Rüsselsheim is a city of 65,000 people (2018) in Hesse. It is known as a centre of the German automotive industry because of its manufacturing and research facilities. It is also known for its fortress, which dates from 1399.
Understand
[edit]Rüsselsheim is the location of one of Opel's automotive manufacturing sites, the former General Motors European design centre (now PSA), and the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Centre.
Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]Exits off the A67 and A60
By plane
[edit]Frankfurt Airport is only a few kilometres away.
By train
[edit]Rüsselsheim is on the line between Mainz and Frankfurt.
Get around
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Map of Rüsselsheim
See
[edit]- 1 Festung Rüsselsheim (Rüsselsheim Fortress), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4.
- Stadt- und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim (Town and industrial museum), Hauptmann-Scheuermann-Weg 4 (in the fort), ☏ +49 6142 832950. The museum, which was designated in 1980 with the Council of Europe's museum award as a "Model Museum", focuses in particular on the development of labour procedures and labour conditions from prehistory to the present.
- 2 Stiftung Opelvillen, Ludwig-Dörfler-Allee 9, ☏ +49 6142 836014. Art exhibitions.
- Opel. Car factory tour available by prior booking.
- The Rüsselsheim Theatre provides 865 seats in stalls and tiers. The theatre's programming consists of plays, concerts, operas, operettas, musicals, ballet, and dancing.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]If you like Turkish food, then there are plenty of choices in and around Marktstraße.
- Roter Hahn, Hessenring 61, ☏ +49 6142 9554. Good steaks
- Shahi Indian, Ferdinand-Stuttmann-Straße 10, ☏ +49 6142 62263. Good Indian restaurant.
- Freeway, Lise-Meitner-Straße 6, ☏ +49 6142 7933222. American restaurant.
Drink
[edit]- Kleines Rüsselsheimer Brauhaus, An der Wied 1 (Haßloch), ☏ +49 6142 562430. Good German beer and food.
Sleep
[edit]- Achat Comfort Hotel, Eisenstraße 28, ☏ +49 6142 858 0.
- Novum Select Hotel Rüsselsheim (formerly Columbia Hotel), Stahlstraße 2, ☏ +49 6142 8760.
- Best Western Hotel Rüsselsheim Frankfurt-Airport, Eisenstraße 6, ☏ +49 6142 8940.