Old town-hall of Bergisch Glattbach

Bergisch Gladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 113,000 (2022).

Understand

Administratively it's a city, but it feels more two towns (Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg which were merged in 1975) that act as commuter towns in the greater Cologne region.

• Bergisch Gladbach City Council website

Get in

By train and tram

• S-Bahn S11 from Cologne (Köln Hbf) ends at 1 Bergisch-Gladbach station in the city centre.
• Stadtbahn (U-Bahn) line 1 (metro/tram) from Cologne ends at 2 Bensberg , a local tram/bus interchange in the Bensberg area.

By plane

The nearest airport is Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) in Cologne, accessible from Bergisch-Gladbach directly by bus route 400.

See

• Rathaus in Bensberg (Affenfelsen). The town hall of Bensberg. 
• Rathaus in Bergisch Gladbach. The town hall of Bergisch Gladbach. 
• Schloss Bensberg. Bensberg Palace 
• Schloss Lerbach. 
• Burg Zweiffel. 
• 1 Paper mill Alte Dombach, Alte Dombach 1 (Autobahn 4, exit "Frankenforst", direction "Bensberg"; after about 2.4 km, turn left onto "Buddestraße"; follow this road for about 3.4 km; then turn right and follow "Schnabelsmühle", which later becomes "Hauptstraße", for 3 km; or: From the S-Bahn station "Bergisch Gladbach" take line 426 to the "Dombach" stop), ☏ +49 22 34 99 21 555. Tu-F 10:00-17:00, Sa Su holidays 11:00-18:00. The largest paper museum in Germany. It shows how paper was made in earlier centuries. You can make paper yourself there. €5, reduced €4.50, children and young people up to 18 years free. (updated Jun 2024)

Sleep

• Castle Hotel Lerbach. 

Go next

• Cologne (Köln), 15 km southwest (20 minutes by train)
• Leverkusen, 13 km west (25 minutes by train)
• Siegburg, 25 km south
• Solingen, 30 km north