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Bad Neuenahr

View through a town gate into a half-timbered street in Ahrweiler
Photo: Alexander Schimmeck / Unsplash

Casino in the station building

Since June 2023 the casino has been in the station building.

Plan a visit

Minimum age according to our records: 18 years.

Please check with the building before you go: age, opening hours and dress code. General notes

History of the house

On 25 August 1948 “Kasino Bad Neuenahr Foerster & Co. KG” received the licence for the first casino in post-war Germany; it opened in the Kurhaus (built 1903–1905, ≈ 170 m along the Ahr) in December 1948. This earned Bad Neuenahr the nickname “Monte Carlo on the Ahr”.

The flood disaster of July 2021 destroyed the rooms in the Kurhaus. Since 28 June 2023 the casino has been in the historic railway station building of Bad Neuenahr.

Getting there

  • By rail you travel via the Ahrtalbahn (Remagen – Ahr valley); after the 2021 flood service was restored section by section. Please check the current timetable.
  • The casino is in the station building – anyone arriving by train is practically at the door.

Times and distances are approximate (≈), without guarantee. Check timetables with the transport operator.

On the way and nearby

  • Kurpark and Kurhaus – Park of 1858, Kurhaus of 1903–1905 on the Ahr.
  • Thermal bathhouse and Beethoven clock – Bathhouse of 1899–1901 at the Kurpark entrance.
  • Ahrweiler old town – Town gate and half-timbered streets.
  • Sculpture trail – Section of the Rhineland-Palatinate sculpture trail.
  • Remagen – Starting point of the Ahrtalbahn.

The house and the place

Neuenahr became a spa with its first season in 1859; the Kurpark was laid out in 1858. The Kurhaus (1903–1905) has a large festival hall and from 1951 to 1958 hosted the Federal Press Ball.

For the opening of the casino in 1948, 60 former croupiers from Zoppot (Sopot) came to Bad Neuenahr. In 1969 the casino acquired the majority of shares in AG Bad Neuenahr (spa administration); the two companies have been closely linked since. For 35 years a special train called the “Casino-Express” brought guests from Düsseldorf and Cologne.

After the 2021 flood the management looked at twelve possible sites. A small travel centre for rail passengers has been kept in the station building; work on the large Kurhaus hall was completed in February 2025.

Brunnvelta is your travel guide. We bring together history, directions and sights so that you can plan your trip to this place at ease. We sell nothing. All information without guarantee – please check with the building, the organiser and the transport operator before you travel.

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