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RHINE RIVER VALLEY SIGHTSEEING-TOUR |
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Rhine River Valley and the Object of Interest |
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Our Rhine River Sightseeing Tour
start in Bingen we go left side to the place near Loreleyrock we
cross the Rhine River with an Ferryboat and than we go right
side to Wiesbaden via Rüdesheim. |
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This is an Offers you can do
individualize. |
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Mäuseturm
The small island in front of Bingen had a small fortress on it
in the days of the Romans, but which then disappeared. Hatto II,
archbishop of Mainz since 968, and thus Lord of Bingen, made the
tower on the island famous throughout the world. The population
suffered under Hatto's rule. The various versions of the saga
all agree that the bishop was imprisoned in he tower from 969 to
970, where he was attacked by thousands of mice and died. In the
14th century, the tower served as the watchtower for the customs
collection castle, Ehrenfels. After that the tower was employed
until 1975 as a signal tower to safeguard the passage through
the then so dangerous Binger Loch. The cliffs remaining from the
huge quartz barrier, which used to link both sides of the river,
made the shipping channel extremely narrow for centuries. Only
experienced pilots could guide ships through the small, shallow
channel. It was not until 1974 that most of this obstacle was
removed, making shipping the Rhine River much safer. |
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Rheinstein
Castle
The castle construction originates in the 9th century. It was
originally built as toll tower. One of the historical highlights
was 1282, when King Rudolf von Habsburg held court against the
perfidious robber knights from the Middle Rhine. After the glory
period between the 13th and 16th centuries, Castle Rheinstein
became a ruin. In 1823, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm von Prussia
became the owner, and he restored the ruins. Three architects:
J.C. Lassinel, Friedrich Schriever, and Wilhelm Kuhn were hired
to reconstruct the castle according to the "Romantic Rhine"
concept of the 19th century. The family Hollenzollern kept the
castle through the inheritance until 1975. |
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Reichenstein Castle
The beginnings of Burg Reichenstein date back to the 8th century,
when people on the Rhine began to built fortified
dwelling-places. The first documentary mention of Reichenstein,
in the year 1213, names the arch-abbey of Kornelimünster-Aachen
as possessor of the castle. The castellans instituted by the
arch-abbey gradually came into opposition to the Rhenish League
of Towns, which destroyed the castle in 1253. |
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Sooneck
Castle
The initial construction dates back to the year 1000 and the
time of bishop Willegis of Mainz. It had, however, fallen into
ruins by 1689. Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
acquired it in 1834 and had it rebuilt in pseudo-Gothic style,
as with the castles of Rheinstein and Stolzenfels. It is
impressively situated, perched high over the "Soonecker Grund". |
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Fürstenberg
Castle
The castle, above the town Rheindiebach, served as a toll-house
for the Palatine Electorate In 1689, Furstenberg met with the
same fate as many Rheinland castles and was soon merely ruins.
Only remnants of the huge former ramparts and palace remain.
Stretching majestically upwards, the 82-ft.-high tower seems,
alone, to have been built for eternity. |
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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle
A visit to the " Pfalzgrafenstein" near Kaub, built in the
fourteenth and enlarged during the seventeenth century , where
Blücher crossed the Rhine in 1814, is well worth a visit. Here
you can cast a glance over the narrow borders of Rheingau
outwards towards the Middle Rhine, which in the section up to
Coblenz and confluence of Rhine and Moselle at " Am Deutschen
Eck", in also well known for its quality wines. In Kaub alone,
we find the "Backofen" and the "Burg Gutenfels". |
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Rheinfels
Castle
This Castle was built above St Goar in 1245 by Count Dieter von
Katzenelbogen. Thanks to the Landgraves of Hesse, it underwent
conversion in the 16th century into an impressive Renaissance
mansion, and again in the 17th and 18th centuries into the most
formidable fortress on the Rhine against which all enemy attacks
failed. Not until 1794 was Rheinfels captured by the French
troops and blown up. But even in its destruction, so harshly
alluded to by Karl Simrock, the huge mass of ruins covering the
top of the hill is still one of the most noteworthy sites along
the Rhine. |
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Near Loreleyrock we cross
the Rhine River with an Ferryboat from left to right side. |
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Castle
Maus
Construction on the castle began in 1353 and lasted more than 30
years. The Counts of Katzenelnbogen are said to have scornfully
referred to this castle of the Trier Electors, slowly taking
shape above the town of Wellmich, as the "mouse", which was soon
to be devoured by the "cat" of Katzenelnbogen. Burg Maus is
architecturally one of the finest fortified buildings along the
rhein. Between 1900 and 1906 the castle was carefully restored
with laudable attention to historical detail.
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Castle Cat
The castle is set like a crown on the hillside overlooking St
Goarshausen. It was built by Count Johann of Katzenelbogem at
the end of the 14th century. Destroyed only in 1804 and restored
a century later, Burg Katz today houses a Natural Science
Grammer and Boarding School. The path by which the castle is
reached leads under the three-sroreyed main hall into the
courtyard. The view, especially to the Loreley southward, is
held to be one of the Rhein's best known.
