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Heinrich Heine's Birth House
Heinrich Heine's Birth House at Bolkerstrasse 53 now contains a literary bookshop, café and reading room.
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Schloss Benrath
Elector Carl Theodor was a man of deep pockets and good taste, as reflected in his exquisite pleasure palace and gardens. About 10km south of the city centre, this is where the ruler came to relax and frolic in the wonderfully harmonious complex designed by Frenchman Nicolas de Pigage.
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Schloss Jägerhof
Painted piglet-pink, but otherwise very dignified, the Schloss Jägerhof is a rococo confection dreamed up by leading 18th-century architect Johann Joseph Couven. Inside is the eclectic Goethe Museum, whose exhibits capture the spirit of this complex genius and his time. Putting the 'trip' in triptych is Paul Struck's epic oil painting (1974) depicting the Walpurgisnacht scene from Faust II.
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Schlossturm
Just beyond St Lambertuskirche, on Burgplatz, the Schlossturm is all that's left of the electors' palace, which burned down in 1872. It now houses the Schifffahrt Museum.
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