Breathtaking rhine-rambling-tours on the left Rheinburgenweg trail from the Rhein-Nahe-Eck in Bingen to the German Corner (Deutsches Eck) in Koblenz. And further on along Andernach to Bad Breisig. On the right side of the river you follow the young but famous Rheinsteig trail between (Wiesbaden) Ruedesheim and Koblenz (Bonn)...
Walks on the Rhine between Ruedesheim, Bingen and Koblenz.
A hearty welcome from your Rhine Hiker Jens Niemeyer. As an enthusiastic walker I’m frequently on the Rhine hiking trails "Rheinsteig" and "Rheinburgenweg". This unique landscape with its ancient castles and fantastic views of river valleys and rolling woodlands never fails to enthrall me a new...
Koblenz - Andernach
Distance: about 25 km
Time: 6 - 8 hours
Altitude difference: about 320 m
Highlights in Koblenz: Deutsches Eck with Kaiser Wilhelm Monument, Castle Schloss Stolzenfels, Kurfürstliches Schloss, Chairlift to Festung Ehrenbreitstein with Landesmuseum, Deutschherrenhaus with Ludwigmuseum, Mutter- Beethoven- Haus, Mittelrheinmuseum, Liebfrauenkirche, Stiftskirche St. Florin, Kastorkirche, Historical Old Town...
Start of this tour is the "German Corner" in Koblenz...
Pilgrimage Church "St. Rochus-Kapelle" in Bingen.
Built in 1666 after the year of "Black Death".
Destroyed in 1795 during the french occupation of the rhine valley.
Rebuilding in 1814 after epidemic typhus.
Destroyed again by a stroke of lightning in 1889.
Neo-Gothic rebuilding by Max Meckel in the years 1893–1895.
The last two weekends in August the "Rochusfest" is celebrated 8 days long.
The church St. Martin in Bingen - built on the ruins of a roman temple - was first mentioned as a collegiate church in 1006 and resolved in 1672.
St.Martin burned down in 1403 and only the crypt endured and was integrated in the later rebuilding in 1416. The side aisles were built in the following years. Partly damaged in World War II the rebuilding was finished 1958.
