Praest
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Praest
City of Emmerich on the Rhine
Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 22 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 36 ″ E
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| Height : | 16 m above sea level NN | |
| Residents : | 1635 | |
| Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 | |
| Postal code : | 46446 | |
| Area code : | 02822 | |
Location of Praest in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Praest is a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Emmerich am Rhein . The village is on the road from Emmerich to Rees and has a stop on the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line .
In the list of architectural monuments in Emmerich am Rhein , six architectural monuments are listed for Praest :
- the Catholic Parish Church of St. John Baptist
- Fallen memorial and wayside cross at the church (Raiffeisenstraße)
- Reckenburg from 1670, today a pension (Bahnweg 200)
- the Offenberg house from the 17th century. Vorburg, Gutshof and Ringgraben partially preserved (Holländerdeich 30–32)
- a courtyard (Blouswardt 21)
The Hetter-Millinger Bruch nature reserve is located north of Praest, towards the state border. The nature reserve Bienener Altrhein is located south of Praest, towards the Rhine.
Illustrations
St. John Baptist
Fallen memorial
Reckenburg
Offenberg House
Web links
Commons : Praest - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Demographic statistics for the individual districts, as of June 30, 2012 on the website of the city of Emmerich
- Map of Praest
literature
- Friedrich Freisberg, Eberhard Hövelmann: Praest and Vrasselt. Sister churches on the big road . In: Heimatkalender Kreis Rees , born 1955, pp. 51–53.
- Hubert Keimes, Karl-Heinz Janßen: 500 years of the church and village of Praest. Contributions to local history . Emmericher Geschichtsverein, Emmerich 2001, ISBN 3-923692-28-5 .
