Old Market, Mönchengladbach – Alter Markt Mönchengladbach loop from Mönchengladbach

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Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Old Market, Mönchengladbach – Alter Markt Mönchengladbach loop from Mönchengladbach

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Old Market, Mönchengladbach – Alter Markt Mönchengladbach loop from Mönchengladbach

01:05

4.25km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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992 m

New Water Tower Mönchengladbach

Highlight • Monument

Mighty water tower made of bricks, approx. 51 m high. The external appearance of the tower is characterized by light yellow painted plastered surfaces, structures made of dark red bricks and the greenish patinated roof covering made of copper sheet. The tower has two internal steel storage tanks with a capacity of 2,300 m3 and 800 m3.
The monumental water tower was built in 1908/09 according to plans by the city planning officer Otto Greiß in the northern urban expansion area in an exposed location.

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1.72 km

Markttor (Gladbach City Gate)

Highlight • Historical Site

After Gladbach had received city rights between 1364 and 1366, they began building the city wall at the end of the 14th century. The wall was completed around 1414. Access to the city was via three city gates. As one of the three city gates with a very representative function for the city, the market gate was first mentioned around 1466. The Markttor was most probably the most impressive structure of the entire Gladbach city fortifications. In 1652, the Market Gate was damaged during the Great City Fire, but rebuilt. Around 1809 it was demolished on the initiative of the then mayor J. P. Bölling.

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1.73 km

Gatekeeper’s House Mönchengladbach

Highlight • Historical Site

At its core, the gatekeeper's cottage is one of the city's oldest buildings. With the completion of the city wall, people and goods entering and leaving the city were checked at the gatekeeper's house. Probably the gatekeeper's house was built before the fortified city gates. The house had different names according to its respective use. In the old documents is mentioned in 1589 a Pfortzener (= city gatekeeper) and was home of the gatekeeper of the neighboring market gate. The Brinckshaus and Torwärterhaus were originally two different buildings and the Torwärterhaus was later integrated into the Brinckshaus. This was in the 19th century home of the family Brinck, u. a. the mayor Matthias Brinck (1814-1820). Later, the facade of the building was set back due to a road widening. In 1901, Wilhelm Kimmel rebuilt the former gatekeeper's house into a commercial building: the Cologne Consum Anstalt (see picture next door for a photograph from 1910).

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1.78 km

Small Tower

Highlight • Historical Site

The small tower is about 30 meters northeast of the powder tower. It was a small watchtower and also served as a kind of support strut to give the city wall greater stability. The small tower is a semicircular watchtower with a diameter of approx. 4.5 meters. At 1.3 to 1.4 meters, the walls were only slightly thicker than the city wall itself. The building report from 1589 shows that this turret originally had a roof.

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1.91 km

Old Market, Mönchengladbach

Highlight • Historical Site

The market place represents the core area of the historical city Mönchengladbach, together with the area around and below Münster. From here, the small settlement formed into a city and was finally surrounded by a city wall.

Since the 12th century, the place served as a marketplace. Within the next few centuries, three weekly fairs and four weekly fairs were organized at regular intervals. The big fairs took place on the 6th of January (Holy Trinity), on the half-fast (in March), on the 15th of June (the patron saint day of St. Vith) and on the 11th of November (St. Martin). Dairy products, bacon, eggs, fish, oil and also cloth were very popular goods at the weekly markets.

In 1929 the towns of Rheydt and Mönchengladbach were merged. After suddenly having two marketplaces, the old marketplace was renamed "Alter Markt" to distinguish the two squares.

Not only residential buildings dominated the area around the market, but early on, the inns were established here. The still existing historic buildings on the Old Market include the inn St. Vith and the former gatekeeper's cottage, which today houses an Italian restaurant.

Old market today; Source: MGMG
Today, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, the weekly market takes place, where especially fresh fruit and vegetables are sold. The Old Market is still shaped today by the many local cafes, pubs and restaurants.

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1.95 km

Alter Markt Mönchengladbach

Highlight • Settlement

Together with the Kapuzinerplatz and the Minster, the Alter Markt forms the heart of historic Mönchengladbach. Here - practically in front of the gates of the abbey - a small settlement grew into a town and was finally surrounded by a city wall.

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4.25 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.04 km

859 m

306 m

Surfaces

2.12 km