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Larger Pictures of Castles, Communities and
Regional Highlights
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The Rhine
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Rudesheim (Rüdesheim in
German), at the southern
end of the Rhine Gorge |
Rudesheim's main street |
Drosselgasse shopping
and restaurant street in
Rudesheim |
Cable car from Rudesheim
up to the Niederwald
monument |
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The statue of Germania
commemorates the German Empire creation in 1871. |
Looking south, back over
Rudesheim and the Rhine |
Vineyards on the hills at
Rudesheim, started in
the 6th century |
We go cruising on the Rhine,
through this UNESCO
World Heritage zone. |
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Typical small village along
the Rhine, with typically
steep terraced vineyards |
The Rhine remains a busy
commercial waterway. |
Ruine Ehrenfels, above the vineyards, the Rhine, and
modern commerce |
The Ehrenfels ruins, near
Rudesheim, date from
1210 |
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Burg Rheinstein, near
Trechtingshausen,
13th century |
Burg Sooneck, near
Niederheimbach,
1000 AD |
Pfalzgrafenstein (the Pfalz),
a mid-river toll castle near
Kaub, erected in 1328 |
The Lorelei Rock was said
by careless sailors to be
home of a deadly maiden. |
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St. Goar, on the west bank of
the Rhine, midway between
Rudesheim and Kobblenz |
Burg Rheinfels, above St.
Goar, was built in 1245. |
The French Revolutionary
Army destroyed Burg
Rheinfels in 1797. |
A Burg Rheinfels tour guide
relates the castle's history |
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Burg Rheinfels ruins |
Burg Rheinfels, overlooking
the Rhine |
Burg Katz, opposite St. Goar
at St. Goarshausen, dates
from 1360 |
The Marksburg, at Braubach,
has escaped destruction for
over 700 years. |
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Off on a tour inside the
Marksburg |
Reading and work areas at
windows to take advantage
of sunlight |
A Marksburg guide explains
the design of armour from
various periods. |
The German Corner in
Koblenz, where the Moselle
(upper) joins the Rhine |
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Fortress Ehrenbreitstein,
on the opposite side of the
Rhine from Koblenz |
Cologne (Köln in German),
first named by the
Romans in 50 AD |
Cologne Cathedral's corner
stone was laid on August
15, 1248. |
Flying buttresses supporting
the towering Cologne
Cathedral |
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The Moselle, Neckar and Main Rivers
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Burg Eltz, a medieval castle
nestled in the hills above a
tributary to the Moselle |
Burg Eltz was first
documented in 1157,
over 850 years ago. |
Burg Eltz is still owned by
the same family that lived
there in the 12th century. |
The interior of the castle was
segmented to accommodate
three branches of the family. |
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Cochem, on the Moselle,
dominated by the hilltop
Cochem Castle |
Porta Nigra, a Roman city
gate in Trier, founded in
16 BC |
The Electoral Palace in
Trier, excellent Rococo,
dates from the 15th century. |
The baroque gardens of the
Trier Palace, inspired by
16th century Italian designs |
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Heidelberg, on the Neckar,
a Rhine tributary, settled
by Celts about 800 BC |
The Old Stone Bridge across
the Neckar was built between
1786 and 1788. |
The southern end of the Old
Bridge was linked to the city
wall and a defensive gate. |
Heidelberg Castle, 260 feet
up the hill, dates from the
15th century. |
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A series of wars brought
repeated destructions of
Heidelberger Schloss. |
The first destruction was in
1622 during the war between
Protestants and Catholics. |
The French destroyed
Heidelberg Castle twice, in
1689 and again in 1693. |
Eberbach, on the Castle
Road from Heidelberg to
Rothenburg |
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En route in the Neckar
valley, along the Castle
Road to Rothenburg |
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
is an amazingly well-
preserved medieval town. |
The ancient fortification wall
encircling Rothenburg is in
tact and can be walked. |
A busy street in Rothenburg,
with a gate in the fortification
wall at the end of the street |
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Cars must stay outside the
original Rothenburg, but
horse carriages are allowed. |
Rothenberg's town square,
with its Town Hall dating
from 1250 |
St. Jakob's Lutheran Church
in Rothenburg was built
between 1311 and 1471. |
En route from Rothenburg
on the Romantic Road to
Wurzburg (Würzburg) |
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The Wurzburg Residence,
built by two Prince-Bishops
between 1720 and 1744 |
During the 1700s other
Prince Bishops embellished
the Residenz and Gardens. |
The Court Gardens are a
mixture of Baroque and
English garden styles. |
Frankfurt am Main (on the
Main River), tour origination
and termination point. |
