Grafik Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels Oelchenshammer Engelskirchen

Visitor information

Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels (Power Plant)

Address:

LVR-Industriemuseum
Kraftwerk Ermen & Engels
Engels-Platz 2
51766 Engelskirchen


Opening hours


Winter break

The Ermen & Engels power plant is closed for the winter break until 22.3.2024.


23.03.2024 - 27.10.2024:

Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, holidays 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Monday closed

Open on the following holidays:

Easter Sunday (3/31/2024), Labor Day (5/1/2024), Ascension Day (5/9/2024), Pentecost Sunday (5/19/2024), Corpus Christi (5/30/2024), German Unity Day (10/3/2024), All Saints' Day (11/1/2024)


Closed on the following holidays:

Good Friday (29/3/2024), Easter Monday (4/1/2024), Whit Monday (5/20/2024)



Admission to the permanent exhibition: €4

Reduced: € 2 (students, trainees, people doing federal voluntary service, people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits SGB II and SGB XII)

Permanent exhibition for groups of 10 or more: €3.50 per person


Combined ticket
(permanent and special exhibition): €6

Reduced combined ticket: €4 (students, trainees, people doing federal voluntary service, people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits SGB II and SGB XII)

Combined ticket for groups of 10 or more: €5.50 per person


Children and teenagers
(up to 18 years): Free admission

Pupils and daycare centre groups: free admission (including accompanying persons)


The LVR Museum Card gives you free admission to the museums of the LVR and LWL for one year from the date of purchase.Admission to special exhibitions and special events is not included. An upgrade ticket for the special exhibition can be purchased for €2 at the ticket office.


Free admission day for all:
1st Friday of the month. Applies to the permanent exhibition only, does not apply to special exhibitions and events.


Free admission:
RuhrTopCard (once per year), Friends of the LVR Industrial Museum, LVR benefit recipients including one accompanying person, refugees one accompanying person, refugees, LVR employees, former LVR employees, members of the Rhineland Regional Assembly, former members of the Rhineland Regional Assembly, Rhineland Valley bearers, journalists with a press card, members of the International Council of Museums, members of the German Museums Association, members of the Federal Association of Museum Education, members of the Federal Association of Tour Guides, NRW Foundation, bus drivers of visitor groups, holders of the Youth Leader Card (Juleica), RKG employees


Further discounts:

NRW volunteer card: €3
Members of the Rheinischer Verein für Denkmalpflege und Landschaftsschutz: €3 (permanent exhibition), €4.50 (combined ticket for permanent and special exhibition)


Price for Guided Tours through the Power Plant (up to 25 persons):

Normal group guided tours for adults: 50 €
Normal group guided tours for children’s groups and school classes: 40 €
Guided tours in foreign languages (English): 55€



Separate entrance fees apply for temporary exhibitions and events. Please consult the website relating to the respective temporary exhibition or our event calendar.


Dogs in the museum

Please note that dogs are not permitted in the museum. Assistance dogs are exempt from this.


Booking and Information

kulturinfo rheinland

Tel.: 02234 9921555
(Mon - Fri 8 - 18 hours: Sat, Sun and public holidays 10 - 15 hours)

Fax: 02234 9921300

Email:



Travel directions

Legende

Travel directions by car:

  • Follow A4 (Köln-Olpe) to exit 23 / Engelskirchen.
  • Then continue in direction of Engelskirchen.
  • Then follow the signs to the museum.

Environment zone: no


Parking facilities

On foot: approx. 80m

Without restricted mobility

There are approx. 60 free public parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the museum entrance.

With restricted mobility

There are also designated disabled parking spaces. These are however further away than the normal parking spaces. The disabled parking spaces are next to the local government building. (Address: Engels-Platz 4, 51766 Engelskirchen).

Bus stop Engelskirchen, Bus Station

It is not recommended that persons in a wheelchair select this route.

On foot: approx. 400m

Bus number 310

Attention:

As it cannot be guaranteed that one can alight from and board the bus level with the ground, the route in not recommended for wheelchair users.

Description of way without restricted mobility

Follow this road until it meets “Märkische Straße”.

  • From the bus station take the road on the right “An der Post”.
  • Then turn right and follow this road.
  • After crossing the railway tracks continue a further approx. 30 metres on “Märkische Straße”.
  • Then take the path to the right between two buildings (Fire Brigade and Museum) and follow it to “Engels-Platz”.
  • The museum entrance is on the left.

Station Engelskirchen

On foot: approx. 300m

Line RB 25 (Köln – Meinerzhagen)

Description of path without restricted mobility
  • When leaving the station go straight on to the car park.
  • Then go right in the direction of the church.
  • After 50 metres turn left at the Protestant parish hall on to the “Märkische Straße”.
  • Go to the right along the “Märkischen Straße”
  • After crossing the railway tracks continue a further approx. 30 metres on “Märkischen Straße”.
  • Then take the path to the right between two buildings (Fire Brigade and Museum) and follow it to “Engels-Platz”.
  • The museum entrance is on the left.

Attention:

  • The station and the platforms are accessible.
  • The cobble-stones covering the entire Engels-Platz make the path uneven.