Rengsdorf is a small town on the edge of the Westerwald above the Middle Rhine Valley.
Understand
The home of Friedrich („Fritz“) Karl Henkel, founder of the Henkel company (investors of Persil).
Get in
On the B256 between Neuwied and the A3 Altenkirchen exit.
The closest rail station is Neuwied on the right hand Rhine line. The Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line runs near the town, but the closest station on this line is Montabaur, about three-quarters of an hour by car.
Get around
See
- 1 Bismarck column (Bismarcksäule). 13 metre monument to Reichskanzlers Fürst Otto von Bismarck, erected in 1903
Do
- As an air-spa there are a number of popular forest-walks in the area.
- Rheinsteig. Walk part of the trail
Buy
Eat
- 1 Jade, Westerwaldstraße 26, ☏ +49 2634 2888. Chinese restaurant and hotel
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Hotel Waldterrasse, Nonnenley 7, ☏ +49 2634 8338.