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 The ship Astoria on the Main
River by Nemorino
The Astoria has room for 850 people and belongs to a company called Reederei Henneberger which is based in Miltenberg. They run cruises three times a week from Miltenberg to Wertheim and back, but also to other places up and down the Main River. Leave a Comment
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 Floodgates in Wörth by Nemorino
At least two other towns on the Main River are currently building such floodwalls and gates, namely Freudenstadt and Miltenberg. Leave a Comment
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 Würzburg and the Main River by Nemorino
Würzburg is also 243 kilometers upstream from Mainz, which is where the Main River ends because it flows into the Rhine.
There are well-marked bicycle paths, mostly free of automobile traffic, all along the river, at least on one side but sometimes on both. Leave a Comment
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 The 50th parallel by Nemorino
Beside the bicycle route there is a large boulder with a plaque, set up by the local chapter of the Social Democratic Party, listing some of the places in the world that are on the 50th parallel. Lohr is listed first, of course, followed by Aschaffenburg, Wiltz (Luxembourg), Arnstein, the southern tip of England, Schesslitz, Winnipeg (Canada), Prague, Krakau (Poland), Charkov (Russia), Tenurtan (Kasachstan), Ulangom (Mongolia) and Sachalin.
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 On the Main River near
Bürgstadt by Nemorino
Behind the towers some big piles of sand were piling up so I guess that was the point of the whole operation. Also there must have been some gravel piling up at the other end, because both sand and gravel were being loaded onto river barges a bit further downstream.
This was near the town of Bürgstadt. Their website http://www.marktplatz-buergstadt.de/ lists dozens of local companies, but nothing resembling this one.
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 The Nantenbach Curve by Nemorino
The InterCity Express train in the photo has just come from Frankfurt and Aschaffenburg. After crossing the curving bridge it will continue through several curving tunnels and join the new line to Würzburg.
The Nantenbach Curve was opened in May 1994. It cost 410 million Marks at the time (about 210 million Euros) and speeds up the journey to Würzburg by twelve minutes.
The river barge going up the Main River in the photo will also get to Würzburg eventually, following various bends in the river. Leave a Comment
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 Wertheim by Nemorino
The Tauber River Valley is also a great area for cycling, as shown on my Weikersheim page. To see it, please click on the link below: Leave a Comment
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 The Main River at Mainspitze by Nemorino
By this time the Main has been flowing some 500 kilometers in a generally east-to-west direction, but with three large swings to the south and then back to the north.
Starting at Bayreuth (yes, the one with the Wagner festival), it flows northwest for a while, then southeast to Bamberg, northwest to Schweinfurt, south to Kitzingen, then northwest by way of Würzburg to Gemünden (where two other rivers join it, the Fränkische Saale and the Sinn), then south to Wertheim (where the Tauber River meets it), then west to Miltenberg, north to Aschaffenburg, northwest to Hanau and then west past Offenbach and through Frankfurt am Main on its way to right here. Leave a Comment
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 Future site of the European
Central Bank by Nemorino
They are planning a large complex of buildings, including three skyscrapers. The main market building, a huge historic building from the year 1928, will be preserved, renovated and incorporated into the new complex. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2005, and the bank plans to move in to the new complex in 2009.
The ECB is now operating from rented offices in several buildings in downtown Frankfurt, particularly the Eurotower on Willy-Brandt-Platz, opposite the Frankfurt Opera. Leave a Comment
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 The School Museum in Lohr by Nemorino
It includes an authentic classroom from the year 1910, and also has exhibits showing how the schools were used for indoctrination by the Nazis in the 1930s and 40s, and by the Communist government in the former East Germany.
The museum is only open Wednesday through Sunday from 2 to 4 pm (14.00 to 16.00), so try to time your visit accordingly.
Sendelbacher Str. 21, on the left bank of the Main River in Lohr. Leave a Comment Phone: 0 93 59 / 3 17
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