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

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.

Today, the Marienkapelle am Rhein e.V. association takes care of the preservation and maintenance of the Marienkapelle and organises regular free concerts, the proceeds of which go towards the restoration of the Marienkapelle.

An d’r Kapell 1
40789 Monheim am Rhein

Built in 1858, the Evangelical Old Town Church was renovated in 2017 and is open to Monheim residents for cultural encounters. In 2020, it was the exhibition venue for the sound installation “continuum. From inside the stream” by Frank Schulte.

Corner of Kirchstraße / Grabenstraße
40789 Monheim am Rhein

The formerly vacant house between Monheim and Baumberg was built in the 1950s on the banks of the Greisbachsee lake and has recently been made available to the Monheim Triennale as a residency. In the fall of 2023, the house was renovated and now serves as a residence for the international artists who come to Monheim am Rhein.

Festival director Reiner Michalke: ”We are very happy to have the ‘Villa’ as a venue for artistic work for the first time. The villa is an ideal location for accommodating musicians, as it is both close to the city center and secluded by the lake. We now have the opportunity to invite international guests over a longer period of time and thus contribute to the further development of Monheim as a city of culture.“

In regular house concerts and artist talks, artists give the audience an insight into their practice. Previous guests have included Peter Evans with his trio, Anushka Chkheidze, Shannon Barnett, Fred Frith, Muqata’a, Rojin Sharafi and Stefan Schneider Monti.

Monheimer Straße 21
40789 Monheim am Rhein