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Loreley Rock
Only a few hundred metres downstream opposite the Loreley Rock
and dominated by the monumental outlines of the fortress of
Rheinfels above, lies this jewel of a town, St Goar, couched in
an incomparably beautiful and romantic niche of trees and water.
The town's name derives from Goar, the saint who came to the
Lohbach estuary in the middle of the 6th century, erected a
hermitage, and brought Christian teaching to the people of the
central Rhine area. |
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Gutenfels Castle
The romantic and historic past become reality when you visit us.
The wonderful view over the most beautiful part of the Rhine
Valley, with the famous and unique stronghold, the castle on the
island in the middle of the Rhine, Pfalzgrafenstein; the brisk
and plentiful boat traffic on the Rhine – all this is a delight
to the beholder! The historical rooms in our well cared for
hotel, invite you to just sit back and enjoy your surroundings,
or are ideal for weddings, celebrations and conferences. It is
an old custom on Castle Gutenfels that for anyone who comes in
peace, the doors will be opened wide in welcome. Castle
Gutenfels above Kaub on Rhine, is one of the most beautiful
castles in Germany. You only become aware of the greatness of
this castle, its beauty and its secrets, when you are prepared
to open your heart and accept the magic and romantic of this
castle, which is over one thousand years old. |
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Lorch
Lorch Village has 32 narrow alley from Middle Ages. |
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Assmannshausen
Assmannshausen Village is at the foot of the Niederwald monument
it is an old red wine area |
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Niederwald Monument
The dramatic monument, nearly 38 meters high, built from
1877-1883 according to plans by Johann Schilling of Dresden, is
no longer in vogue. It symbolizes the reestablishment of the
German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The main
figure is Germania, holding the imperial crown in her raised
right hand and the imperial sword in her left hand. The heights
of the Niederwald can be reached via cable car and chairlift
from Ruedesheim and Assmannshausen, respectively. The fantastic
view from the monument extends well into the State of
Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Ehrenfels
Castle
Above the infamous Binger Loch ("Bingen Hole," dangerous
shallows in the Rhine), situated in the vineyards between
Ruedesheim and Assmannshausen, built from 1208-19 by the
brothers Wernherr and Philip von Bolanden. Together with the
Mouseturm ("Mouse Tower"), an outpost located opposite, in the
middle of the river, it served as both a toll station and a
shelter. The cathedral of Mainz became the proprietor of the
fortress in 1370. In 1688, Ehrenfels fortress was destroyed by
the French during the Palatinate war of succession. Today, it is
considered to be one of the most beautiful and picturesque
castle ruins on the Rhine. |
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Rüdesheim
Drosselgasse
This narrow alleyway is 144 meters long and offers non-stop live
music, dancing, and entertainment from late morning until well
after midnight. You will meet people from all continents,
enjoying wine and music in the wine bars and gardens of the most
famous ally in the world. |
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St Hildegart
The Benedictine convent is situated in the midst of vineyards
above the suburb of Eibingen.
Built between 1900 and 1904, it is a successor to the convent
founded by St. Hildegard of Bingen from 1147-52 on the
Rupertsberg near Bingen. The church and its Beuron-style
paintings are noteworthy. |
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Johannisberg
Castle
Johannisberg Castle has belonged to the family of Baron von
Metternich since 1816. A wine estate received as a quasi medal
for merits gained in service of the empire. That is good
publicity no doubt, at least for those aware of a historical
significance of Metternich. It pleases the eye, to see what this
family has made of its property. |
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Oestricher Crane
Oestrich with its "Lenchen" which is not a wench, but a
particularly good viniculture site, producing "Klosterberg" and
the "Doosberg", is situated directly on the Rhine . Here too, we
find the known crane, already mentioned in chronicles of the
early sixteenth century, with which the precious goods, the
casks of wine, were loaded onto the Rhine ships. |
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Eberbach
Monastery
Eberbach monastery, which belongs to the community of Hattenheim,
is an ancient viniculture refuge. Founded in 1136 by Cistercians,
having suffered a succession of highs and lows, it was closed in
1803. The State Viniculture Demesne has been established here
since 1918, its products being of high repute. There is even a
genuine "Cabinet Cellar" on the premises. |
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Reichartshausen
Castle
Realm-type-live, envelope and staple of the monastery Eberbach.
1742 let the today's close-like building establish the about,
but the monks enjoyed not very long. With the secularization,
1803, came the dissolution of the convention. 1971, only tenant,
then 1998 as owners of the system, developed here the European
Business School. And in such a way the set rounds, at the old
monastic Business place now (private) a university for Business.
Over everything the spirit of the economically extremely
successful Eberbacher of monks floats. |
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Biebrich Castle
The embankment of the Rhine, which the prices of Nassau finally
chose as their ancestral seat of their residence, from the
middle of the 18. century in form of Biebrich Castle, is one of
the most interesting sightseeing points of the Rhine tour.
Maximilian von Welsch had broadly stratified frontage with the
centre pavilion built between 1710 and 1719. |
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