Great Views of the Rhine River from Bingen Bridge in Germany - der Rhein
Great Views of the Rhine River from Bingen Bridge in Germany - der Rhein
Bingen - Rüdesheim mit MS Stadt Bingen
Schöne Rheinfahrt mit der Personenfähre MS Stadt Bingen nach Rüdesheim
Rhine River Germany
The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland. It has also served as a defensive feature and has been the basis for regional and international borders. The many castles and prehistoric fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway. River traffic could be stopped at these locations, usually for the purpose of collecting tolls, by the state that controlled that portion of the river.
Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre. Strasbourg is fused into the Franco-German culture and although violently disputed throughout history, has been a bridge of unity between France and Germany for centuries, especially through the University of Strasbourg, currently the largest in France, and the coexistence of Catholic and Protestant culture.
As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the town celebrated its 2000th anniversary in 1992.
The name Koblenz originates from Latin (ad) confluentes, confluence or (at the) merging of rivers. Subsequently it was Covelenz and Cobelenz. In the local dialect the name is Kowelenz.
After Mainz and Ludwigshafen am Rhein, it is the third largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate, with a population of c. 106,000 (2006). Koblenz lies in the Rhineland, 92 kilometers (57 mi) southeast of Cologne by rail.
Rüdesheim is a winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge and thereby part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It is officially known as Rüdesheim am Rhein, which distinguishes it from Rüdesheim an der Nahe.It lies at the foot of the Niederwald on the Rhine's right (east) bank on the southern approach to the Lorelei. The town belongs to the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and is one of Germany's biggest tourist attractions. Only Cologne Cathedral draws more tourists from other countries. Making the town worth visiting is, not only the wine or even the Old Town itself, but also the picturesque Rheingau landscape together with the romantic Rhine.
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Places to see in ( Mainz - Germany )
Places to see in ( Mainz - Germany )
Mainz is a German city on the Rhine River. It’s known for its old town, with half-timbered houses and medieval market squares. In the center, the Marktbrunnen is a Renaissance fountain with red columns. Nearby, a distinctive octagonal tower tops the Romanesque Mainz Cathedral, built of deep red sandstone. The Gutenberg Museum honors the inventor of the printing press with exhibits, including 2 of his original bibles.
Strategically situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Main Rivers, Mainz has been the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946. This lively city has a sizeable university, pretty pedestrian precincts and a savoir vivre dating from Napoleon's occupation (1797–1814). Strolling along the Rhine and sampling local wines in a half-timbered Altstadt tavern are as much a part of any Mainz visit as viewing the fabulous Dom, Chagall’s ethereal windows in St-Stephan-Kirche, or the first printed Bible in the bibliophile paradise of the Gutenberg Museum.
Once the episcopal seat of the influential Prince-Electors, the civilized origins of Mainz date back to around 38 BC, when the Romans built a citadel here. The city's location at the confluence of the Rhine and the Main is ideal for trade, something reflected by the artifacts kept in the Landesmuseum, that show there have been settlements here since 300,000 BC.
The most logical starting point is the Dom, the Cathedral of St Martin and St Stephan, especially on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, when the farmers' market is open. Although the cathedral was actually started in 975, most of what is seen today was built from the 11th to the 13th centuries. At the Dom und Diözesanmuseum in the cathedral cloisters, you can truly witness the opulence and wealth controlled by the Church in Mainz.
Mainz is also the home of the man identified by Time Magazine as the most important individual in the last millennium, Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the moveable type printing press. Mainz is also the home of the music publisher Schott Music.
