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The historic center of Ahrweiler is always good for a walk, preferably during the week.

In winter, the "Riverside Lights" festival takes place here. Visitors can expect "music, culinary delights, and art bathed in festive light on the banks of the Ahr River!" The spa garden bridge is adorned with numerous strings of lights, creating a dazzling and sparkling display. Many illuminated artworks are set up along the riverbank. On the opposite side of the river, numerous floral light installations have been erected in the park, offering countless photo opportunities. There is also an ice rink for skating.

As more and more Christians settled in the thriving spa town of Neuenahr in the 19th century, the neo-Gothic Martin Luther Church was built in 1872. Donations from spa guests, collections, aid from the Gustav Adolf Foundation, and 10,000 thalers from the emperor made this possible. With the 1958 reconstruction according to plans by Heinrich Otto Vogel, only the bell tower, the rose window above the main portal, and the two side windows remain. The new section is made of concrete clad with rubble stone. Eugen Keller's mosaic of the Crucified Christ behind the altar dominates the interior. The organ was installed in 1978. During the Ahr floods of 2021, the church was massively flooded and severely damaged.

A temporary bridge that is also used for the Ahr riverside lights.

Very beautiful avenue along the Ahr.

Bridge

<< Sculpture "Hendrech on Jösef" (Bad Neuenahr) >> "The storytellers Hendrech on Jösef (Hendrich and Josef) probably never existed in Bad Neuenahr. But they could have, and that's why the Wadenheim Civic Society and its chairman Horst Felten erected a monument to them in 1999 on Bad Neuenahr's Old Market Square, within sight and hearing of the Old Town Hall: They commissioned the Brohl-Lützing sculptors Johannes Netz and Gerd Hardy to create a life-size stone sculpture of the two. Bonn's Kronen Hotel and the Kaiserhof Hotel were also within earshot. " https://www.aw-wiki.de/index.php/Skulptur_%E2%80%9EHendrech_on_J%C3%B6sef%E2%80%9C_(Bad_Neuenahr)

On the north side of Bad Neuenahr's Old Market Square, opposite the Moses department store, stands the old town hall. This neoclassical building, constructed of local tuff stone in 1895 during the spa's heyday, was once the office of the mayor and the town administration. The Vicariate of St. Joseph previously stood on the same site. From 1875, it housed the town's mayor's office for twenty years. At that time, the elementary school was attached to the building. Since the two buildings were no longer suitable for the modern spa town, they were demolished in 1895, and the new town hall was built. The royal Prussian coat of arms, an eagle, can still be seen on the east façade of the building, facing Bergstrasse. This indicates that the town of Bad Neuenahr belonged to the Prussian Rhine Province from 1816 to 1945. Following the merger of the formerly independent towns of Bad Neuenahr and Ahrweiler in 1969, the town hall and the Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler municipal administration are now located in the former Grand Hotel Flora, a few hundred meters away. https://www.ahrtal.com/de/barrierefreier-urlaub/audioguides/audioguides-in-bad-neuenahr-ahrweiler/altes-rathaus-bad-neuenahr