The Venues

The “MS RheinFantasie” operated by Köln-Düsseldorfer Rheinschiffahrt is 85 metres long and 14 metres wide. It is the main venue for The Prequel 2024 and with its spacious interior and large outdoor deck, it offers ideal conditions for our concerts and artist talks. Guests with limited mobility are well catered for on board. Access is at ground level and a lift leads to all decks. A wheelchair-accessible disabled toilet is also available.

Monheim jetty
Kapellenstraße / An d’r Kapell
40789 Monheim am Rhein
51,09834° N, 6,88369° O

The socio-cultural centre Sojus 7 has existed in Monheim am Rhein since 1988. Now under municipal sponsorship, the centre hosts cultural events such as parties, concerts, cabaret, comedy, exhibitions and the children’s creative week, as well as concerts by the Monheim Triennale.

Kapellenstraße 36 – 40 
40789 Monheim am Rhein

Café Zum goldenen Hans is part of the volunteer-run socio-cultural centre Sojus 7, a partner of the Monheim Triennale. The café is a cultural venue for meetings and events of all kinds and genres and home to the in-house internet radio station Radio Rakete. Sojus 7 launched the participatory radio station to give people the opportunity to create and experience culture during the coronavirus pandemic. Our artist in residence Achim Tang is a regular presenter on Radio Rakete and has regularly reported on the Monheim Triennale with the program “Festivalrakete”.

The café has already served as a meeting place for Monheim Triennale artists and people from Monheim am Rhein at all editions.

Ernst-Reuter-Platz 14
40789 Monheim am Rhein

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Nestled on the banks of the Rhine at kilometre 714, the late Gothic St. Mary’s Chapel (Marienkapelle) in Monheim am Rhein stands as one of the oldest pilgrimage chapels in the Archdiocese of Cologne.

As early as the 12th century, a holy house with an image of the Virgin Mary was erected here, inspired by the miraculous conditions of the current. In 1418, Rhine boatmen constructed a wooden chapel, which was later replaced by a stone building in 1514. A jetty was also constructed to accommodate a Rhine barge, enabling believers from the left bank to visit the chapel and venerate its revered image of the Virgin Mary. Notably, in 1553, Cologne councillor Hermann von Weinsberg documented that many people sought solace at the chapel during the plague. The chapel’s Pietà, dating from the early 16th century, is a stunning example of iconographic symbolism, featuring the Mother of God’s left hand depicted in an oversized manner.

Today, the Marienkapelle am Rhein e.V., led by Hans Schnitzler, oversees the preservation of St. Mary’s Chapel. On the first Sunday of every month at 4 pm, the chapel hosts a free one-hour concert as part of the ‘Klangwellen 714’ (Sound Waves 714) series. These concerts, under the patronage of local writer Ulla Hahn and her husband, Dr. Klaus von Dohnanyi, and directed by Monheim pianist Oliver Drechsel, support the chapel’s restoration. More information about the programme can be found here.

An d’r Kapell 1
40789 Monheim am Rhein