Rengsdorf is a small town on the edge of the Westerwald above the Middle Rhine Valley.

Understand

The home of Friedrich („Fritz“) Karl Henkel, founder of the Henkel company (investors of Persil).

Get in

On the B256 between Neuwied and the A3 Altenkirchen exit.

The closest rail station is Neuwied on the right hand Rhine line. The Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line runs near the town, but the closest station on this line is Montabaur, about three-quarters of an hour by car.

See

• 1 Bismarck column (Bismarcksäule). 13 metre monument to Reichskanzlers Fürst Otto von Bismarck, erected in 1903 (updated Sep 2015)

Do

• As an air-spa there are a number of popular forest-walks in the area.
• Rheinsteig. Walk part of the trail 

Eat

• 1 Jade, Westerwaldstraße 26, ☏ 49 2634 2888. Chinese restaurant and hotel (updated Sep 2015)

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Waldterrasse, Nonnenley 7, ☏ 49 2634 8338. (updated Sep 2015)

Go next

• Neuwied
• Koblenz
• Montabaur