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Map of the Middle Rhine Valley. The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km (40 mi) section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany.
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.
The grandsons of Charlemagne split his Empire in the Treaty of Verdun of 843, which they prepared in the Basilica of St. Castor in Koblenz in 842. The left bank of the Rhine between Bacharach and Koblenz falls to Middle Francia. In 925, Middle Francia is finally becomes the Duchy of Lorraine within East Francia, the German Empire.
Basel - Breisach - Strasbourg - Mannheim - Rudesheim - Koblenz - Cologne - Dordrecht - Amsterdam Visit Christmas markets on the contintent (Viking Cruises) A mainstay of the festive period is ...
The Bingerbrück–Rüdesheim train ferry was operated as a train ferry from 1862 (162 years ago) () to 1900 (124 years ago) () across the Rhine between Bingerbrück now in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and Rüdesheim now in the state of Hesse.
Das Rheintal von Bingen und Rüdesheim bis Koblenz. Eine europäische Kulturlandschaft (in German). Vol. 1. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. ISBN 3-8053-2753-6. Heinz Schomann (2005). Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen (ed.). Eisenbahn in Hessen. Eisenbahnbauten und -strecken 1839–1939 (in German). Vol. 2. Stuttgart. p. 211.
In the Faroe Islands, wild, unpredictable weather — fierce winds and rain, and thick fog that settles like a curtain — can sometimes make travel by car or ferry problematic.
They join the Rhine near Koblenz, for the right and left respectively. Almost the entire length of the Middle Rhine runs in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The dominant economic sectors in the Middle Rhine area are viniculture and tourism. The Rhine Gorge between Rüdesheim am Rhein and Koblenz is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.