在圣戈阿尔和莱茵河畔吕德斯海姆（德语：Rüdesheim am Rhein）之间，我们乘船往上游。向上游航程约三小时。 向下游航程少于两小时。
第一景点是普法尔茨堡（德語：Burg Pfalzgrafenstein）, 在考布（德语：Kaub）镇附近 。普法尔茨堡始建於1327年，修建在一座河中小島上。
The castle functioned as a toll-collecting station that was not to be ignored. It worked in concert with Gutenfels Castle and the fortified town of Kaub on the right side of the river. Due to a dangerous cataract on the river's left, about a kilometer upstream, every vessel would have to use the fairway nearer to the right bank, thus floating downstream between the mighty fortress on the vessel's left and the town and castle on its right. A chain across the river drawn between those two fortifications forced ships to submit, and uncooperative traders could be kept in the dungeon until a ransom was delivered. The dungeon was a wooden float in the well. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfalzgrafenstein_Castle)作者: ngsunyu 时间: 2020-6-4 04:57 本帖最后由 ngsunyu 于 2020-6-4 05:00 编辑
KD游轮下一站是莱茵河畔宾根（德语：Bingen am Rhein）。宾根的对岸是下瓦尔德紀念碑：又稱“帝國紀念碑”，位于吕德斯海姆西北方葡萄園的山坡上，紀念1871年德意志帝國建立。紀念碑最上方是象徵著德意志帝國的女神日耳曼妮婭（德語：Germania）。日耳曼妮婭极限片盖 1909年宾根戳, 距离4.2公里 (金字塔极限片盖开罗戳, 距离17.5公里)。这枚是George Constantourakis极限历史展品。Ronald统计宾根戳有四枚 (其他三枚是1905年, 1912年, 1919年, 1912年是Ronald van der Leeden极限历史展品)。
這恰恰點出，萊茵河不只美酒醉人，沿岸產生的傳說故事，也相當膾炙人口。最著名的傳奇有兩個，一說萊茵河有處稱為「龍岩」的地方，傳說王子齊格菲（Siegfried）以魔劍斬殺噴火怪獸後，便喝下怪物鮮血，成為所向無敵的勇者，因此在華格納（Wilhelm Richard Wagner）著名歌劇《尼伯龍根指環》（The Ring of the Nibelung）當中，便曾歌頌這位不朽的萊茵河傳說英雄。時至今日，下萊茵河的紅酒也因此仍被稱為「龍血」！
Eltz Castle (German: Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. 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, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed. (en.wikipedia.org/Eltz Castle)作者: ngsunyu 时间: 2020-6-12 01:52 本帖最后由 ngsunyu 于 2020-6-12 01:57 编辑
英国画家約瑟夫·瑪羅德·威廉·特納（英語：Joseph Mallord William Turner) 画中的埃尔茨城堡。
The Reichsburg Cochem (科赫姆城堡 ) had its first documentary mention in 1130. In 1151, it was occupied by King Konrad III, who declared it an Imperial castle. In 1688, the castle was overrun by French King Louis XIV's troops in the course of the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession), and the following year, they destroyed it. The castle complex long lay in ruins before in 1868 it was bought by the Berlinbusinessman Louis Fréderic Jacques Ravené for 300 Goldmark and then reconstructed in the Gothic Revival style. Since 1978 it has been owned by the town of Cochem and is administered by a company named Reichsburg GmbH. (en.wikipedia.org/Cochem)