Eschweiler - Main Sights

Main Sights

Eschweiler main sights include:

• Artificial lake Blausteinsee ("Blue Stone Lake")
• the Old Townhall (which is now the restaurant and conference wing of a hotel)
• two pilgrim churches
• main parish church of St. Peter und Paul with the Leather Pietà from 1360
• the chapel
• dwelling house of the former Cistercians nunnery of St. Jöris, skull relic in St. Jöris' church, baroque altar in Hehlrath's church
• Old Mill of Gressenich.

Also present is a series of castle and manors:

• Castle of Eschweiler (only three towers from the 13th century are left)
• Castle of Kambach (beautiful water castle besides the golf course)
• Castle of Kinzweiler
• Castle of Nothberg
• Castle of Palant
• Castle of Röthgen
• Castle of Weisweiler (only the towers and the outer walls are left)
• Manor of Broich
• Manor of Drimborn
• Manor of Nothberg