river from . It came into being as a strategically important location for the Romans.

Suburb
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is a Stadtteil of that is located on the opposite bank of the river from the old town of Bingen. It was self-administering until 1969.

Niederwald monument

Latitude
49.98112° or 49° 58′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.89979° or 7° 53′ 59″ east
Elevation
298 metres (978 feet)
Open location code
8FX9XVJX+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33818260
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
9645260
Wiki­data ID
Q646012
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Niederwald monument” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Niederwald (lasang sa Alemanya, Hessen, lat 49,98, long 7,90)”
  • Cebuano: “Niederwald”
  • Chinese: “下瓦尔德纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “下瓦爾德紀念碑”
  • Chinese: “尼德瓦爾德紀念碑”
  • Danish: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Dutch: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Esperanto: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • French: “Germania”
  • French: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • German: “Niederwald-Denkmal”
  • German: “Niederwalddenkmal (Nationaldenkmal)”
  • German: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת נידרוואלד”
  • Indonesian: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Italian: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Japanese: “ニーダーヴァルト記念碑”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Norwegian: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Russian: “Нидервальдский памятник”
  • Russian: “Памятник Германии”
  • Russian: “Памятник Нидервальд”
  • Swedish: “Niederwald Denkmal”
  • Swedish: “Niederwalddenkmal”
  • Turkish: “Niederwald anıtı”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Niederwald”

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