Rhine Gorge

#703 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley, Unesco

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The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 for a unique combination of geological, historical, cultural and industrial reasons. ()

Local name: Welterbe Kulturlandschaft Oberes Mittelrheintal Unesco: from 2002Area: 105.21 mi²Coordinates: 50°10'25"N, 7°41'39"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Rhine Gorge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Loreley, Rheinfels Castle, Katz Castle, Maus Castle.

2.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Loreley, Sankt Goar
72 min walk • Perched atop a steep slate rock in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Loreley (also known as Lorelei) is an enchanting spot located near the town of Sankt Goar in Germany. This striking 132-meter-high bluff on the eastern bank of the Rhine River is shrouded in myth...
1.4 miS
Museum, Forts and castles
Rheinfels Castle, Sankt Goar
37 min walk • Rheinfels Castle, perched atop the banks of the Rhine River, is a fortress of historical significance and a cultural treasure in the picturesque city of Sankt Goar, Germany. This imposing medieval castle, now partially in ruins, was once the largest fortress along the...
2 miSE
Forts and castles, Historical place
Katz Castle, Sankt Goar
51 min walk • Katz Castle is a castle above the German town of St. Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at St. Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen.
~790 ftSE
Forts and castles
Maus Castle, Sankt Goar
4 min walk • Maus Castle is a castle above the village of Wellmich in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies on the east side of the Rhine, north of Katz Castle in Sankt Goarshausen and opposite Rheinfels Castle at Sankt Goar across the river.
2.7 miSE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Concert hall
Freilichtbühne Loreley, Sankt Goar
69 min walk • The Freilichtbühne Loreley is an amphitheatre located on top of the Lorelei rock in St. Goarshausen, Germany. Designed by Hermann Senf, it was built between 1934 and 1939 as one of the Nazi Thingplätze and is one of the best known of these.
3.9 miNW
Restaurant, Forts and castles
Sterrenberg Castle, Kamp-Bornhofen
99 min walk • Sterrenberg Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Burg Liebenstein, Sankt Goar
96 min walk • Liebenstein Castle is a castle above the village of Kamp-Bornhofen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
5.3 miS
Historical place, Hotel, Forts and castles
Schönburg, Oberwesel
135 min walk • The Schönburg is a castle above the medieval town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
1.6 miSE
Town, Area
Sankt Goarshausen, Sankt Goar
41 min walk • Sankt Goarshausen is a town located in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Nassau on the eastern shore of the Rhine, in the section known as the Rhine Gorge, directly across the river from Sankt Goar, in the German state Rhineland-Palatinate.
5.1 miS
Church
Church of Our Lady, Oberwesel
129 min walk • The Liebfrauenkirche in Oberwesel is a Gothic sacred building on the Middle Rhine.
1.8 miSE
50°9'2"N • 7°42'53"E
Stiftskirche St. Goar, Sankt Goar
47 min walk • Church