Monchengladbach Hotels

Monchengladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Dusseldorf and the Dutch border. The history of Monchengladbach began with the construction of the Gladbach Cathedral and the founding of an abbey in the year 974 by Gero, Archbishop of Cologne, and his companion, the monk Sandrad of Trier. To advance the settlement, the monks created a market north of the church in the 12th century. Craftsmen settled near the market. Gladbach received its town charter in. The got a town wall made of stone, which had to be maintained by the citizens. Until the end of the 18th century the city belonged to the department of Grevenbroich within the duchy of Julich.
On October 4, 1794 French revolution army troops marched into the town, one day before the fortress Julich had been handed over. When the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II conveyed the left bank of the river Rhine to France with the Treaty of Lunéville in 1801, Gladbach fell under French religion laws. This was the end for the abbey, and the monastery was closed. On October 31, 1802, the last 31 monks left the monastery. The tremendous abbey library, well known outside of Germany, was scattered or destroyed.