Sailing
the Rhine(2019)
From Koblenz to Mainz
From Koblenz to Mainz
Marksburg
Castle the only castle on the river that was never attacked
in its entire 700 year history. |
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Sailing
past in 2019 |
Exploring
the interior in 2012 Grandsons are now in college |
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Schloss
Liebeneck above the town of Osterspai |
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Sailing
past Boppard |
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We
stayed here in 2012 |
Grandsons
here in 2012 |
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The
bells from this church woke us up in 2012 |
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Leaving
Boppard |
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Sailing
toward the town of Kamp-Bornhofen |
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Above
the town of Bornhofen are the castles of the "hostile brothers" Legend says they killed each other in the church of Bornhofen In these photos you can see the "Hostility Wall" that the brothers built between their two castles |
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Burg
Sterrenburg |
Burg
Liebenstein |
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Town
of Ehrenthal |
Grape
Vines on Terraces |
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Sailing
past the Thurnberg Castle
mockingly named
"Burg Maus" by the Counts of Katzenelbogen whose castle is further along the river |
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Castle
Rheinfels - the largest ruin on the river |
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We explored the ruin in 2012 |
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Town
of St Goar |
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Burg
Katz above the town of St Goarshausen |
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Steep
Loreley Rock of Legend |
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Loreley
Rock and Statue |
Closeup
taken by someone with good camera |
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Even
the train tunnel looks like a castle |
Signal
lights show it is save to proceed |
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Town
of Oberwesel with a medieval tower on the city wall  |
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Burg
Schoenburg above the town of Oberwesel |
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Town
of Kaub below Burg Gutenfels |
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Die
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (14th century customs tower) at Kaub |
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Town
of Bacharach and Castle Stahleck |
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Leaving
Bacharach |
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Sooneck
Castle in 2019 (Cloudy Day in Oct) |
Sooneck
Castle in 2012 (Sunny Day in July) |
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Burg Reichenstein 2012 (Sunny Day in July) |
Burg
Reichenstein 2019 (Cloudy Day in Oct) |
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Rheinstein Castle in 2012 |
Rheinstein
Castle in 2019 |
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Ehrenfels Castle 2012 |
Ehrenfels Castle 2019 |
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The
Maus Tower, originally a customs tower, now a signal tower Legend says a tight-fisted Mainz Bishop was imprisoned here and allegedly eaten by mice |
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day in 2012 |
At night in 2019 |
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We
sailed by the town of Rudesheim in the evening |
We
visited here 3 times before |
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The
Niederwald Monument
commemorating the Unification of Germany
can be reached by cablecar The photos below were taken in 2012 on a summer trip with family |
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On
a clear day you can see all the way to France  |