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DISCOVER KREFELD Leisure planner Photo credits – cover, front: Krefeld-Ostwall / „Luther-Linsen“. Photo credits – contents, page 3, from left to right, top to bottom: Bridge over the Rhine. Photo © Ralf Krieger Show & Tell. Works by Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol; view of installation at Haus Lange Museum 2015 © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Archer. Photo © Arbeitsgemeinschaft Flachsmarkt Krefeld in Profile 04 Museums 06 Landscape of Krefeld. Haus Lange Museum – view from the west. Photo © Volker Döhne Egelsberg Mill. Dining al fresco at Café Liesgen. Shopping by Candlelight. „Fado / Bolero“. Photo © Matthias Stutte Cheering fans of the Krefeld Pinguine. Flachsmarkt. Photo © Arbeitsgemeinschaft Flachsmarkt Friedrichsplatz from above. Photo © Dr. Baoquan Song History 14 Nature 20 Architecture 26 Leisure 36 Culinary 48 Shopping 52 Entertainment 58 Sports 68 Dates and Events 74 Accommodation & Directions 78 KREFELD IN PROFILE Innovative Architecture WITH THE SLOGAN “CITY OF VELVET Today “velvet and silk” are evident primarily in the city’s extra- AND SILK”, KREFELD CONNECTS ordinary architectural heritage. Two prominent examples are the villas designed by the avant-garde architect Ludwig Mies DIRECTLY TO ITS TEXTILE HISTORY: van der Rohe in the 1920s for the silk industrialists Lange FINDING SHELTER IN KREFELD IN and Esters. In the international architectural scene, the names THE 17TH CENTURY, MENNONITE Mies van der Rohe and Krefeld are inextricably linked, but REFUGEES BESTOWED THE CITY thanks to the historical success of the velvet and silk, other WITH UNPRECEDENTED PROS- architects including Biebricher, Pölzig and Eiermann also PERITY THROUGH THEIR SILK- contributed to Krefeld’s particular flair as a city of architecture. WEAVING SKILLS. Living Culture Alongside the architecture, it is Krefeld’s culture that demons- trates its modern, cosmopolitan and experimental character. The Krefeld Art Museums were open to contemporary art very early on, subsequently making it possible for avant-garde artists such as Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Robert Rauschenberg and Christo to work in the city. To this day, the Krefeld Art Museums remain internationally active museums for contem- porary art. Distinctive Design It’s also thanks to velvet and silk that Krefeld is now synony- mous with a third building block of creativity, namely design. Well-known figures like Jil Sander, Markus Lüpertz, Peter Lindbergh and Horst Eckart (Janosch) as well as artist and glass painter Jan Thorn Prikker have all taught or studied in Krefeld. The Faculty of Design at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences emerged from the school of applied arts (Kunst gewerbeschule) and stages an annual exhibition of works which impressively demonstrates the developments in current matters of design. Show & Tell. Works by Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol; view of installation at Haus Lange 2015 © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York MUSEUMS 08 Haus Lange and Haus Esters Museums 09 Kaiser Wilhelm Museum 10 Burg Linn Museum Centre 11 German Textile Museum 12 Haus der Seidenkultur 13 Villa Merländer MUSEUMS page 8 page 9 MUSEUMS Haus Lange, Krefeld Art Museums, by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Photo © Volker Döhne Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. Photo © Lothar Strücken HAUS LANGE AND HAUS ESTERS MUSEUMS Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Haus Lange and Haus Esters were designed between 1927 and The palatial building of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum embodies 1930 by star architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as private the stylistic pluralism of the Gründerzeit period of the late villas for textile manufacturers Hermann Lange and Dr Josef nineteenth century. Opened as a museum of applied and fine Esters. From 1955, Haus Lange served as part of the Kaiser art in 1897, it served simultaneously as a monument to Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, housing its contemporary art, including Wilhelm I, while in the early twentieth century, the building works by Yves Klein, Arman, Christo and others. The first ex- offered a forum not only for the reform movement in archi- hibition at Haus Esters opened in 1981. Today the houses are tecture and design, but also for the painting and sculpture of internationally significant locations for the contemporary that time. Since the 1950s the museum’s main area of focus – art scene and attract architecture enthusiasts from around the modern and contemporary art – has been continually expan- world. ded, and today the building has gained a new splendour fol- lowing thorough renovation and its reopening in July 2016. Past Haus Lange and Haus Esters are undergoing renovation in 2018. and present, applied and fine art form a dialogue through the collections and special exhibitions presented here. Address Wilhelmshofallee 91 – 97, www.kunstmuseenkrefeld.de Address Joseph-Beuys-Platz 1, www.kunstmuseenkrefeld.de Opening hours Open for exhibitions and special events Opening hours Tuesday to Sunday, 11am–5pm, Food & drinks Stadtwaldhaus and beer garden, Hüttenallee 