Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
The Rhine is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi), [note 1] with an average discharge of about 2,900 m 3 /s (100,000 cu ft/s). The Rhine and the Danube comprised much of the Roman Empire 's northern inland boundary , and the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway bringing trade ...
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.
Koblenz (UK: / k oʊ ˈ b l ɛ n t s / koh-BLENTS, US: / ˈ k oʊ b l ɛ n t s / KOH-blents, German: [ˈkoːblɛnts] ⓘ; Moselle Franconian: Kowelenz) is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus c. 8 BC.
The steamer reached an average speed of 18 kilometres per hour (11 mph) during scheduled uphill journey and 23 km/h (14 mph) during downhill journey. With a maximum speed of 22 km/h (14 mph) when traveling uphill, the Mainz was the fastest passenger ship on the Rhine until the hydrofoil Rheinpfeil went into service.
Rüdesheim an der Nahe, or simply Rüdesheim, is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The Rhine Province was the most densely populated part of Prussia, the general average being 617 persons per km 2. The province contains a greater number of large towns than any other province in Prussia. Upwards of half, the population were supported by industrial and commercial pursuits, and barely a quarter by agriculture.