Hotel 'Goldner Pfropfenzieher'
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Am Plan 1, Oberwesel, 55430, de
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Nearly empty IC train
Schönburg Castle
My first room at the castle
the Pfalz seen from Schoenburg castlehotel
Forum Posts
Oberwesel and Castle Schonburg
by Phillipt78
Does the castle allow touring? Please give opening times and admission price.
Re: Oberwesel and Castle Schonburg
by Trekki
The castle is not public ground but a hotel. As far as I know it cannot be visited except as a hotel guest. But you can have meals and coffee in the restaurant.
That's the homepage of the hotel:
http://www.hotel-schoenburg.com/castle-oberwesel-rhine/index.html
Ingrid
Travel Tips for Oberwesel
Oberwesel--so many towers!
by wadekorzan
Oberwesel was once a so-called "free imperial city". This meant that they were allowed to mint their own currency, and the town became very very wealthy. For this reason it had to be very well fortified. They did this by building a city wall encircling the city, complete with a great number of watchtowers. This town became the best fortified city in the Middle Rhine area, and today it has the most complete city wall of any village in the Rhineland. It also has more remaining watchtowers than any other village--16 in total. The most famous watchtower is called the "Ox Tower". it is the tallest of the 16, and is now used a light beacon for river traffic.
Rhein in Flammen - an annual festivity
by globetrott
Rhein in Flammen is a special event during the summerseason with ships-parades, fireworks, wine-fests and other celebrations at many villages along the river Rhine. All of the villages will be lighted, Big bonfires will be burning at most of the castles and mountaintops along the river and fireworks will make the parade a special event, attracting thousands of people watching it from the banks of the river or preferably from one of the participating ships. During the weekend of "Rhein in Flammen" you will hardly get any hotelrooms, except that you reserve them a long time in advance !
Read more about it on my link below !
Romantischer Weinlehrpfad
by globetrott
Romantischer Weinlehrpfad in Oberwesel is a path, that you can walk through the village and step by step you will find exhibits and explanations about wine-growing and how to press and store the wine etc.
It might be a good idea to walk there, when you have enough time.
Here are some more links about the wine
in the Rhine-valley, unfortunately only in german :
Weinfeste in Rheintal
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Weinfeste in Rheinhessen
Pfalz - the most spectacular castle in the Rhine
by globetrott
This spectacular castle is in fact IN the Rhine, on a small island and it is just 3 km upstream from Oberwesel. Pfalzgrafenstein castle is also called Kaub or Pfalz. It was built on a small island in the river Rhine, at a narrow place where toll could easyly be taken from ships passing by. That way the owners of this castle got rich and wealthy.
In the village of Kaub a ferry will take you tho that castle and so you will be able to visit the castle-interior.
Pfalzgrafenstein is closed all of December !
It is open for visitors
daily except at the 1st workingday of the week in
January - March :
09.00a.m.-01.00p.m. + 02.00p.m.-05.00p.m.
October - November:
09.00a.m.-01.00p.m. + 02.00p.m.-05.00p.m.
April - September:
09.00a.m.-01.00p.m. + 02.00p.m.-06.00p.m.
Last entry is 1 hour before closing !!
Holy Nepomuk & Nikolaus
by globetrott
This is an interesting remain of the old townwall and at each side there is another sculpture of a holy saint:
Holy Nikolaus is facing the river Rhine, he is the patron for rafters, sailors and fishermen.
Holy Nepomuk is facing the village,he is considdered the patron for all bridges.
b.t.w. Nikolaus is also the first name of Nikki Lauda - (3 times Formula I world-champion from Austria)
Questions and Answers
Q: Car Rentals "Is there a place in Oberwesel to rent a car so I may drive through the wine country?"
A: "Oberwesel is too small for car rentals. Most visitors rent their car at Frankfort airport, where there is great selection at bargain prices. Car rental is also available..."
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