108, every first Thursday in the month 5pm–9pm T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 59 37 84 Food & drinks Museum restaurant MUSEUMS page 10 page 11 MUSEUMS Burg Linn. Colourful children’s clothes from the museum’s own collection. Photo © Textilmuseum BURG LINN MUSEUM CENTRE Deutsches Textilmuseum In Krefeld’s historic district of Linn, you will find the Lower The German Textile Museum at the historic medieval Andreas Rhine’s oldest castle, which originated around 1,200 and used markt in Krefeld-Linn is unique across Germany and specialises to belong to the Electorate of Cologne. In 1926 the well-pre- in ambitious changing thematic exhibitions. Since 1881 it served moated castle was passed over to the city of Krefeld, has had a growing collection of 30,000 textile objects from all along with the outer bailey, the hunting lodge and the tithe over the world, spanning eras from ancient times to the pre- barn. The Landschaftsmuseum that is part of the complex dis- sent day. plays excavation finds from the times of the Romans in the The in-house reference library, with its remarkable collection of fifth century and the age of the Franconian princes. books and magazines on the history of textiles and clothing, Special features of the museum include the gilded royal burial draws researchers from both German and international insti- objects from the largest continuous and well-preserved ceme- tutions to Linn. The library is available to anyone by appoint- tery in the district of Gellep-Stratum, and the medieval barge ment. The temporary exhibitions attract large numbers of visi- from the time of Charlemagne. Concerts and readings are tors to the museum each year. regularly organised in the knights’ hall of Burg Linn. The castle grounds, including the moat and the park offer an impressive backdrop for events of all kinds. Address Andreasmarkt 8, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 946 94 - 50, www.krefeld.de/textilmuseum Opening hours (exhibitions) Address Rheinbabenstraße 85, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 15 53 90, www.krefeld.de/burglinn 1st April until 31st October: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6pm; Opening hours 1st April until 31st October: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6pm; 1st November until 31st March: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–5pm 1st November until 31st March: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–5pm Food & drinks Winkmannshof, Albert-Steeger Straße 19, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 784 56 70 Food & drinks Museumscafé, Rheinbabenstraße 85, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 48 14 82 Stringas Op de Trapp, Rheinbabenstraße 109, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 531 53 73 MUSEUMS page 12 page 13 MUSEUMS Haus der Seidenkultur. Villa Merländer. Haus der Seidenkultur Villa MerlÄnder At the Haus der Seidenkultur a friends’ association preserves The villa that belonged to the silk factory owner Richard the special silk-weaving tradition of parament weaving, which Merländer is now used as a document archive for the Nazi has been practised in Krefeld for more than 100 years. The period. The institution is linked to the city archive. Richard association regularly organises tours and changing exhibi- Merländer fell victim to the Nazi regime as a result of his Jewish tions relating to the traditional craft and its valuable products. faith. Since 1991 the Villa Merländer e. V. has ensured he is At original wooden Jacquard looms, weavers demonstrate remembered and that Krefeld’s Nazi past is addressed. Along- the complex Jacquard and silk-weaving techniques. The Haus side a permanent exhibition of wall paintings by Heinrich der Seidenkultur represents a piece of Krefeld’s living textile Campendonk, regular readings, presentations, film screenings history, presented impressively and with a keen sense of detail. and concerts are also offered. Address Luisenstraße 15, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 93 69 60, www.seidenkultur.de Opening hours Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3pm–6pm; Sunday 1pm–5pm. Address Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 42, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 50 35 53 Every first and third Sunday in the month there is a guided tour Opening hours Every fourth Sunday in the month: 2pm–5pm, at 2pm. groups by appointment Food & drinks Blauer Engel, Schwertstraße 144, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 39 34 59 Food & drinks Ambrosia, Uerdinger Straße 224, T. +49 (0) 21 51 / 535 69 99 Archer. Photo © Arbeitsgemeinschaft Flachsmarkt HISTORICAL 16 Hülser Burg 17 Dujardin distillery 18 Schluff steam train 19 Geismühle HISTORY page 16 page 17 HISTORY View of the Hülser Burg in summer. Historic installations at the distillery. HÜlser Burg Dujardin distillery The Hülser Burg, restored in parts under the leadership of Brandy products have been produced in Krefeld’s Uerdingen Krefeld-based architect Karl Amendt, dates back to the year district since 1810. The extensive complex of the historic 1455. The first mention of a Hülser Burg located to the north distillery now houses a museum, in which the production work- of the city’s current location was in 1144.