Open Monument Day

The Open Monument Day takes place annually throughout Germany on the second Sunday in September.

The aim of the Open Monument Day is to raise public awareness of the importance of cultural heritage and to arouse interest in the concerns of monument preservation. The central message "Preserving monuments together" also aims to encourage everyone to remain committed to architectural heritage.

The next Open Monument Day will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2025 with the motto "Valuable-full: priceless or irreplaceable?".

  • Old town hall, Mittelstraße 40 (today community center)

    Built as a town hall with a neo-Gothic sandstone façade in 1899 - 1900
    10:00 - 15:00: Stamp friends Hilden e.V. stand in the entrance portal with issue of a special stamp for Open Monument Day

  • City Archive Hilden, Gerresheimer Straße 20a

    Archive material as a monument
    10:00-16:00: Open day, presentation of special items from the city archive Guided tour of the storage rooms with explanations on the preservation of the collection

  • Kückeshaus, Eisengasse 2 / Schwanenstraße 12

    The two-storey half-timbered house dates back to the 16th century and has a particularly beautiful half-timbered structure with St. Andrew's crosses between the timber frames
    11:00 - 16:00: Open with an exhibition on the history of the house and its inhabitants as well as historical tools and materials.

    11:00 am: Meeting point for urban sketching of the building (inside and outside possible)

  • City tour "Hilden under National Socialism"

    12:00 p.m.: Guided tour with Yvonne Tsamaloukas, city guide Hilden Meeting point: "Altes Helmholz" training center Gerresheimer Straße 20

  • City tour Hilden

    14:00: Guided tour with Gerhard Wollmann Meeting point: Alter Markt Hilden, Jaubank (Markt 2-4)

  • Historic grain distillery and Wilhelm Fabry Museum, Benrather Straße 32a

    Two-storey brick building built in 1864. Inside, the original equipment of the grain distillery is preserved with a horizontal single-cylinder steam engine and boiler house 11:00 - 17:00: Museum and historic grain distillery open
    14:00 & 16:00: Guided tours with the historic steam engine running

  • Haus Hildener Künstler e.V. "H 6", Hofstraße 6

    The former coach house was built around 1900 and has been used as an artists' house since 1982
    11:00 - 18:00: Sculpture garden and exhibition open; house tour possible

  • Reformation Church, Mittelstraße 66 / Market

    Romanesque church with galleries. The early date of construction around 1210 makes this church a pioneering work of art in the entire Rhineland and is therefore of particular significance in terms of architectural and art history.
    3:00 - 4:00 pm: Guided tour of the history and architecture of the Reformation Church with Ole Hergarten

  • Gottschalk Mill, Mill 64


    The mill was first mentioned in a document in 1380 and operated until 1993. Renovation 2008 - 2011
    3.00 - 4.00 pm: Photo presentation on the history and renovation of the mill in the silo; coffee and cake available