Bergneustadt is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Gummersbach, 51km from Schloss Drachenburg.
Bergneustadt is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Gummersbach, about 6 km away.
Bergneustadt (German pronunciation: [bɛʁkˈnɔʏʃtat] ) is a municipality in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. It is part of the Berg region.
Within an hour or so of Bergneustadt: Freudenberg Alter Flecken (21 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (44 km), Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) (50 km), Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Bergneustadt?
The nearest famous roads are Mosel Valley Wine Route, Schottenring and Moselle Valley Road (B53).
Where is Bergneustadt?
Bergneustadt is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 6 km from Gummersbach.
Road trip
Drive to Bergneustadt
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
From the Kurpark steps, Freudenberg's Alter Flecken, rows of near-identical black-and-white half-timbered gables rebuilt after a 1666 fire: lines up into one of Germany's most graphic photographs.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
44 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
This twin-spired Gothic giant towers over the Rhine, its 533 steps rewarding climbers with a sweeping city panorama.
50 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Nationales Automuseum – The Loh Collection
Opened in 2023 in rural Hesse, this 7,500 m² museum parades some 150 milestone cars, from pre-war Grand Prix machines to Le Mans winners and modern hypercars.
50 km · about 60 min drive
castle
Schloss Drachenburg
A flamboyant 19th-century villa-castle on the Drachenfels above the Rhine, reached by Germany's oldest cogwheel railway.
51 km · about 60 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Drachenfels
A dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Phantasialand
Award-winning German theme park near Cologne known for incredibly detailed theming and innovative ride experiences.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Bergneustadt
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
51 kmDrachenfelsA dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.