1936 On the Continent

at the entry of the Nahe. Opposite the small town of Bingerbrück. Between them on a small island in the Rhine is the unique Mäuseturm, about which there are many legends. Bingen, with many typical wine shops, is surrounded by fruitful vineyards. The river there is called Binger Loch; the most dangerous part of the Rhine.
D EUTSCHES ECK
    Near Coblenz where the Moselle flows into the Rhine. Scene of many national festivals. A huge memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm I.
D EIDESHEIM
    In the so-called Rheinpfalz. The Deidesheimer wine is one of the best brands in the whole of the Rhine district. Very ancient town, dating back to A.D. 770.
E HRENBREITSTEIN
    A small town with the celebrated fortress of the same name, once a political prison. Wonderful view from the fortress over Rhine and Moselle.
G ODESBERG
    The subject of many student songs, now a highly developed watering-place with villas of rich Cologne merchants. Very near Bonn. Many girls’ schools. Rheinhotel on the river. Hotel zum Adler at the station. Room prices 4 to 6 marks.
H ONNEF
    Watering-place in the Siebengebirge. Not far from Bonn. The best climate in the whole of Germany. Spring two weeks earlier than elsewhere. Also known as the German Riviera.
K ÖNIGSSTUHL
    Near the little town of Rhens. The ruins of the gathering place of the one-time elective princes who were chosen by the Kaiser. The old inn at Königsstuhl is one of the most famous on the Rhine.
K ÖNIGSWINTER
    With its 4,500 inhabitants, it is the most wine-soaked town on the Rhine. A wine shop in nearly every house. Centre for excursions in the Siebengebirge. Funicular to Drachenfels and Petersberg. Favourite donkey ride to the castle. Kurhotel Peterberg, room about 7 marks, hotel on the Drachenfels 4 to 5 marks. The students’ wine shop, Weinhaus Bellinghausen, is worth visiting.
C OBLENZ
    The name derives from “confluentis”—the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle. 66,000 inhabitants. Centre of the wine trade. Incomparably beautiful wide promenade along the river bank. In the autumn, jolly wine-harvest festivals. Adolf-Hitler bridge, an example of the newest bridge-building technique. The best wine at the Civil Casino, where one can also stay. Sektkellerei Deinhardt, where Sekt is sold. First-class hotels, specially well known is Hotel Koblenzer-Hof on the river, former headquartersof the American army of occupation. Room price about 5 marks. Hotel Riesenfürstenhof, the same price. A good centre for many excursions.
L ORELEI
    The Lorelei is a rock jutting out into the Rhine, a few kilometres from the small town of St. Goarshausen, which lies at the foot of the Burg Katz, seat of the old noble family Katzenellenbogen which built most of the nobles’ castles. Described by countless poets, become world-famous through Heine’s poem. Origin of the legend is the danger to shipping, as at one time many boats and fishermen were lost in the current. The Niebelungs’ treasure, immortalised by Wagner’s opera, was supposed also to lie under the Lorelei rock.
M ARKSBURG
    The only mountain castle in Germany remaining intact. Near the little town of Braubach. Seat of the Society for the Preservation of German Mountains. Medieval interior. Music festivals given there with medieval instruments and costumes.
M AINZ
    145,000 inhabitants, the capital of Rheinhessen. Opposite the entry of the Main into the Rhine. The birthplace of Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. Cathedral with 1,000-year-old towers. Very good theatre. Artistic Old Town. First-class hotels—Hof von Holland, Mainzer Hof, Zentralhotel, Hotel Karofen, rooms to be had in all these for 5 marks.
N ATIONAL MEMORIAL
    Called the Niederwald monument, about 770 feet above the Rhine. 34-ft. high figure of Germania on 80-ft. high base. Not very tasteful, but a wonderful view from the terrace over the Rheingau. Best reached from Rüdesheim.
P FALZ
    By the old town of Caub, not far from the Lorelei. The castle of Pfalz is a gloomy grey stone building, partly built in the river.
R EMAGEN
    At the confluence of the Aar, where good red wines are grown. Home of the famous German motor-driver Caracciola, whose family owns the Hotel Fürstenhof, with good wine cellars. A beautiful view of the Rhine valley from the harbour.
R ÜDESHEIM
    Undoubtedly the most famous of the wine-growing towns, in the vineyards of which a very favourite wine is grown. In the Drosselgasse the wine shops jostle each other—in summer an interesting, vivacious crowd in the