List of cultural monuments in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site

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The list of cultural monuments in the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley names cultural monuments in the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley such as castles , fortresses , palaces , sacred buildings , ground monuments and other secular structures that were listed in the application for inclusion in the World Heritage List and in the accompanying documentation for the UNESCO application .

World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

The "Rhine Gorge" refers to a cultural landscape on the Middle Rhine , to the list of on 27 June 2002 World Heritage of UNESCO was taken. The World Heritage area extends from Bingen / Rüdesheim to Koblenz over a length of 67 km along the valley of the Rhine through the Rhenish Slate Mountains .

The uniqueness of this cultural landscape is the extraordinary wealth of cultural evidence. The Middle Rhine Valley owes its special appearance on the one hand to the natural shape of the river landscape and on the other hand to the design by people. For two millennia it has been one of the most important transport routes for cultural exchange between the Mediterranean region and northern Europe . Located in the heart of Europe, sometimes border, sometimes bridge of cultures, the valley exemplarily reflects the history of the West . With its high-ranking architectural monuments , the vine-covered slopes, its settlements crowded together on narrow bank ridges and the hilltop castles lined up on rocky outcrops , it is the epitome of Rhine romanticism . Not least, it inspired Heinrich Heine to write his Loreley song .

Explanation

Cultural monument: gives the name of the cultural monument.
Location: Names the place where the cultural monument is located.
Year of construction: indicates the year in which the cultural monument was first erected.
Description: Gives a brief overview of the cultural monument.
Image: Image of the cultural monument (if available).

Note: The list is sorted downstream from Bingen / Rüdesheim in the direction of Koblenz.

Castles

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description
Left of the Rhine
Klopp Castle	Bingen	between 1240 and 1277	Castle of the Archbishops of Mainz, partial reconstruction in 1853, new construction of the main building 1875–1879
Trutzbingen	Munster-Sarmsheim	1493	Stronghold of the city of Münster-Sarmsheim against Bingen
Rheinstein Castle	Trechtingshausen	1316	Castle of the Archbishops of Mainz against the Electoral Palatinate , reconstruction 1825–29 by Prince Friedrich of Prussia
Reichenstein Castle	Trechtingshausen	1213	1344 to Kurmainz , reconstruction in 1899 by Nikolaus von Kirsch-Puricelli in the style of Rhine romanticism
Sooneck Castle	Niederheimbach	1271	New building in 1344 by the Lords of Waldeck, reconstruction as a hunting lodge by four Prussian princes 1842–61
Heimburg	Niederheimbach	1294-1305	Castle of the Archbishops of Mainz to secure the Niederheimbach enclave, partial reconstruction after 1860, expansion in 1920
Fürstenberg Castle	Rheindiebach	1219	Castle of the Archbishopric of Cologne , 1243 to Kurmainz
Stahleck Castle	Bacharach	around 1100	1925 Reconstruction of the ring and shield wall , 1931 new building of the Palas
Stahlberg Castle	Bacharach	1158-1168	Castle of the Archbishopric of Cologne , 1243 to Kurmainz
Schönburg	Oberwesel	1149	13./14. Century Ganerbeburg , expansion and reconstruction from 1895 to 1982 in several phases
Rheinfels Castle	Sankt Goar	1245	13./14. Century expansion into a residence, after 1479 construction of casemates and external works, 17th century expansion into a large fortress
Old castle	Boppard	around 1265	Construction of the keep around 1265, extension under Baldwin of Luxembourg in 1327
Old castle	Koblenz	1277	Erected under the Archbishop of Trier Heinrich II von Finstingen on the foundations of a Roman round tower as a fortress
Right bank of the Rhine
Boosenburg	Rudesheim	12th century	Erected as the seat of the Ritter Fuchs von Rüdesheim
Brömserburg	Rudesheim	1186-1190	Kurmainzische Zollburg
Vorderburg	Rudesheim	before 1189	Built by a noble family from Rüdesheim
Ehrenfels Castle	Rudesheim	around 1211	Built by Philip III. von Bolanden on behalf of the Archbishop of Mainz, together with the Binger Mouse Tower , formed one of the strongest customs bars on the Rhine
Nollig ruins	Lorch	14th Century	Former Watchtower
Waldeck Castle	Lorch	around 1147	The now dilapidated complex was the seat of up to 22 inheritance families in the 14th century.
Sauerburg	Sauerthal	around 1339
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle	Chew	1326-1342	Customs station of the Count Palatine near the Rhine , built on an island in the Rhine, one of the few castles in the Middle Rhine Valley that has never been destroyed
Gutenfels Castle	Chew	1220	Built by the Lords of Falkenstein , sold to the Elector of the Palatinate in 1277
Katz Castle	Sankt Goarshausen	1360-1371	Built by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen , actual name Burg Neukatzenelnbogen
Reichenberg Castle	Reichenberg	1319-1331	Built by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen
Mouse Castle	Sankt Goarshausen	1353-1388	Built by the Archbishop of Trier Boemund II.
Liebenstein Castle	Kamp-Bornhofen	13th Century	Hostile brothers , newly built seat of the heirs of the Lords of Bolanden, after Sterrenberg Castle was given to the Archbishop of Trier as an imperial pledge.
Sterrenberg Castle	Kamp-Bornhofen	around 1034	Enemy brothers , oldest surviving castle complex in the Middle Rhine Valley
Osterspai Castle	Osterspai	14th Century
Marksburg	Braubach	around 1231	Zollburg , the only medieval hilltop castle on the Middle Rhine that was never destroyed
Lahneck Castle	Lahnstein	1226-1245	Built by the Archbishop of Mainz Siegfried III. von Eppstein to protect the mouth of the Lahn and the Mainz enclave

Fortresses

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description

Koblenz Fortress	Koblenz	1815-1834	Prussian system of fortifications, built according to the polygonal system , one of the largest fortresses of its time in Europe
Left of the Rhine
Fort Grand Duke Constantine	Koblenz	1822-1827	Part of the Koblenz Fortress, outpost of the Emperor Alexander's fortress
City fortifications Koblenz	Koblenz	Since the 3rd century	Formerly Roman and Electorate of Trier city walls, expanded into a mighty rampart in the 19th century as part of the Koblenz Fortress
Celebrations of Emperor Franz	Koblenz	1816-1822	Fortification in the Koblenz Fortress system
Neuendorfer Flesche	Koblenz	1820-1825	Part of the fortress Koblenz, Flesche in the system of the festivals Kaiser Franz
Right bank of the Rhine
Fort Asterstein	Koblenz	1818-1828	Part of the fortress Koblenz, fort in the Pfaffendorfer Höhe system
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress	Koblenz	1817-1828	Fortress in the Koblenz fortress system, as the largest, almost completely preserved fortress, towers over the Middle Rhine Valley
Pleitenberg plant	Koblenz	1827-30	Defensible powder magazine in front of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

Castles

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description
Left of the Rhine
Stolzenfels Castle	Koblenz	1242-1259	Built under the Archbishop of Trier Arnold II of Isenburg as a toll castle, destroyed in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession , reconstruction under Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1826–1842 as a neo-Gothic castle , epitome of Rhine romanticism
Electoral Palace	Koblenz	1777-1793	Last residence of the Archbishop and Elector of Trier until the electoral state was broken up in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, most important palace complex on the Middle Rhine
Right bank of the Rhine
Niederwald hunting lodge	Rudesheim	after 1764	Hunting lodge of Count Karl Maximilian von Ostein
Liebeneck Castle	Osterspai	1590	Hunting lodge of the Lords of Liebenstein
Philippsburg Castle	Braubach	1568-1571	Residence of Landgrave Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels
Martinsburg Castle	Lahnstein	1298	Customs castle of the Archbishops and Electors of Mainz
Philippsburg Castle	Koblenz	1626-1632	Residence of the Electors and Archbishops of Trier in Ehrenbreitstein , destroyed in 1801, the pagerie, the dicastery building, the Krummstall and the Marstall have been preserved

Sacred buildings

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description
Left of the Rhine
Rochus Chapel	Bingen	1893-1895	Neo-Gothic chapel, there were two previous buildings at the same location: 1666–1795 / 1814–1889
Oblate Monastery	Bingen	around 1900	Villa-like convent building with neo-Gothic structure and half-timbered sections
St. Martin's Basilica	Bingen	Consecrated in 1416	Gothic collegiate church on the site of a previous Romanesque building (before 793) from which the crypt has been preserved, Barbarabau 1502–1505, restoration in 1819 with the addition of neo-Gothic elements
Evangelical parish church	Bingen	1858-60	Hall church in round arch style
St. Laurence	Bingen	1655-58	Former Capuchin monastery church. Rebuilt after a fire in 1698. Today the interior has been restored and it belongs to the Heilig-Geist-Hospital
Old graveyard	Bingen	created in 1831	Abandoned at the beginning of 1900, some outstanding grave sites and a memorial to the Napoleonic Wars have been preserved in today's park
synagogue	Bingen	1905	Remains of the neo-Romanesque building on the street side are still preserved after it was destroyed in 1938
Jewish Cemetery	Bingen	16th Century	With over 1000 tombstones, the largest of its kind on the Middle Rhine
St. Rupert	Bingerbrück	1890-92	Basilica in late Romanesque Rhenish forms
Gustav Adolf Memorial Church (Bingerbrück)	Bingerbrück	1894/95	Quarry stone building in neo-Gothic forms
Clement Chapel	Trechtingshausen	13th Century	Romanesque chapel with Gothic changes, plaster reconstructed
St. Michael's Chapel	Trechtingshausen	15th century	Two-storey chapel that was changed in the 19th century
St. Clement	Trechtingshausen	1823-25	Built on a cross-shaped floor plan, Catholic. Parish church
St. Mary of the Assumption	Niederheimbach	1915-21	Neo-Gothic basilica with elements from the 13th and 14th centuries
Evangelical parish church	Manubach	13th Century	Late Romanesque building with a baroque extension to the north
St. Margarethe	Oberheimbach	Consecrated in 1256	The early Gothic pillar church was rebuilt in the 14th century, the west tower was renewed in 1766
Jewish Cemetery	Oberheimbach	before 1715	Grave slabs from the 19th / 20th centuries century
St. Mauritius	Oberdiebach	14th Century	The two lower floors of the bell tower come from a previous Romanesque church
graveyard	Oberdiebach		Medieval military cemetery whose wall has been preserved
St. Peter Church	Bacharach	12./13. century	Late Romanesque three-aisled gallery basilica with Gothic window modifications
Werner Chapel	Bacharach	from 1289	High Gothic chapel building, symbol of the romantic Rhine
Joseph Chapel	Bacharach	1759	The three-axis building is integrated into the row of houses; it used to be the rectorate church of an associated school
St. Anna	Bacharach-Steeg	14th Century	Irregular two-aisled pillar hall, 16th century spire
St. Martin Church	Oberwesel	around 1350	Erected as a Gothic collegiate church on the site of a Romanesque parish church, the tower is modeled on the towers of the city fortifications as a defense structure
Werner Chapel	Oberwesel	around 1700	The chapel emerged from the ruinous choir of a former hospital church
Church of Our Lady	Oberwesel	from 1308	Gothic collegiate church built on the site of a previous Romanesque church
Minorite Monastery	Oberwesel	around 1242	Founded by the Franciscan Order of Cologne , church around 1280, secularized in 1802, destroyed in the city fire of 1836, parts of it have been in ruins since then
St. Goar Collegiate Church	Sankt Goar	Crypt: 11th century Towers: around 1250 Ship: 15th century	Evangelical parish church of a former monastery
St. Goar and St. Elisabeth	Sankt Goar	19th century	Catholic parish church
St. Mary and John	Boppard-Hirzenach	12th Century	Former Benedictine provost church with Gothic conversions (13th and 15th centuries)
St. Aegidius	Boppard Bad Salty	1899-1902	The neo-Gothic hall church, choir and west tower of the previous building from the 15th century have been preserved
Boppard synagogue	Boppard	1867	Former synagogue of the Boppard Jews, destroyed in 1938
St. Severus Church	Boppard	12./13. century	Catholic parish church, built on a Roman military bath
Carmelite Church	Boppard	around 1300	Third oldest Carmelite monastery in Germany
Marienberg Monastery	Boppard	1120	The monastery was destroyed in 1738 and rebuilt in 1739–53
St. Martin	Boppard	1776-78	New construction of the church of the former Franciscan convent from 1425
Franciscan monastery	Boppard	1683-86	Former monastery church in Gothic Baroque style
Evangelical Christ Church	Boppard	1850-52	Built according to plans by the building inspector Althoff and financed by King Friedrich-Wilhelm IV. 1885–87 eastern extension and west tower
Jakobsbergerhof	Boppard	1157	Economic property of the now defunct Augustinian convent Peternach
St. Lambert Church	Spay	1899	Catholic parish church
Old church	Niederspay	1670	Hall building, restored as a cultural center after it fell into disrepair in 1978/79
Peterskapelle	Peterspay	around 1300	Flat-roofed hall with significant paintings from the time it was built
Jewish Cemetery	Spay		Cemetery with 34 gravestones from the 19th / 20th centuries Century
St. Margaretha and St. Heinrich	Brey	14th Century	Gothic choir, nave from 1954/55
St. Dionysius	Rhens	Tower: 13th century Ship: 16th century	First mentioned in 873/74, late Romanesque tower with Gothic modifications, hall and choir late Gothic, baroque elements
St. Theresa	Rhens	1906-08	Three-aisled hall church in late Gothic forms
Rhens synagogue	Rhens	1668	Half-timbered house in mixed construction
Parish Church of St. Menas	Koblenz	1826-1833	Catholic parish church in the Stolzenfels district , the only church with a Menas patronage north of the Alps
St. Joseph Church	Koblenz	1894-1897	Catholic parish church, built in the course of the southern city expansion
Christ Church	Koblenz	1901-1904	First new Protestant church in Koblenz, built as part of the southern expansion of the city
Sacred Heart Church	Koblenz	1900-1903	Catholic parish church, an important neo-Romanesque sacred building, built by Ludwig Becker as part of the southern expansion of the city
Jesuit Church	Koblenz	1613-1617	Branch church of the Catholic parish of St. Kastor , church of a former Jesuit college
Church of Our Lady	Koblenz	1180-1205	Catholic parish church of Koblenz, built in place of a late antique hall
Florin's Church	Koblenz	Around 1100	Church of the Protestant parish church in the city center, church of the former St. Florin monastery
St. James Chapel	Koblenz	1355	Former cemetery chapel of the Teutonic Order, today the church of the old Catholic community
Basilica of St. Castor	Koblenz	First construction from 836	First building erected under the Archbishop of Trier Hetti with the support of Emperor Ludwig the Pious at the gates of the city of Confluentes . In 842 the sons of Louis the Pious negotiated here the provisions on the Frankish division of the empire. Today's Romanesque church from the 12th and early 13th centuries. On the forecourt is the castor fountain from the Napoleonic era, elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1991
Right bank of the Rhine
St. James	Rudesheim	12th century / 1390	A two-aisled Gothic hall church was added to a Romanesque bell building. After severe damage, a different reconstruction took place from 1949 to 1960.
Evangelical parish church	Rudesheim	1855	First Protestant church in the Rheingau
St. Hildegard Abbey	Rüdesheim-Eibingen	1900-1904	Benedictine Abbey
St. Hildegard	Rüdesheim-Eibingen	1148/1935	Former monastery of Hildegard von Bingen , today parish and pilgrimage church
God of distress	near Rüdesheim	1674	Former Capuchin monastery
St. Laurence	Rudesheim-Presberg	1700	Parts of an older chapel were included in the construction. An expansion followed in 1928
former parish church Heilig Kreuz	Rudesheim-Assmannshausen	14th Century	Catholic parish church
St. Petronella	Rudesheim-Aulhausen	18th century	Modified Gothic church building with expansion after 1965
Marienhausen Monastery	Rudesheim-Aulhausen	13th Century	The former Cistercian monastery is now part of the St. Vicenz Stift
Holy Cross Chapel	Lorch	Consecrated in 1677	Extension in 1738
St. Martin	Lorch	13th Century	Gothic building erected over the remains of a late Romanesque basilica
St. Boniface	Lorchhausen	1877-79	Neo-Gothic basilica based on plans by Max Meckel
Clement Chapel	Lorchhausen	1908	Simple rectangular building made of quarry stone with a small roof turret
St. Catherine	Lorch-Ransel	1740-1745	Hall construction made of unplastered quarry stone masonry
Simultaneous church	Chew	13th Century	The building was subsequently incorporated into the city fortifications as a fortified church. It was rebuilt several times and expanded in the 15th century. Protestant use since the 16th century and simultaneous use after the separation of the late Gothic choir. The Catholic part was replaced by a new building in 1769–72 and enlarged in 1953/54.
St. John	Sankt Goarshausen	1923-1925	Catholic quarry stone church
Protestant church	Sankt Goarshausen	1860-1863	Built according to plans by the Nassau State Building Councilor Eduard Zais .
Jewish cemetery (Bornich)	Bornich	Oldest tombstone from 1724	Common cemetery for the communities of Bornich, Bogel, Ruppertshofen, St. Goarshausen, Welterod, St. Goar and Werlau.
Bornhofen Monastery	Kamp-Bornhofen	1680-1684	Franciscan monastery
St. Nicholas	Kamp-Bornhofen	1902-04	Three-aisled pillar basilica designed by the architect Dormann
St. Barbara	Braubach	14th Century	The former parish church has been rebuilt several times and is now a Protestant parish hall
St. Mark's Church	Braubach	1891-1901	Two-aisled gallery in neo-Gothic forms
St. Martin	Braubach	1242	The Romanesque sacred building with an early Gothic choir is now the cemetery chapel
All Saints Mountain Chapel	Lahnstein	1895-1901	Neo-Gothic church built as a memorial for the fallen of the Franco-German War in 1870/71
St. Barbara	Lahnstein	1937-38	The hall building with flank tower was built according to plans by Martin Weber
Johanniskirche	Lahnstein	1130-1136	Catholic church built on a Roman burgus , the earliest gallery church on the Rhine in the late Romanesque style
St. Martin	Lahnstein	1099	Romanesque foundation, Gothic choir, baroque central nave in hall style
St. Maximin	Koblenz	1916-1918	Catholic church in the Horchheim district , whose predecessor buildings date back to the 12th century
Bethlehem Monastery	Koblenz	1903-1904	Monastery of the Capuchin Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in the Pfaffendorf district
St. Peter and Paul	Koblenz	1901-1903	Catholic church in the Pfaffendorf district , whose predecessor buildings date back to the early 14th century
Evangelical Church Koblenz-Pfaffendorf	Koblenz	1901	Evangelical church in the Pfaffendorf district
Capuchin monastery Koblenz	Koblenz	1628-1629	Capuchin monastery in the Ehrenbreitstein district , dissolved in 2008
St. Nicholas Church	Koblenz	1860-1872	Catholic pilgrimage church in the Arenberg district
Pastor Kraus systems	Koblenz	1845-1860	Europe-wide unique landscape picture Bible in the district of Arenberg , created by the pastor Johann Baptist Kraus
Arenberg Monastery	Koblenz	1864	Dominican convent in the Arenberg district

Soil monuments

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description
Left of the Rhine
Villa Rustica	Hamlet near Bingen	200	Former Roman manor in the Binger Forest, excavations and securing of the remains will be continued for years
Roman road	Bacharach		Preserved 50 m long section of a Roman road as a connection between the Rheintalstraße and the Ausoniusstraße
Boppard Fort	Boppard	4th century	Remains of a late Roman fort , located on the Roman Rhine Valley Road
Roman aqueduct	Brey	2nd / 3rd century	The aqueduct tunnel dug into the rock has been explored up to a length of 500 m
Mercury Temple	Koblenz	1st century BC Chr.	A Gallo-Roman temple complex in the Koblenz city forest , dedicated to Mercurius and his Gallic companion Rosmerta , excavated around 1920
Villa Rustica	Koblenz	1st century	Former Roman estate in the Koblenz city forest near the Remsteck , excavated from 1989
Dommelsberg hillside settlement	Koblenz	11./10. Century BC Chr.	Fortified prehistoric hilltop settlement from the Urnfield culture to the Iron Age on the Dommelberg in the Koblenz city forest , excavated from 1900
Right bank of the Rhine
Niederberg Castle	Koblenz	259/260	Former Roman auxiliary fort of the Upper German Limes in the Niederberg district

Profane structures

Cultural monument	place	Construction year	description
Hindenburg Bridge	Rudesheim - Bingen	1915	Railway bridge over the Rhine, destroyed in 1945 and not rebuilt afterwards
Left of the Rhine
Villa Saxony	Bingen	1843	Country estate in classicistic arched style. In 1898/99 it was converted into a winery
Rhine crane	Bingen	1487	Harbor crane
Customs House	Bingen	1912	Rectangular construction with half-timbered sections and a stair tower on the banks of the Rhine
Festival hall	Bingen	1911-13	Plastered building with baroque and art nouveau elements
Draisbrunnen	Bingen	1158 first mention	365 m long fountain system that brings the spring water from the rock of Rochusberg via tunnels
District Office Building	Bingen	1903	Wilhelminian style building with a mixture of Romanesque, Renaissance and Art Nouveau elements
Scharlachberg sparkling wine cellar	Bingen	1927	Building executed in expressionistic forms with work halls and offices
Puricelli Palace	Bingen	1789	Residential building in the neo-baroque style with Empire elements
Oat box	Bingen	18th century	New building using older parts of a successor to the department store first mentioned in 1417
Kaiser Friedrich Tower	Bingen	1887	The lookout tower in quarry stone with a brick finish is a testimony to Rhine tourism
Drusus Bridge	Bingen	11th century	Oldest stone bridge of the Middle Ages in Germany over the Nahe
Prussian milestones	Middle Rhine	19th century	Milestones along the Middle Rhine Valley between Cologne and Mainz , which were set up by Prussia to display the distance
Binger mouse tower	Bingen	14th Century	Defense and watchtower on the Mäuseturminsel in the Rhine
Equestrian signal box	Bingerbrück	1936	Command signal box "Bkb" of the Bingerbrück railway junction
Binger Loch memorial	Hamlet near Bingen	1832	Memorial for the widening of the Binger Loch
Amalienhöhe pit	Waldalgesheim	1885	Former manganese and dolomite mine is unique among Germany's industrial monuments due to its architecture
Swiss house	Trechtingshausen	1842-1844	Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia had the guest and excursion house built by Swiss workers using a wooden block construction
Site fortification	Trechtingshausen	14th Century	Large remains of the wall with a tower and several gates
Site fortification	Niederheimbach	14th Century	A gate tower and remains of the defensive wall with battlement have been preserved
Petersackerhof	Rheindiebach	13th Century	The early Gothic chapel with paintings has been preserved from the former cloister courtyard
Bacharach train station	Bacharach	around 1858	The late classicist type construction is one of the oldest on the Middle Rhine
City fortifications Bacharach	Bacharach	14th Century	Former city wall with 16 towers, large parts of which have been preserved
Customs bastion	Bacharach	15th century	Zollhof with a former Capuchin monastery
House Sickingen	Bacharach	1470	One of the oldest half-timbered houses on the Middle Rhine
Old post office	Bacharach	First mentioned in 1240	Today's building group, which is essentially medieval, was built in 1593/94 and has served as a post office since 1770
Old house	Bacharach	1558	Half-timbered building erected over the massive ground floor, which was expanded in the Baroque style in 1713
Electoral Palatinate Mint	Bacharach	1592	Gable-mounted assembly of two half-timbered buildings
War memorial	Bacharach	1914	Monument in the Rhine facilities to commemorate the wars of 1864/66 and 1870/71
Blücher memorial stone	Bacharach	1853	Memorial stone in memory of Blücher's crossing of the Rhine in 1813/14
Oberwesel train station	Oberwesel	1859	Through station on the left Rhine route between Koblenz and Mainz
City fortifications	Oberwesel	13th Century	City wall with 16 defense towers
town hall	Oberwesel	1847-1850	Originally created in neo-Gothic forms with quotations from the castle architecture, the building was rebuilt in 1926/27, whereby the floors and roofs were rebuilt
Tailor Mill	Oberwesel	18th century	The core of the building, which dates back to the 17th century, was built as a plastered half-timbered building using a mixed construction method
Rail tunnel	Sankt Goar	1858/59	Portals that are based on the defense and sacred building in the Middle Rhine
City fortifications	Sankt Goar	before 1219	Parts of the hillside fortification with two half towers and a gate have been preserved
Monastery building	Sankt Goar	1790	Elongated two-storey plastered building (today tax office)
town hall	Sankt Goar	1881	Two-storey brick building in the forms of the late Gothic and Renaissance
Rheinhotel	Sankt Goar	1789	Three-storey plastered building with a three-axis risalit in the main facade
Hotel to the Golden Lion	Sankt Goar	1782	The three-storey half-timbered house in mixed construction is the former town hall
City fortifications	Boppard	14./15. century	The remains of the Roman wall were integrated. In addition, large parts of the extensions have been preserved
Bethesda House	Boppard	1858/59	Established as an "asylum for female prisoners and dead" and expanded in 1904
Humperdinkschlösschen	Boppard	1870	The classical plastered building was the main residence of the composer Engelbert Humperdink from 1897 to 1900
House to the ark	Boppard	16th Century	The core of the so-called water barrel courtyard has been preserved and was rebuilt and expanded in 1623/24
Eltzer Hof	Boppard	1566/1738	The former Adelshof is a complex with two residential buildings, which are connected by a corridor on the fort wall
St. Michael	Boppard	1902-04 built episcopal aluminate as a home for foreign students
Ritter Schwalbach House	Boppard	13th Century	The late Gothic castle house is a three-storey solid building with a stair tower and polygonal corner turrets
Ursuline School	Boppard	1896-98	Developed as an exposed brick building in neo-Romanesque or neo-Gothic forms, the building was plastered in 1978 and heavily changed
City fortifications	Rhens	1390-1403	Most of the towers and walls have been preserved, although mostly not in their original height
Hotel Koenigsstuhl	Rhens	18th century	Half-timbered house in mixed construction
Hotel German House	Rhens	1566/73	Building with timber frame protruding over the city wall
Old Town Hall	Rhens	1514
King's chair by Rhens	Rhens	before 1398	In the Middle Ages, the place of negotiation for the elections for the Roman-German king
Fall of the Knight Memorial	Koblenz	1978	Scene of Rittersturz Conference 1948, here is a basic decision was for the merger of the three Western occupation zones for the Federal Republic of Germany met
Rhine systems	Koblenz	1856-1861	Landscape park created by the Prussian horticultural master Peter Lenné on behalf of the later Empress Augusta , the 3.5 km long Rhine promenade was provided with numerous art monuments and sculptures, many of which were destroyed in the Second World War , the promenade will be extensively renovated for the BUGA 2011
Koblenz Central Station	Koblenz	1899-1902	Neo-Baroque main station of the city of Koblenz, badly damaged in the air raids on Koblenz in 1944/1945, then rebuilt in a simplified manner
Four towers	Koblenz	1608	Four houses with ornate bay towers
Well on plan	Koblenz	1805-1806	The fountain was built from rubble from the broken Schönbornlust Palace and connected to the first water pipe that Elector Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony had moved from a Metternich spring to Koblenz in 1783–1786
House Metternich	Koblenz	13th Century	Prince Metternich's birthplace
Old coin	Koblenz	1761-1763	The Electors of Trier had coins minted in Koblenz since the 15th century, but the mint master's house, built by Johannes Seiz , has been preserved
Bürresheimer Hof	Koblenz	1659-1660	Adelshof of the Elector of Trier bailiff Lothar Ferdinand von der Leyen-Nickenich, synagogue from the 19th century until 1938, burned out after air raids in 1944, rebuilt 1955–1956
Old department store	Koblenz	1419-1425	Städtisches Kauf- und Tanzhaus, 1724 installation of the “eye roller” in memory of the robber baron Johann Lutter von Kobern , today the seat of the Middle Rhine Museum
Schöffenhaus	Koblenz	1528-1530	Erected by Elector Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads for the Koblenz lay judges, today part of the Middle Rhine Museum
Epiphany	Koblenz	1701	Former Eltz-Rübenacher Hof, today the seat of the Koblenz City Library
Merchant guild house	Koblenz	1582	Former grocer's guild house and municipal flour scales
German emperor	Koblenz	around 1490	Tower-like five-storey house (residential tower), built by the Koblenz aldermen and archbishop mint master Konrad von Langenfeld, later an inn
Town hall of the city of Koblenz	Koblenz	1581-1599	Former Jesuit college with attached Jesuit church , extensions 1694–1701, since 1895 the town hall of Koblenz
History column	Koblenz	2000	Gift from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to mark the 2000 anniversary of Koblenz
Theater Koblenz	Koblenz	1787	The only surviving classical theater building on the Middle Rhine and the earliest surviving example of a rank theater in Germany
High Presidium of the Rhine Province	Koblenz	1907-1910	Seat of the President of the Prussian Rhine Province , located between the Rhine facilities and the castle , today the seat of the North Structure and Approval Directorate
Prussian government building	Koblenz	1902-1906	Building the Prussian government for the Region of Koblenz and the main tax office in the Rheinanlagen , now the seat of BAAINBw 's
Koblenzer Hof	Koblenz	1912-1913	Former Grand hotel in neoclassical style with pilastergegliedertem central projection and submitted two-story porch in the Rheinanlagen , now home to the BWB 's
Gauge house	Koblenz	1609-1611	Rhine crane built by Elector Lothar von Metternich in the course of strengthening the city fortifications, used as a gauge house after the Mosel shipyard was built, converted into a BUGA 2011 as a lookout point
Castor fountain	Koblenz	1812	Curious testimony to the Napoleonic Wars
Deutschherrenhaus Koblenz	Koblenz	1216	First branch of the Teutonic Order in the Rhineland
Deutsches Eck	Koblenz	1897	Monument with the equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I at the mouth of the Moselle
Balduin Bridge	Koblenz	1342-1429	The oldest surviving bridge over the Moselle in Koblenz, built under Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg
Right bank of the Rhine
Niederwald Monument	Rudesheim	1877-1883	Monument to the unification of Germany in 1871, the main character is the 12.5 meter high Germania
Niederwald Landscape Park	Rudesheim	18th century	Landscape park developed by Count Karl Maximilian von Ostein
Ruedesheim station	Rudesheim	1854-1856	built by Heinrich Velde
Hilchenhaus	Lorch	16th Century	Residence of the Rheingau family of Hilchen von Lorch
Blucher Monument	Chew	1894	in memory of Blücher's Rhine crossing in 1813/14
Customs clearance	Chew	1552	Erected on the old city wall, it served as the Electoral Palatinate office until 1801 .
Wilhelm Erbstollen	Chew	1873	Daytime facilities of the former Wilhelm Erbstollen slate mine
Houses crane	Sankt Goarshausen	1917	Gantry slewing crane from Jäger, Duisburg.
Braubach lead and silver smelter	Braubach	1691	Industrial monument, the three chimneys visible from afar are striking
Old Town Hall	Lahnstein	15th century	Rhenish half-timbered building with a Gothic hall and a baroque bell ridge on the roof
City fortification Lahnstein with witch tower	Lahnstein	14th Century	Double city wall with moats and 16 towers
Tavern on the Lahn	Lahnstein	1697	Gasthaus am Lahnufer , alleged location of the legendary landlady verses , customs tower from 1348
Dietkirchener Hof	Lahnstein	1170-1190	Romanesque house, also known as Heimbachhaus, is one of the ten oldest houses in Germany
Nassau-Sporkenburger Hof	Lahnstein	14th Century	Residence of the Counts of Nassau-Sporkenburg, today the venue of the Lahnstein Municipal Stage
Martin-Gropius-Bau	Koblenz	1876-1877	Former Prussian garrison hospital in the Ehrenbreitstein district , built in the style of the architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden
Mother Beethoven House	Koblenz	?	Birthplace of Maria Magdalena Keverich, the mother of Ludwig van Beethoven , in the Ehrenbreitstein district
Heribert Tower	Koblenz	1588	Built by Elector Johann von Schönenberg from Trier in the Ehrenbreitstein district
Former electoral residence	Koblenz	17./18. century	From the castle in the Ehrenbreitstein district, which was destroyed in 1801, the pagerie, the Dikasterialbau, the Krummstall and the Marstall are still preserved

literature

Christian Schüler-Beigang (Ed.): The Rhine Valley from Bingen and Rüdesheim to Koblenz - A European cultural landscape. The central work (documentation for the UNESCO application). von Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2753-6
Erdmann Gormsen: The Middle Rhine Valley - A changing cultural landscape . Leinpfad, Ingelheim 2003, ISBN 3-9808383-2-3
UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Topographic leisure map 1: 25000 . Jointly ed. from the State Office for Surveying and Geographic Base Information Rhineland-Palatinate and the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation. 2nd Edition. State Office for Surveying and Basic Geographic Information Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz 2005, ISBN 3-89637-363-3 , ISBN 3-89637-364-1 , ISBN 3-89637-365-X (set of three maps: Koblenz - Loreley - Rüdesheim / Bingen)

Web links

Portal: Middle Rhine - Overview of Wikipedia content on the Middle Rhine

Commons : Middle Rhine - Collection of images, videos and audio files

List of cultural monuments in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site

contents

World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley

Explanation

Castles

Fortresses

Castles

Sacred buildings

Soil monuments

Profane structures

See also

literature

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