Archbishop Willigis laid the foundation stone for the Mainz cathedral in 975, modelling it on old St. Peter’s in Rome. Seve ...
Deutsches Eck ('German Corner') is the name of a headland in Koblenz where the river Mosel joins the Rhine. In 1897, nine yea ...
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between ...
Marksburg as the only undamaged hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley. In the early 12th century records mention the Nobl ...
Werner Chapel was built in 1426 and it was dedicated to St. Werner of Oberwesel, a 16-year-old boy whose unexplained death wa ...
The Basilica of St. Castor is the oldest church in Koblenz A fountain called Kastorbrunnen ('Castor well') was buil ...
Kloster Eberbach was founded in 1136 by Bernard of Clairvaux as the first Cistercian monastery on the east bank of the Rhine, ...
Niederwalddenkmal monument was constructed to commemorate the foundation of the German Empire after the end of Franco-Prussia ...
Rheinfels Castle construction was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest ...
Boppard’s most famous sight is a castrum, a Roman Fort. The military camp of Bodobrica was established here in 360 AD. ...
The Electoral Palace was the residence of the last Archbishop and Elector of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, who commiss ...
Rheinstein castle was constructed around 1316-1317. It was important for its strategic location. By 1344, the castle was in d ...
The exact building year of Stahleck castle is not known, but it has been proved that the castle was already occupied since th ...
Schönburg Castle was first mentioned in history between the years 911 and 1166. From the 12th century, the Dukes of Schönbu ...
Once situated directly on the banks of the Rhine, Brömserburg Castle was owned by the Archbishops of Mainz from the beginnin ...
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle is a toll castle known also as 'the Pfalz'. This former stronghold is famous for its pictur ...
Klopp Castle is the landmark of Bingen. It stands on a hill above the town with a wide-ranging view, which may have been the ...
Lahneck Castle was built in 1226 by the Archbishop of Mainz Siegfried III of Eppstein to protect his territory at the mouth o ...
The Gothic parish church in Lorch was first built in the 13th century and it is dedicated to St. Martin. The tower dates from ...
Count Wilhelm II of Katzenelnbogen built the Katz Castle in the second half of the 14th century. Katz Castle was used as bast ...