Alot to see in Mainz such as :
Gutenberg Museum
Mainz Cathedral
Rheinsteig
St. Stephan, Mainz
Landesmuseum Mainz
Biebrich Palace
Mainz Citadel
Electoral Castle
Fontaine de carnaval
Theodor Heuss Bridge
Schwarzlichthelden Minigolf
Lennebergwald
Natural History Museum Mainz
Sanctuaire d'Isis et de Mater Magna
Stadt Park
Botanischer Garten der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Roman Theatre
Rettbergsaue
Gutenberg-Denkmal
Marktbrunnen
Wood Tower
Imperial Palace, Ingelheim
Volks Park
Dom- und Diözesanmuseum
Iron Tower
Christuskirche, Mainz
St. Peter's Church, Mainz
Stadthistorisches Museum Mainz
Reduit
Mariannenaue
Heunensäule
Museum Castellum
Museum of Ancient Seafaring
Mainzer Fastnachtsmuseum
Urban and Industrial Museum Rüsselsheim
Museum bei der Kaiserpfalz
Weingut Koegler
Art and Culture Foundation Opel Villas Rüsselsheim
Drususstein
Festung Rüsselsheim
Parish of St. Ignatius
Mainzer Unterwelten e.V.
Kunsthalle de Mayence
Nagelsäule
Spielbank Mainz
Rheinpromenade
Denkman
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg
Arch of Dativius Victor
Gonsenheimer Wild Park
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Worms, Germany
00:01:05 1 Geography
00:01:14 1.1 Geographic location
00:01:37 1.2 Boroughs
00:01:52 1.3 Climate
00:02:13 2 History
00:02:22 2.1 Antiquity
00:04:33 2.2 Middle Ages
00:08:03 2.3 Modern era
00:11:05 3 Main sights
00:12:09 4 International relations
00:12:19 4.1 Twin towns — sister cities
00:12:31 4.2 Other relations
00:12:43 5 Notable citizens
00:12:52 5.1 A-K
00:14:59 5.2 L-Z
00:17:06 6 See also
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Worms (German: [vɔʁms]) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about 60 kilometres (40 miles) south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main. It had approximately 82,000 inhabitants as of 2015.A pre-Roman foundation, Worms was the capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians in the early 5th century and hence the scene of the medieval legends referring to this period, notably the first part of the Nibelungenlied.
Worms has been a Roman Catholic bishopric since at least 614, and was an important palatinate of Charlemagne. Worms Cathedral is one of the Imperial Cathedrals and among the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany. Worms prospered in the High Middle Ages as an Imperial Free City. Among more than a hundred Imperial Diets held at Worms, the Diet of 1521 (commonly known as the Diet of Worms) ended with the Edict of Worms in which Martin Luther was declared a heretic. Today, the city is an industrial centre and is famed as the origin of Liebfraumilch wine. Other industries include chemicals, metal goods and fodder.
Rhine | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:43 1 Name
00:03:32 2 Geography
00:04:33 2.1 Headwaters and sources
00:04:43 2.1.1 Sources
00:05:36 2.1.2 Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine
00:09:59 2.2 Alpine Rhine
00:12:45 2.3 Lake Constance
00:13:38 2.3.1 Obersee
00:15:10 2.3.2 Seerhein
00:16:01 2.3.3 Untersee
00:17:04 2.4 High Rhine
00:19:37 2.5 Upper Rhine
00:24:40 2.6 Middle Rhine
00:27:47 2.7 Lower Rhine
00:30:33 2.8 Delta
00:37:57 3 Geologic history
00:38:07 3.1 Alpine orogeny
00:40:39 3.2 Stream capture
00:44:49 3.3 End of the last ice age
00:47:06 3.4 Holocene delta
00:50:02 4 Cultural history
00:50:12 4.1 Antiquity
00:55:38 4.2 Medieval and modern history
01:01:05 5 Lists of features
01:01:15 5.1 Cities on the Rhine
01:01:24 5.2 Countries and borders
01:04:16 5.3 Bridges
01:04:25 5.4 Former distributaries
01:05:18 5.5 Canals
01:06:00 6 See also
01:06:32 7 Notes and references
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The Rhine (Latin: Rhenus, Romansh: Rein, German: Rhein, French: le Rhin, Italian: Reno, Dutch: Rijn) is one of the major European rivers, which has its sources in Switzerland and flows in an mostly northerly direction through Germany and The Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
The largest city on the Rhine is Cologne, Germany, with a population of more than 1,050,000 people. It is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi), with an average discharge of about 2,900 m3/s (100,000 cu ft/s).
The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland.
