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Uerdingen - aalkabout through the historical city district - Part 2
At the Oberstr. 29 is the 'Et Klöske' situated, which means translated little Nicholas. Above the entrance door stands a copy of the old Nicholas statue from 1799.
Originally a hospital including accommodation was here, which can be proved from 1403 onwards. Of the buildings only the Gothic church with three-part choir and ribbed vault has been preserved. In the 18-century the road facade has been renewed in the baroque style. Since the secularisation the former place of worship has been subjected to profane usages; today it is used as a lecture hall.
Oberstr. 32 was built in the second half of the 18th-century as well as in the 19th-century rebuilt and extended. It is a two-storied seven-axle house with gateway. The house has a ribbon-plaster facade with sand respectively freestone jambs for doors and windows.
The former villa of the Uerdinger Chemic industrialist Rudolf Wedekind was built by the renowned architect Heinrich Metzendorf in 1906/07. The house, large monumental and situated on a slope towards the Rhine exhibits a mix from neo-classical to baroque motifs. A round tower protrudes towards the Rhine, which housed the owner's observatory underneath the cupola in the past. In close proximity, Dammstr. 8, stands the small Rhine-manor built by the architect Prof Karl Henrici in 1908.
Opposite stands the former south-east tower of the city fortification. Now it has been integrated into the residential area, which is located behind. Next to it is the old Uerdingen castle from the 14th-century. It was rebuilt to a late-classical industrialist's villa in 1839. The high, boxlike building exhibits a large gable front as well as balconies with iron-cast bannisters. In the 70ties family Erlenwein lived here. They operated on the former castle terrain the distillations and liqueur factory Erlenwein a. Kremer.
The Rhine sites on which one moves now were created between 1882 and 1891. They were designed by the Linner landscaper Vincentz as a public Rhine promenade with trees and decorative plants. The former rampart has been converted into a dike and was incorporated into the green zone.
From the promenade one has a good view onto the Rhine. Upstream the newly renovated Uerdinger Rhine bridge. The bridge - opened in 1936 - has a length of 860m and two lanes as well as two pavements.
In front of the following building, the Uerdinger Casino, stands a protected copper beech, also a noteworthy magnolia, an Indian bean and other rare shrubs. The Casino itself is a neo-classical building with a Rhine terrace projection was built in the year 1832. In the past the Uerdingen dignitary society met here before it became a public restaurant.
