Mittelrhein Region Attractions

Bacharach, an old-established center, is surrounded by its 16th C ring of walls and towers. Above the town is the ruined Burg Stahleck (youth hostel). In the Marktplatz are a number of 16th C half-timbered houses and the Late Romanesque St Peter's Church (13th C). The Münzturm (Mint Tower) houses a Heimat Museum. On the way up to Burg Stahleck are the ruins of the Werner Chapel (13th-15th centuries).

Boppard, once a free imperial city, lies in the Bopparder Hamm, a large loop in the Rhine. On the Burggraben and in Karmeliterstrasse are considerable remains of a Roman fort. In the Markt stands the twin-towered church of St Severus (12th-13th C.), with Romanesque wall paintings. On the banks of the Rhine, in the tower of an old Electoral castle, is the Heimatmuseum. Within the commune of Boppard is the spa of Bad Salzig (hot springs containing Glauber's salt).

North of Boppard is the Vierseenblick viewpoint (chairlift), from which there is a fine view of the Bopparder Hamm.

Linz, situated on the fringes of the Westerwald opposite the mouth of the Ahr, has preserved a number of attractive and colorful half-timbered buildings, particularly on the Marktplatz (Late Gothic Town Hall of 1392) and Burgplatz. Burg Feith (14th century) was a summer residence of the Archbishops of Cologne. The Late Romanesque parish church of St Martin, above the town, has 13th century wall paintings.

Neuwied, in the fertile Neuwied basin, was laid out on a regular plan from 1662 onwards. Set in a beautiful park is a palace modeled on Versailles (1706-56). Other features of interest are the meeting-house of the Moravian Brethren (1783-85) and the Mennonite church (1768).

The Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady; 1308-31), in the old-world little walled town of Oberwesel, has a fine interior (Baroque organ). On the town walls on the lower side of the town is the Gothic Werner Chapel (ca. 1300). Above the town is the Schönburg (restored from 1885 onwards; youth center).

Beyond the town there is a fine view of the Loreley Rock.

Rhens, which appears in the records as early as the ninth century, still preserves stretches of its old walls and a number of 16th and 17th C. half-timbered houses. 1km/0.75mi outside the little town is the Königsstuhl, a pulpit-like structure which until 1921 stood on the banks of the Rhine at the old meeting-place of the Electors of the Rhineland.