Its importance as a waterway in the Holy Roman Empire is supported by the many castles and fortifications built along it. In the modern era, it has become a symbol of German nationalism.
Among the biggest and most important cities on the Rhine are Cologne, Düsseldorf (Germany), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Strasbourg (France) and Basel (Switzerland).
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The Rhine (Latin: Rhenus, Romansh: Rein, German: Rhein, French: le Rhin, Italian: Reno, Dutch: Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
The largest city on the Rhine is Cologne, Germany, with a population of more than 1,050,000 people. It is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi), with an average discharge of about 2,900 m3/s (100,000 cu ft/s).
The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland.
Its importance as a waterway in the Holy Roman Empire is supported by the many castles and fortifications built along it. In the modern era, it has become a symbol of German nationalism.
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Mainz (; German: [maɪ̯nt͡s] (listen); Latin: Mogontiacum, French: Mayence) is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The city is located on the Rhine river at its confluence with the Main river, opposite Wiesbaden on the border with Hesse. Mainz is an independent city with a population of 206,628 (2015) and forms part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.Mainz was founded by the Romans in the 1st Century BC during the Classical antiquity era, serving as a military fortress on the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire and as the provincial capital of Germania Superior. Mainz became an important city in the 8th Century AD as part of the Holy Roman Empire, becoming the capital of the Electorate of Mainz and seat of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, the Primate of Germany. Mainz is famous as the home of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable-type printing press, who in the early 1450s manufactured his first books in the city, including the Gutenberg Bible. Historically, before the 20th century, the city was known in English as Mentz and in French as Mayence. Mainz was heavily damaged during World War II, with more than 30 air raids destroying about 80 percent of the city's center, including most of the historic buildings. Today, Mainz is a transport hub and a center of wine production.
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00:01:27 1 Geography
00:01:37 1.1 Topography
00:03:33 1.2 Climate
00:03:48 2 History
00:03:57 2.1 Roman Mogontiacum
00:07:56 2.2 Frankish Mainz
00:13:36 2.3 Christian Mainz
00:16:10 2.4 Early Jewish community
00:17:57 2.5 Republic of Mainz
00:20:00 2.6 Rhenish Hesse
00:21:28 2.7 Industrial expansion
00:23:24 2.8 20th century
00:27:11 2.9 Minority groups
00:27:26 3 Cityscape
00:27:35 3.1 Architecture
00:30:59 4 Main sights
00:33:51 5 Administration
00:35:17 5.1 Coat of arms
00:35:37 6 Culture
00:38:08 7 Education
00:38:27 8 Sports
00:40:23 8.1 USC Mainz
00:43:02 8.2 Mainz Athletics
00:43:39 9 Economy
00:43:48 9.1 Wine centre
00:45:03 9.2 Other industries
00:45:31 10 Transport
00:46:08 10.1 Rail
00:47:17 10.1.1 Operational usage
00:47:25 10.2 Public transportation
00:47:45 10.3 Cycling
00:48:23 10.4 Air transportation
00:49:10 11 Notable people
00:49:27 12 International relations
00:49:39 13 Alternative names
00:50:20 14 See also
00:50:35 15 Notes and references
00:50:45 16 Sources
00:52:07 17 External links
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Mainz ( MYNTS, German: [maɪnts] (listen) is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The city is located on the Rhine river at its confluence with the Main river, opposite Wiesbaden on the border with Hesse. Mainz is an independent city with a population of 217,118 (2018) and forms part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region.Mainz was founded as Mogontiacum by the Romans in the 1st Century BC during Classical antiquity, serving as a military fortress on the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire and as the provincial capital of Germania Superior. Mainz became an important city in the 8th Century AD as part of the Holy Roman Empire, becoming the capital of the Electorate of Mainz and seat of the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz, the Primate of Germany. Mainz is famous as the home of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable-type printing press, who in the early 1450s manufactured his first books in the city, including the Gutenberg Bible. Historically, before the 20th century, the city was known in English as Mentz and in French as Mayence. Mainz was heavily damaged during World War II, with more than 30 air raids destroying about 80 percent of the city's center, including most of the historic buildings. Today, Mainz is a transport hub and a center of wine production.