Main Sights
Locations of note in the city include:
- Schloss Burg, the castle of the counts of Berg
- Rhineland Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge, an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Klosterkirche, church (1690)
- Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum), presenting swords and cutlery of all epochs
- Müngsten Bridge, a railroad bridge connecting Solingen with the neighbour town of Remscheid. Standing at 107 m above the ground, it is the highest railroad bridge of Germany.
- Botanischer Garten Solingen, a botanical garden
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