Benedictine monastery. The famous Abbey of Maria Laach is west of the town in the southern Fore-Eifel (Ger. Südliche Voreifel or Vordereifel, the south-eastern forelands of the Eifel). Namedy Castle is situated in a village on the Rhine, adjacent to Andernach in north-western direction. In 1909 it was purchased by Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern and his wife Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium. Today it is managed by their grandsons' widow, Princess Heide of Hohenzollern, housing concerts, theatre plays, art exhibitions, dinners and other events. Andernach mirror container During World War II, a transit camp for the Nazi Euthanasia Action T4 victims was active in town. The institute in Andernach sent mentally ill patients and disabled people to the Hadamar Euthanasia Centre, where victims were murdered. Between 1941 and 1944, about 1,560 people were sent to Hadamar through the Andernach transit hospital. In 1996, a memorial was built at the city center, commemorating the victims. The interior of the memorial is lined with mirrors on which the names of the known victims are engraved. 400 other dots stand for victims whose names are unknown. Infrastructure Andernach station is on the Left Rhine line and the Eifelquer Railway. It is served by InterCity, Regional-Express (the Rhein-Express, at hourly intervals) and Regionalbahn services (MittelrheinBahn, at hourly intervals) operating between Cologne and Koblenz. It is also served by Regionalbahn on the Eifelquer Railway to Kaisersesch at hourly intervals. Twin towns – sister cities Andernach is twinned with: Dimona, Israel Ekeren (Antwerp), Belgium Farnham, England, United Kingdom Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France Stockerau, Austria Zella-Mehlis, Germany Notable people Johann Winter von Andernach (1505–1574), humanist physician Adolf Kolping (1909–1997), Catholic theologian, university professor Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), poet and writer Puig Aubert (1925–1994), French rugby league footballer Hans Belting (1935–2023), art historian and media theorist Ralf Walter (born 1958), politician (SPD), Member of the European Parliament 1994–2009 David Wagner (born 1971), writer Christian Sturm (born 1978), opera and concert singer Daniel Bauer (born 1982), footballer Markus Pazurek (born 1988), footballer Stefan Bell (born 1991), footballer Associated with Andernach Inge Helten (born 1950), athlete (sprinter) of the DJK Andernach up to 1971, 1976 100-metre world record, as well as silver and bronze at the Olympic Games 1976 Stephan Ackermann (born 1963), theologian, made 1981 his abitur at the Kurfürst-Salentin-Gymnasium, since 2009 Bishop of Trier See also Andernach chess References External links Coat of arms of Andernach Populated places on the