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Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) is a river cruise operator based in Cologne, Germany.The company operates a total of 14 cruise ships on the Rhine, Main and Moselle rivers. The famous KD steamer line operated on the Rhine with steamers and tourist boats.
Built in the 15th century, boat owners used the Drosselgasse to move items from the river to homes in the town. St. Jakobus, the parish church from the 15th century, rebuilt after World War II; Burg Ehrenfels, a ruined castle in the vineyards; Brömserburg, the oldest castle in the Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site.
At one time forming a border of France, in the 19th century the valley became part of Prussia and its landscape became the quintessential image of Germany. This part of the Rhine features strongly in folklore , such as a legendary castle on the Rhine being the setting for the opera Götterdämmerung .
This brought a new economic boom to the Middle Rhine area, which continued well into the 20th century. The only paddle steamer still remaining on the Rhine is the Goethe, running between Koblenz and Rudesheim. German and foreign tourists never quite lost interest in the Middle Rhine. Interest, however, decreased noticeably since the 1980s.
Route 465 extends from Cologne to Koblenz, via Troisdorf, Bonn-Beuel, Unkel, and Neuwied. From Koblenz, Route 466 extends to Wiesbaden, via Rüdesheim am Rhein. Together with the Taunus railway (Route 645.1), the line is used by Stadt-Express line SE-10 of the Rhine-Main Transport Association, which runs from Frankfurt to Koblenz and Neuwied.
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