Have German Will Travel ,,Rhein in Flammen" / ,,Rhine In
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HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL FEST "Bei uns ist immer was losl" ,,RHEIN IN FLAMMEN" / ,,RHINE IN FLAMES" www.rhein-in-flammen.com St. Goarshausen (3rd Saturday in September) Rhine in Flames - St. Goar & St. Goarhausen - - - Third weekend in September: Rhein in Flam.men fireworks from Burg Katz near Sankt Goarshausen, Burg Rheinfels near Sankt Goar and from the middle of the Rhine. You can enjoy the wines from the vine growing district middle Rhine river at the wine booths in St. Goar for three whole days. The wine booths are spread everywhere on the church place (Kirchplatz), the market place (Marktplatz). the pedestrian zone and the Rhine river banks. Between the harbor and the Rhine river banks you'll find the "Jahrmarl<t der Jahrhundertwende" ("Year market of the tum of the century") with its old, typical year market booths from back then. which attract big and small, young and old. There's a good atmosphere on all three days. Music band and bands offer musical entertainment and dance music. Attending vine dresser dance groups offer a colorful program with their colorful traditional costumes and folkloristic dances. Your physical well-being is taken care of at several snack bars. Besides this, St. Goar also has a lot of hotels, restaurants and wine bars, where meals can be eaten and a glass of wine can also be drunken. Lots of wine booths and vine dresser alcoves at the tower and on the market place (Marktplatz) in St. Goarshausen invite to a drink. For the event "Rhine in flames" / "Rhine aflame" booths will also be set up on the Rhine river banks. You can refuel your energy at different snack bars. Music groups play for dances on all days. Traditionally, the senior evening is arranged on Tuesday. The senior group entertains you with different kinds of dances. On Saturday evening, everything starts. At about 8:30 p.m .. the house fronts of St. Goar and St. Goarshausen and the medieval castles will be illuminated. Light rings spread out on the Rhine river and the castles Katz and Rheinfels, the towns St. Goar and St. Goarshausen and the Rhine river hills light up in bengal lights. The atmophere rises gradually. At about 8:45 p.m. the first rocket will be ignited from a boat. This rocket builds a prelude to a firework display of the superlative. One after the other, four firework displays begin from the castle Katz (cat) near St. Goarshausen, from the head of the harbor in St. Goar, from the castle Rheinfels (biggest castle ruin in the Rhineland) near St. Goar and from a ferry. In front of the non-reappearing scenery, the fireworks draw exploding pictures in the nightly sky above the romantic Rhine river valley gorge with its steep hills, the illuminated towns and the brightly lighted castles. During this show, many a visitors feel a cold shower run down their back. The fireworks are also an acoustically impressable experience. On the rock hills the explosion sounds of the firecrackers and rockets re-echo several times. In a more contemplative programm, the firework displays show themselves in especially hot and dry years. Because of fire danger, the fireworks can only be ignited from the ferry. If you want to experience the magnificent firework from the Rhine river, you should book a place in due time one of the 70 boats which depart to St. Goar and St. Goarshausen from Koblenz / Coblence, Boppard and other starting points to the "Rhine in flames / Rhine aflame - night of the Lorelei rock". Of course, for entertainment and your physical well-being is taken care of during the boat parade cruise. .