Falkenau (island)

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Falkenau
View of the island from the southeast with the Pfalzgrafenstein Castle on the lower left, the narrow tail unit that leads to the Kauber Werth
View of the island from the southeast
with the Pfalzgrafenstein Castle
on the lower left, the narrow tail unit that leads to the Kauber Werth
Waters Middle Rhine
Geographical location 50 ° 5 '0 "  N , 7 ° 45' 55.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '0 "  N , 7 ° 45' 55.1"  E
Falkenau (Insel) (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Falkenau (island)
length 130 m
width 40 m
surface 1 ha
Residents uninhabited
View of the southern end of the island, on the right the narrow tail unit coming from Kauber Werth
View of the southern end of the island, on the right the narrow tail unit coming from Kauber Werth

Falkenau is an uninhabited rocky river island in the upper Middle Rhine , located at the level of the Volkenbach valley about 110 meters before the right bank of the Rhine from Kaub . The island is connected to the island of Kauber Werth, 850 meters upstream, via a tail unit 3 to 15 meters wide . Both islands belong to the Kaub district.

Falkenau is known for Pfalzgrafenstein Castle , a former customs office that dominates the small island. Because of the castle, a ferry boat commutes between the island and Kaub according to the schedule.

On the right bank of the Rhine, the federal highway 42 (here Rheintalstraße) leads past the island. Bundesstraße 9 runs along the left bank of the Rhine , and a few meters to the left of it is the main railway line, Linke Rheinlinie .