Niederwenigern

Niederwenigern is a small borough of the city of Hattingen in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is about 15 minutes by car from the center of Hattingen along the Ruhr River but closer (about 5 minutes) to Kupferdreh, a part of the town Essen. The population is about 6,000 and before 1970, it was independent. Niederwenigern has a Roman Catholic church, a local landmark, St. Mauritius Cathedral. There is also a Lutheran-Evangelical Protestant church, the faith of most Protestant Christians in Germany. There is also the Nikolaus-Groß-Museum..