chapel "Kottenborner Kapelle"

As the only conglomerate rock in the Monschauer Land, the immense, 80 metre-long Richelsley Rock lies on the edge of the High Fens. It was topped with a cross in 1890 to honour Prior Stephan Horrichem, the “Apostle of the High Fens”.

The Ten Stargazes are places where you can observe the impressive night sky. They are easy to reach and perfectly equipped for an astronomical voyage of discovery on your own. Exciting information and suitable installations help to deepen the fascination of stargazing. Each Stargaze has been given its own theme. There, a variety of aspects of astronomy and nocturnal nature as well as local peculiarities are shown.

In its monumental form made of basalt lava stone, the castle gate in Nickenich is an ornament of the place.It was once the entrance to the farm buildings in the castle district.

The Christinas Stuben Museum shows the collections and bequests of Gisela and Fred Ackermann

Until 1861, the Plaidter parish church stood on the "Old Church Square". Today's three-aisled, neo-Gothic church was consecrated on September 9, 1861 by Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi.