Avreise fra Slemmestad til Oslo Lufthavn, Gardermoen.
Der overnattet vi på hotell Radisson Blue
Fly via Frankfurt til Düsseldorf
og maxitaxi derfra til Køln.
I Køln gikk vi ombord på Olympia.
Du møter Vista Travels reiseleder på Oslo lufthavn, og sammen flyr vi til Düsseldorf.
Fra flyplassen fortsetter vi med buss til Köln, hvor skipet venter.
Etter at vi har sjekket inn og funnet oss til rette i lugaren, møtes vi til en velkomstdrink og presentasjon av skipets besetning, før vi går til middag.
Köln er Tysklands fjerde største by, grunnlagt
av romerne for over to tusen år siden. Gamlebyen ble sterkt ødelagt under andre verdenskrig, men har senere blitt bygget opp igjen. Den storslåtte Kölnerdomen, som står på UNESCOs verdensarvliste, ble derimot spart, og
er byens fremste landemerke.
I Altstadt ligger mange hyggelige kneiper, hvor du kan smake på det lokale ølet, Kölsch.
Skipet ligger ved kai i Köln over natten
Olympia ved kai i Køln
The MS Olympia
The MS Olympia is a
medium size river cruise ship that can carry a
maximum of 96 passengers.
- built in 1984
- rebuilt in 2015/2016
- length: 88 m (289 ft), width: 10.50 m (34.5 ft), load draft: 1.30 m (4.3 ft)
- crew approx. 23 men/women
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Cologne was founded and established in Germanic Ubii territory in the
1st century AD as the Roman Colonia Agrippina, hence its name. Agrippina was later dropped (except in Latin), and Colonia became the
name of the city in its own right, which developed into modern German as Köln.
Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest
city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly
1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people
in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Cologne - Wikipedia
Program for dagen:
Etter frokost gjør vi oss klare for den første sykkeletappen. Før vi setter oss på
sykkelen kan vi ta en liten rusletur i gamlebyen sammen med reiselederen.
Deretter følger vi Rhinen sørover på den godt tilrettelagte sykkelveien, gjennom
frodig elvelandskap og småsteder. Underveis kan vi ta en pause på øya Groov, et
populært rekreasjonsområde rett ved elva. Dagen smål er Bonn, Vest-Tysklands
tidligere hovedstad og komponisten Ludwig van Beethovens fødeby. Byen byr
på et rikt kulturliv med flere interessante museer, som Beethoven-huset og Haus
der Geschichte.
Skipet ligger ved kai i Bonn over natten
Sykkel-ettappe ca 37 km
Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248, but was halted in the years
around 1560. Attempts to complete construction began around 1814, but
the project was not properly funded until the 1840s. The edifice was completed
to its original medieval plan in 1880. The towers for its two huge spires give
the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world.
Cologne Cathedral was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996.
Cologne Cathedral - Wikipedia
Kølnerdomen (Cologne Cathedral)
Vi tok en liten pause her underveis.
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Program for dagen:
Vi fortsetter sykkelturen sørover, med elven som følgesvenn. Vi passerer Königswinter,
kjent for eventyrslottet Drachenburg som troner oppe i åssiden,
og nyter utsikten over vinmarker og små landsbyer. Etter en innholdsrik
etappe når vi frem til Andernach, en middelalderby med godt bevarte bymurer
og et sjarmerende sentrum. Byen er særlig kjent for sitt spektakulære
naturfenomen, verdens høyeste kaldtvanns-geysir, som skyter en 60 meter høy
vannsøyle til værs. Skipet ligger ved kai i Andernach over natten.
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Ville dyr langs Rhinen
Herfra kan vi så vidt se ruinen etter Burg Drachenfels.
The ruined castle Burg Drachenfels, on the summit of the hill, was built between
1138 and 1167 by Archbishop Arnold I of Cologne and bears the same name.
It was originally intended for the protection of the Cologne region from any
assault from the south.
Several legends surround the Drachenfels, most famously that Siegfried – the hero
of the Nibelungenlied – killed the dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the hill, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable. Hence, the hill is named the "Dragon's Rock", Drachenfels.
Drachenfels (Siebengebirge) - Wikipedia
At the end of WWII, as the Allies raced across France and Belgium to rid Germany
of Nazism, the Wehrmacht tried frantically to stave off defeat by destroying all bridges
across the Rhine. The bridge at Remagen, however, lasted long enough for Allied troops
to cross the river, contributing significantly to the collapse of Hitler’s western front.
One of the bridge’s surviving basalt towers now houses the Friedensmuseum, with a
well-presented exhibit on Remagen’s pivotal role in WWII.
Friedensmuseum Brücke von Remagen | Cologne & Northern Rhineland, Germany |
Attractions - Lonely Planet
Olympia passerer Fredsmuseet
Bad Breisig
En rast i Bad Breisig
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Following Caesars conquest of Gaul (58-51 BS) the area on the left bank of the Rhine
was part of the Roman Empire. In 87 AD, under the Emperor Domitian, the Germanic
lands on the Rhine, which were previously under military administration, were newly
created as Provincial Germanic Superior with
Mainz as its capital, and Germania inferior with Cologne as its Capital.
The Winztbach (from celtic" "Abrinca" and the Roman "ad finis" of frontier) formed
the boundery. Legionaries ho were the elite troops (Benificarii) here left behind a
votive altar whose inscription documented the provincial Frontier.
Etter Cæsars erobring av Gallia (58–51 f.Kr.) var området på venstre bredd av Rhinen en del av Romerriket. I år 87 e.Kr., under keiser Domitian, ble de germanske landområdene ved Rhinen, som tidligere var under militær administrasjon, nylig opprettet som provinsielle germanske overordnede med Mainz som hovedstad, og Germania underordnede med Köln som hovedstad.
Winztbach (fra keltisk "Abrinca" og romersk "ad finis" som betyr grense) dannet grensen. Legionærene som var elitetroppene (Benificarii) her etterlot et votivalter med en inskripsjon som dokumenterte den provinsielle grensen.
Tollhuset - Custom House i Andernach
Founded by the Romans as Antunnacum in 12 BC on the site of an old Celtic settlement
probably called Antunnuac, Andernach is one of the oldest towns in Germany which as
such held its "Bimillenary feast" in 1988.
Andernach - Wikipedia
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Dagens sykkeltur er turens korteste, og vi kan nyte en rolig etappe langs elven. På vei mot
Koblenz passerer vi Engers-slottet i Neuwied. Koblenz er en av Tysklands eldste byer og
ligger der Mosel renner ut i Rhinen, ved det berømte «Deutsches Eck». Byen ble hardt
rammet under andre verdenskrig, men er i dag en blanding av moderne bygg og historiske monumenter. Fra elvebredden kan du ta taubanen over til festningen Ehrenbreitstein, som
byr på en storslått utsikt over byen og elvedalen.
Skipet ligger ved kai i Koblenz over natten.
Koblenz Her møtes elvene Rhinen og Mosel
Mosel:
The name Moselle is derived from the Celtic name form, Mosela, via the Latin Mosella,
a diminutive form of Mosa, the Latin description of the Meuse, which used to flow
parallel to the Moselle. So the Mosella was the "Little Meuse".
Moselle - Wikipedia
The Rhine 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).
It also contains the most powerful waterfall in Europe, the Rhine Falls.
Rhine - Wikipedia
Mosel sett fra Deutsches Eck
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Eck "German Point") is the name of a promontory in Koblenz, Germany, where the Mosel river joins the Rhine. Named after a local commandry of the Teutonic Order, it became known for a monumental equestrian statue of William I, first German Emperor, dedicated in 1897 in appreciation of his role in the unification of Germany. |
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After the death of Emperor William I in 1888, his grandson William II wished to
spark a nationalist cult around the "founder of the German Reich". In the following years the privately funded Kyffhäuser Monument was erected and an Emperor William Monument was inaugurated in Porta Westfalica, both designed by the Leipzig architect Bruno Schmitz. Several other cities had also applied as installation sites and in 1891 William II decided upon the confluence of the Rhine
and Mosel rivers at Koblenz.
World War II, the Deutsches Eck remained largely unscathed. However, the statue
was later badly damaged by American artillery. Soon afterwards it was completely taken down. The French military government planned to replace the old memorial with a monument for peace and understanding among nations, but that concept
was never realized.
With German Reunification in 1990, the Deutsches Eck no longer served as a symbol
of the aspiration for a united Germany. Thus, a discussion arose regarding a remodelling of the plaza. Critics considered the reinstallation of the equestrian
statue of Wilhelm I as anachronistic and improper, whereas promoters saw the opportunity for tourist benefits. As the owner of the site, any decision to reinstall a statue of Wilhelm I rested with the government of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
However, the state government transferred its rights to the city of Koblenz.
The Düsseldorf sculptor Raymond Kittl
was commissioned to produce a replica of
the original sculpture and the remodelled statue was
created from durable bronze cast, unlike the
original which had been made from copper plates. In
May 1992, the parts of the statue were brought to
Koblenz on board the MS Futura. The assembly
work was completed at the port and on 2 September
1993 a mobile lattice boom crawler
crane lifted the statue onto the base.
Deutsches
Eck - Wikipedia
Koblenz omkring 1958 (Postkort)
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (German: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, stands on the east bank of the Rhine opposite the mouth of the Moselle, and overlooks the city of Koblenz.
Occupying the position of an earlier fortress destroyed by the French in 1801, it
was built as the backbone of the regional fortification system, Festung Koblenz, by Prussia between 1817 and 1828 and guarded the middle Rhine region, an area which French troops had repeatedly invaded before. The Prussian fortress was
never attacked.
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress - Wikipedia
Soldekk på Olympia, med Ehrenbreitstein i bakgrunnen
The actual confluence is today known as the "German Corner", a symbol of the unification of Germany that features an equestrian statue of Emperor
William I. The city celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1992.
Around 1000 BC, early fortifications were erected on the Festung
Ehrenbreitstein hill on the opposite side of the Rhine. In 55 BC, Roman troops commanded by Julius Caesar reached the Rhine and built a bridge between
Koblenz and Andernach.
About 9 BC, the Castellum apud Confluentes was one of the military posts
established by Drusus.
Remains of a large bridge built in 49 AD by the Romans are still visible.
The Romans built two forts as protection for the bridge, one in 9 AD and another
in the 2nd century, the latter being destroyed by the Franks in 259. North of
Koblenz was a temple of Mercury and Rosmerta (a Gallo-Roman deity), which remained in use up to the 5th century.
Koblenz - Wikipedia
Onsdag 22. juli 2026
Etter frokost setter vi kursen mot den vakreste delen av Rhindalen,
som står på UNESCOs verdensarvliste.
Vi sykler forbi vinbyen Boppard, med sin karakteristiske
elvesving, og passerer Marksburg, den eneste borgen langs Rhinen
som aldri har blitt ødelagt.
Dagens mål er St. Goar, hvor ruinene av den mektige festningen
Rheinfels troner over byen.
På motsatt side av elven ligger borgene Katz og Maus i
St. Goarshausen.
Skipet ligger ved kai til neste dag.
Stolzenfels castle
The original castle at Stolzenfels was built as a fortification by the Prince-Bishop of Trier, then Arnold II. von Isenburg. Finished in 1259, Stolzenfels was used to protect the toll station on the Rhine, where the ships, at the time the main means of transportation for goods, had to stop and pay toll (later moved to Engers). Over the years it was extended several times (notably in the 14th century), occupied by French and Swedish troops in the Thirty Years' War and finally, in 1689, destroyed by the French during the Nine Years' War. The ruin was used as a quarry during the 18th century. |
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Stolzenfels Castle - Wikipedia
Byer er Rhens
Ochsenbrunnen Rhens
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The Marksburg is a castle above the town of Braubach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of the principal sites of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO
World Heritage Site. The fortress was used for protection rather than as a
residence for royal families. It has a striking example of a bergfried designed as a butter-churn tower. Of the 40 hill castles between Bingen am Rhein and
Koblenz the Marksburg was one of only two which was never destroyed
(the other being Maus Castle), and the only one that never fell into disrepair
Marksburg - Wikipedia
Boppard
St.Goar, Burg Rheinfels high above the Rhine
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of the seventh century. He was offered the position of Bishop of Trier, but prayed to be excused from the position. Goar is noted for his piety and is revered as a miracle-worker. He is a patron saint of innkeepers, potters, and vine growers.
Goar of Aquitaine - Wikipedia
Sankt Goar lies in the Rhine Gorge and the narrow canal on the Rhine that
flows through the Rhein Massive. This part of the gorge on the left bank
borders on the edge of the Rhein - Hunsrück, on the right bank it Borders
on the Banks of the Taunus. The characteristic narrow-valley form came
into use through downcutting in a massif that was undergoing an uplift.
Sankt Goar - Wikipedia
Rheinfels Castle is the ruin of a spur castle located on a ridge between the left
bank of the Rhine and the Gründelbach valley above St. Goar. After its expansion
into a fortress, it was the largest fortification in the Middle Rhine Valley between Koblenz and Bingen and was only surpassed by Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, which is located in the Middle Rhine Valley above the Koblenz district
of the same name on the right bank of the Rhine. Since 2002, Rheinfels Castle
has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
Rheinfels Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Torsdag 23. juli 2026
I dag sykler vi videre gjennom et landskap som er selve symbolet på
Rhinen – vinmarker, romantiske borger og små pittoreske landsbyer.
Vi passerer den berømte Loreleiklippen,
hvor sagnene forteller om den vakre jomfruen som lokket skip til forlis.
Dagens mål er vinbyen Rüdesheim, kjent for sin livlige atmosfære og
pittoreske bindingsverkshus.
Vi anbefaler en rusletur i den smale Drosselgasse,
eller kanskje en tur med taubanen opp til Niederwald-monumentet for
panoramautsikt over Rhinen.
Skipet ligger ved kai i Rüdesheim over natten.
Cruisesyklene i St Goar
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The Loreley is a 132-metre-high slaterock face near Sankt Goarshausen in
Rhineland-Palatinate, located at the deepest and narrowest point of the Middle Rhine.
The art fairy tale Lore Lay, which Clemens Brentano told in ballad form in his novel Godwi in 1801, contributed significantly to the romanticisation and thus to the touristic importance of the rock today. The protagonist is a beautiful sorceress or mermaid who sits on the rock and brings ruin to men. Brentano's invention was immediately well received, so that even before the middle of the 19th century it was considered a folk tale, as a "fairy tale from old times" as it says in Heinrich Heine's poem Die Lore-Ley. The pseudo-legend is closely linked to mythologemes that were already known from Greek mythology, such as that of the nymph Echo, who is transformed into a rock, with that of the magic gaze that makes you defenceless, or with that of the song of the sirens, which is pernicious for boatmen.
Loreley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Katzenturm (to the left) and Ochsenturm (to the wright)
The name of the Katzenturm is probably connected with the appointment of the
Count of Katzenelnbogen as a noble citizen of the town of Oberwesel, who owned
a farm near the tower.
The Ochsenturm in Oberwesel, a Rhineland-Palatinate town on the Middle Rhine in
the Rhein-Hunsrück district, is part of the remaining medieval city fortifications.
The Round Tower was, next to the Round Tower of the city of Andernach, the strongest
fortified tower of the region's city fortifications at the time and was built in the middle
of the 14th century. It is one of the 16 former 22 defensive towers of Oberwesel that
still exist today, which were created in several construction phases and belonged to a
city-wide ring wall. Today, this is considered the best-preserved city wall on the Middle
Rhine
Ochsenturm (Oberwesel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
the construction period is in the first half of the 14th century. On the Rhine side,
the city fortification of the northern suburb was secured by two round towers, the Katzenturm and the larger Ochsenturm.
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Roter Turm (Haagsturm)
The red turm were sold to Carl Haag who restored it . Nowdas you can see his
old Life and his Atelier in it.
Towards
the Rhine, the Red Tower forms the border between
the southern
suburb and Kirchhausen and thus connects two construction phases of the city fortifications. At the Red Tower, the city wall bends at a right angle to the west towards the mountain side. On the Rhine side in a northerly direction, the
smaller round tower, tower and house Schönburg are located in the immediate vicinity. In Oberwesel's town architecture, the Rote Turm (Red Tower) is
considered a counterpart to the Ochsenturm (Ox Tower) and - even though it is
also a corner bastion - primarily pursues a representative function. This round
tower is supposed to refer to the power and importance of Oberwesel. Once, the plastered round tower had two functions: on the one hand, it was supposed to
be a representative object or landmark of the town, like the Ochsenturm, and on
the other hand, as a corner bastion, it was supposed to protect the town from
attacks. The tower, the gate and the city wall formed a seamless defensive unit.
For defensive purposes, embrasures and wide slit windows were let in on all
sides, which were extended or completely redesigned during the reconstruction
works.
From: Outdooractive.com
suburb and Kirchhausen and thus connects two construction phases of the city fortifications. At the Red Tower, the city wall bends at a right angle to the west towards the mountain side. On the Rhine side in a northerly direction, the
smaller round tower, tower and house Schönburg are located in the immediate vicinity. In Oberwesel's town architecture, the Rote Turm (Red Tower) is
considered a counterpart to the Ochsenturm (Ox Tower) and - even though it is
also a corner bastion - primarily pursues a representative function. This round
tower is supposed to refer to the power and importance of Oberwesel. Once, the plastered round tower had two functions: on the one hand, it was supposed to
be a representative object or landmark of the town, like the Ochsenturm, and on
the other hand, as a corner bastion, it was supposed to protect the town from
attacks. The tower, the gate and the city wall formed a seamless defensive unit.
For defensive purposes, embrasures and wide slit windows were let in on all
sides, which were extended or completely redesigned during the reconstruction
works.
From: Outdooractive.com
Gutenfels Castle was built as Kaub Castle (Cube) from 1220 onwards, perhaps still on
behalf of the Empire. As early as 1252, it was unsuccessfully besieged by William of
Holland. In 1277, the Lords of Falkenstein transferred the castle and town of Kaub to
the Count Palatine as a fief. By 1289, they had sold their possessions in and around
Kaub with the castle to Count Palatine Ludwig.
Gutenfels Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle, also known as the Palatinate near Kaub, is a customs castle built on a rocky island in the Rhine near Kaub. Its oldest part is the tower, which Ludwig the Bavarian, Count Palatine of the Rhine and later Roman-German King and Emperor, had built in 1326. The structure had the task of monitoring the collection of shipping customs in the paying office in Kaub, which is located opposite the right bank of the Rhine. Because of this purpose, the Inselburg - unlike other castles on the Middle Rhine - did not serve as a residence.
Pfalzgrafenstein Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bacharach, (also known as Bacharach am Rhein) is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The original name Baccaracus suggests a Celtic origin. Above the town stands Stahleck Castle (Burg Stahleck), now a youth hostel. Bacharach - Wikipedia |
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the Rhenish transitional style in Bacharach. The church was built from 1230 to 1269 as a three-aisled gallery basilica and renovated at the end of the 19th century. St. Peter's (Bacharach) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Burg Sooneck
Sooneck Castle, also known as Saneck or Sonneck Castle or formerly Sonneck
Castle, is a hillside castle in the Mainz-Bingen district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It stands on the northeastern steep slope of the Bingen Forest not far from Niederheimbach between Bingen and Bacharach am Rhein.
Since 2002, Sooneck Castle has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper
Middle Rhine Valley, and it is also a protected cultural asset under the Hague Convention.
According to new investigations, the first mention must probably be set at the
year 1271. Just like the neighbouring Reichenstein Castle, it was the Lords of Hohenfels who administered the castle as bailiffs of the imperial abbey of Kornelimünster near Aachen. The siege of 1282 by King Rudolf of Habsburg is
secured. His troops conquered and destroyed the castle, which was banned from reconstruction. The king expressly confirmed this again in 1290. The ban was
only lifted in 1349 by King Charles IV, after the property and bailiwick had
fallen to the Electorate of Mainz.
The
branches of the family living there were sometimes
not very well-disposed
towards each other and fought over their
inheritances. Several times the truce
had to be concluded among the inhabitants of Sooneck
Castle.
Sooneck
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at viner fra Rheingau balanserer godt mellom fasthet, fylde og fin friskhet.
Rhindalen - Råvare, produksjon, salg og service (RM-KOS vg2) - NDLA
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a car ferry built
in 2016 that operates between Bingen on the left bank of the Rhine (Mainz-Bingen district) and Rüdesheim am Rhein on the right bank of the Rhine (Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis). She is also approved as a passenger ship. The conventionally motorized double-ended ferry was christened in 2017 with the stage name of the pop singer Rosemarie Schwab. Mary Roos (ship) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Mary Roos (born 9 January 1949 in Bingen am Rhein) After her first singing performances in the Hotel Rolandseck of her parents Karl and Maria Schwab in Bingen, Rosemarie Schwab performed in 1958 as a nine-year-old at a summer night party of the carnival association in the neighboring hamlet in front of more than 800 guests; a record producer became aware of her. At the age of nine she released her first record, Ja, die Dicken sind ja so gemütlich; in the feature film Die Straße she sang in a supporting role the song Little Teenager Song, which was included on the B-side of the record. She used her first name, Rosemarie, as her stage name Mary Roos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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The Niederwald monument (German: Niederwalddenkmal) is a monument located in the Niederwald, near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany, built between 1871 and 1883 to commemorate the Unification of Germany. |
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Rüdesheim
am Rhein 'Rüdesheim on the Rhine') is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt, Hessen. Known as Rüdesheim, it is officially Rüdesheim am Rhein, to distinguish it from Rüdesheim an der Nahe. It is a major tourist attraction, especially for foreign visitors. The area was settled first by the Celts, then after the turn of the Christian Era by Ubii and later by Mattiaci. In the first century, the Romans pushed forth to the Taunus. In Bingen they built a castrum, and on the other side, near what is now Rüdesheim, lay a bridgehead on the way to the Limes. Rüdesheim am Rhein - Wikipedia |
Litt hvitvin må man ha i Rüdesheim
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The Drosselgasse is a 2 m wide and about 144 m long, cobblestone street in Rüdesheim am Rhein, which is visited by about three million people annually. The numerous wine houses, some of which were built in half-timbered construction, characterize the image of the world-famous Drosselgasse in addition to gift and souvenir shops. It is one of six connecting alleys between Rüdesheimer Oberstraße and the Rhine embankment promenade. Drosselgasse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Adlerturm
The Eagle Tower belongs to the former city fortifications of Rüdesheim,
of which, apart from this tower, only few remains of the wall have been
preserved. The tower was built at the end of the 15th century.
In the 19th century, the tower housed the inn 'Zum Adler', from which
the name is derived. Even Goethe stopped at this inn several times
during his stays in Rüdesheim.
The Eagle Tower in Rüdesheim - Rheingau
På vår siste sykkeletappe følger vi Rhinen videre sørover til Mainz. Underveis sykler vi
gjennom vinbyen Eltville, som er kjent for sitt vakre kurfyrstslott og blomstrende r
osehager. Mainz er en by med stolte tradisjoner. Det var her boktrykkerkunstens far,
Johann Gutenberg, ble født rundt år 1400. I gamlebyen finner vi trange gater,
bindingsverkshus og hyggelige torg med kafeer og vinrestauranter. Den imponerende
domkirken St. Martin er byens fremste landemerke.
Skipet ligger ved kai i Mainz over natten.
The Oestricher crane, also known as the Old Rhine Crane and Wine Loading Crane, is a baroque harbour crane in Oestrich (Rheingau) in Hesse, Germany. The wooden crane
was mainly used to load wine barrels, but also other goods such as tree trunks onto
Rhine ships.
The construction and operation of a crane was an archiepiscopal privilege until the
19th century. It ensured that only a few cities in the Rheingau and other German areas
had the right to operate such a loading facility, as did all places with stacking rights such as Cologne, Trier, Würzburg, Andernach, Bingen am Rhein, Stade, Hamburg, etc. In the
Rheingau of the 15th century, only Eltville, Rüdesheim and Lorch were granted this
privilege. The Oestricher crane is located directly on the Rhine at Rhine kilometre 518.1,
near the federal highway 42.
The Oestricher crane is a wooden, land-based tower pedal crane.
Oestricher Crane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Der Oestricher Kran
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Eltville am Rhein
from Alta Villa, Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to Eldeville, Elfeld and later Eltville is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road (Fachwerkstraße). Eltville is the largest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames Weinstadt, Sektstadt, Rosenstadt and since 2006 also Gutenbergstadt. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits. Eltville - Wikipedia |
Schloss Biebrich
Schloss Biebrich is the former residence of the Princes of Nassau-Usingen in Wiesbaden-Biebrich. The baroque three-winged complex was built
from 1734 by Prince Karl von Friedrich Joachim Stengel. Since 1974, it has s
erved as the headquarters of the Hesse State Office for the Preservation of
Monuments.
Georg August Samuel von Nassau-Idstein (1665–1721) was just twelve years
old when his father died. Since he was not yet of age, two guardians were
initially entrusted with the government. Georg August used this time to study in Giessen, Strasbourg and Paris, among other places. He also got to know
various courts, with the Palace of Versailles particularly impressing him. In
1684 he became a count and in 1688 he was elevated to the rank of prince by
the emperor due to his participation in the liberation of Vienna after the
Turkish siege and after paying a large sum of money.
In 1696, the prince first acquired a plot of land directly on the banks of the
Rhine opposite the Biebricher Aue and had a simple garden house built, which
could only be used during the day. From 1701 to 1703 he had it expanded by
Julius Ludwig Rothweil as a residential palace. From 1704 to 1706, an identical pavilion was built for the princess about 86 metres further east. Since the
prince now liked the location so much, he commissioned the master builder Maximilian von Welsch in 1707 to develop an overall Baroque concept.
The model was to be the Orangery in Kassel's Karlsaue with the aim of
connecting the two pavilions with galleries and a central building.
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Vi er framme i Mainz. Båten vår Olympia kommer akkurat før oss.
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's
35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region — Germany's
second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr — which also
encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt,
Offenbach am Main, and Hanau.
Mainz was founded as Castrum Mogontiacum by Roman general Nero Claudius Drusus in the 1st century BC on the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and became the capital of the Roman province of Germania Superior.
During World War II, several air raids destroyed about 80 percent of the
city's centre, including most of the historic buildings. Mainz was captured on
22 March 1945 against uneven German resistance (staunch in some sectors
and weak in other parts of the city) by the 90th Infantry Division under
William A. McNulty, a formation of the XII Corps under Third Army commanded
by General George S. Patton Jr.
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The church of St. Christoph in Mainz, known in German as St. Christoph zu
Mainz, is an example of early gothic architecture. St. Christoph was originally
built between 1240 and 1330. The church is associated with Johannes
Gutenberg, who may have been baptised there.
It had been erected in Christofstraße in the historic city centre of Mainz and
adjacent to the Karmeliterplatz. Its ruins represent the central war memorial
in the city of Mainz, in memory of the victims and the destruction of the city
in World War II, such as the bombing of Mainz on 27 February 1945.
During World War II it was
razed except for the external walls. During the
great air raid on Mainz on 12 and 13 August 1942 St.
Christopher burned
down, whereas a renewed bombing on 27 February 1945
with tactical d
emolition bombs brought the vaults to collapse. The
outer walls have been
restored and protected on the north side by concrete
columns. The new
buttresses have been provided with a relief by
the Mainz sculptor Heinz Hemrich carrying
symbolic representations of the city's history. The
church
now is designed as a war memorial.
St.
Christoph's Church, Mainz - Wikipedia
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over many centuries have resulted in the appearance of various architectural influences
seen today. It comprises three aisles and stands under the patronage of Saint Martin of
Tours. The eastern quire is dedicated to Saint Stephen.
Mainz Cathedral - Wikipedia
Siste middag ombord
Natt i Mainz
Fredag 25. juli 2026
Et opplevelsesrikt sykkelcruise er over.
Etter frokost sjekker vi ut fra skipet og reiser med buss til
Frankfurt, hvorfra vi flyr tilbake til Norge.