River Rhine
The Seven Mountains and the Rhine belong together. From Königwinter and Bad Honnef, numerous small and large pleasure boats take you downstream to Bonn, Cologne, Dusseldorf and even across the border to Holland, or upstream through the famous Middle Rhine Valley to Linz, Koblenz, Mainz, Bingen and even further to the Rheingau.
Our region is located on the northern border of the Middle Rhine Valley, which begins at Bingen / Rüdenheim. For many people, the narrow valley with its steeps, vineyards and numerous castles is the classical Rhine landscape par excellence, and the epitome of the romantic Rhine. This applies especially to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley between Bingen and Koblenz, which is since 2002 an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Already at Bonn, where river Sieg flow into the Rhine, the Lower Rhine begins. It flows through Cologne, Leverkuse, Düsseldorf, Xanten and then through Holland into the North Sea.
The following photos are from the German Wikipedia.
Das Bild der Burg Pfalzgrafenstein von Fritz Geller-Grimm (Urheber) stammt aus der freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia und steht unter der
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Mittelrhein/Burg Katz Urheber;
Loreley Urheber;
Mäuseturm Bingen Urheber;
Marksburg Urheber;
Nonnenwerth Urheber;
Deutsches Eck Koblenz Urheber;
Burg Katz im Mittelrheintal Urheber
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