Niederrhein Geocoin 2010

Make the beauty of this area known to the world.

On this coin You can see the important items of the Niederrhein:

1. The river Rhein
2. Windmills
3. A cow
4. A bike
5. Willows
6. An owl

All together they show what is called "The Niederrhein" On the other side of the coin You see the bridge of Wesel and the slogan: "Niederrhein is überall" (Niederrhein is everywhere), make it come true and carry me anywhere to show the beauty of this country.

The Lower Rhine region or Niederrhein is a region around the Lower Rhine section of the river Rhine in North-Rhine Westphalia,
Germany between approximately Neuss and Düsseldorf  to the South and the Dutch border around Emmerich to the North. As the region
can be defined either geographically, lingustically, culturally, or by political, economic and traffic relations of centuries,
as well as more recent political subdivisions, its precise borders are disputable and occasionally may be seen as extending
beyond the Dutch border. Yet, while the Dutch half of the Lower Rhine geographic area is called Nederrijn  in Dutch, it does
practically not overlap with the German Niederrhein  region, although one term is a translation of the other.

A cultural bond of the German Lower Rhine region is its Low Rhenish language, which belongs to the Cleves languages of the
Rhine-Maaslands language group. Other typicalities of the area include the predominantly Catholic background as well as the
Rhenish Carnival tradition.

The area basically covers the districts of Cleves, Wesel, Viersen and Neuss as well as the independent cities of Mönchengladbach
and Krefeld. On its disputed fringes Duisburg, parts of Oberhausen as well as Düsseldorf can be seen as part of the Lower Rhine.

The Lower Rhine landscape is mostly flat green grass land with wide views of the horizon. Sights include the historic town centers
of Cleves and Xanten, as well as that town's Roman archeological museum, the castle "Schloss Moyland" in Bedburg-Hau or the Catholic
pilgrimage town of Kevelaer. (Wikipedia)

Its a nice area not only for families. You can go by boat on the small river Niers or visit some of the outstanding nice cities like Goch,
Kleve, Xanten and Kalkar or the smaller places like Kessel, Moyland, Loisendorf, Kerken, Hommersum..... . There are many ways marked for cycling
or hiking and even some geocaches are arround.