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středa 30. července 2014

Germany(Rhineland-Palatinate) - Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Neustadt an der Weinstraße (formerly known as "Neustadt an der Haardt") is a town located in Rhineland-PalatinateGermanyThe town itself lies in the western park of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region between the Haardt mountains, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest, and the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain in the middle of the Palatinate wine region, an area that is around 10 kilometres wide and 85 kilometres long. The Speyerbach river flows through the town from west to east as does the Rehbach, which separates from the Speyerbach within the town at the Winzinger Wassergescheid before emptying into the River Rhine several kilometres further north than the Speyerbach.
View from Neustadt.


úterý 29. července 2014

Germany(Rhineland-Palatinate) - Mainz

Coat of arms of Mainz
Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. Mainz is located on the 50th latitude, on the west bank of the river Rhine, opposite the confluence of the Main with the Rhine.
Mainz Cathedral or St. Martin's Cathedral (in German Mainzer DomMartinsdom or - officially - Der Hohe Dom zu Mainz) is located near the historical center and pedestrianized market square of the city of MainzGermany. This 1000 year-old Roman Catholic cathedral is the site of the episcopal see of the Bishop of Mainz.

Architectural styleRomanesque
Town or cityMainz
CountryGermany
Construction started975 or 976




Germany(Rhineland-Palatinate), - Landau in der Pfalz

Landau or Landau in der Pfalz is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southernRhineland-PalatinateGermany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate wine region. Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest, Europe's largest contiguous forest, direct on the German Wine Route.
Landau - Rathausplatz.



Germany(Rhineland-Palatinate) - Trier

Trier historically called Treves in English, is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It may be the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BCE (contested with WormsKempten, and Cologne). Trier lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with Luxembourg and within the important Mosel wine region.
Map and view from Mosel region.












Eltz Castle  is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and TrierGermany. It is still owned by a branch of the same family (the Eltz family) that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago. Bürresheim Castle (Schloss Bürresheim), Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed.