Riegersburg Castle in Styria, Austria, was built in the 11th Century on a 500 meter high basalt massif. Despite massive rush of Magyars and Turks it could never be taken. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that […]
Silvretta Alps
The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range in the eastern Alps which belongs both to Austria and to Switzerland. In Austria, the Silvretta Alps can be reached via the federal states Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The bendy Silvretta high Alpine road is one of the most beautiful mountain roads of the Alps and very popular with […]
Harley meets Moselwein 2013 in Wittlich
Harley Davidson as far as the eye can see Hundreds of Harley Davidson bikers arrived on Saturday (10.08.2013) at the market square and the surrounding streets in Wittlich. The Harley Davidson drivers were participants of the Mosel-Eifel-Panorama Tour that annually takes place on the occasion of the wine festival in Uerzig at the Moselle. Please […]
Rheinfels Castle – Germany
Rheinfels Castle is located on the left bank of the Rhine above St. Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Built in 1245 by Diether V of Katzenelenbogen it served as toll castle and was regarded as the largest fortress in the Middle Rhine Valley. The collection of toll broke the general peace, which led to a siege of […]
St Goar – Loreley
St. Goar is located below the dangerous rapids on the left bank of the middle Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Anyone who drives from the Hunsrück via Simmern to St. Goar sees first the Cat and the Mouse Castle, before taking the road down to the Rhine. Both castles are part of the sister town St. […]
Oberwesel – City of towers and wine
Oberwesel lies in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley at river kilometer 550. The city has a long history, already around 50 BC the Celts settled here, and under the Romans, Oberwesel was a station on a Roman military road. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the […]