Boppard/Bad Salzig
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The Town of Boppard The town of Boppard lies in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage area at the upper part of the Middle Rhine not far from the Loreley. The past and the present merge here to picturesque scenes of wine- growing and inn-keeping, fishing and ferrying and those vital tradi- tions live on, in and around the ancient city. The town of Boppard offers you the best of opportunities to get to know the surrounding valley in all its many facetted tradition. Our cultural treasures are waiting here for you to enjoy them, and we are looking forward to seeing you! CONTENTS Acknowledgements/Contents . 2-3 Views of Boppard . 4-5 Shipping lines . 6 Museum . 7 Roman 'Kastell Bodobrica' . 8 Places worth seeing . 9-12 The healing spa at Bad Salzig . 13 Castles in and around Boppard . 14 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: PUBLISHED by Tourist Information, Boppard Reading, Internet and cinema . 15 CONCEPT, LAYOUT AND PRODUCTION: Werbeagentur Knopf, Dielheim Maps of Boppard town and Bad Salzig . 16-17 TEXTS & EDITING: Klaus Brager/Boppard; Jörg Hohenadl/Cologne; Winegrowing: Boppard Hamm . 18-19 Christiane Mißling/Boppard Wine, winegrowers and vintners . 20-22 ILLUSTRATIONS: We would like to thank all photographers and agencies for their readiness to put photographs appearing in this brochure at our disposal. The Tourist Cafes . 22-23 Information office will be glad to supply names of persons and institutions in this connection. All information given with regarding, services and other Restaurants . 24-29 particularities in this brochure are those supplied to us by respective businesses and institutions. The editors of this brochure cannot therefore Things worth knowing from A to Z . 30-31 be held responsible either for their accuracy or entirety. 2– 3 Contents Views of Boppard Walking Tours Chair lift On a tour, which takes about one- It takes 20 min. in the chair lift from and-half hours, you can get to know the valley boarding station, Mühltal, something of the former Roman to Gedeonseck and Vierseenblick settlement, the medieval city and high up on the hill. It is an unfor- modern Boppard with its cosy, com- gettable experience and something, fortable cafes and attractive shop- which every tourist should experien- ping facilities. Our guides are happy ce. From the top one can enjoy a uni- to adapt themselves to individual que panoramic view over the largest needs. bend in the Rhine. Tourist Information, Boppard | Tel. +49 (0)6742-3888 | www.boppard.de Valley boarding station Mühltal | Tel. +49 (0)6742-2510 TOWN AND THONET GUIDES, BOOKABLE ALL THE YEAR ROUND. OPENING TIMES: April to October, 9.30 am to 6.30 pm GUIDES FOR INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, mid-April to mid-October PRICES: Adults and young people over 13 years of age: one-way: 4.20/3.00 € Saturdays 11.00 am | PRICE 3,00 € Return journey: 6.50/4.20 € | bicycles can be taken on the lift Lookout Points Rhine Express Gedeonseck: A tour of the town of Boppard can be Gedeonseck is easily accessible on made in about thirty minutes by foot a short way from the lift. There is taking the mini-railway (56 seats) a restaurant of the same name and which runs past Boppard's Roman from here one has a truly wonderful and medieval places of interest. It's view over the meandering Rhine. an ideal beginning to a stay in Vierseenblick: Boppard, and if you wish, you can A few minutes away on foot from the book the train for individual group lift station, the visitor arrives at the activities. famous lookout point of Vierseen- N. Weiß, Johannes-Casel-Str. 1b | 56077 Koblenz blick from where we have a view of Tel. +49 (0)261-9622715 or +49 (0)171-445 15 25 the Rhine, which looks like a chain of OPENING TIMES: April to October from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm four, shining lakes. This point, with PRICES: Adults: 4.00 €/children up to 14 years of age: 2.00 € its restaurant of the same name, is a starting point for many walking routes. Hunsrück Railway Eisenbolz: The Hunsrück Railway which travels The so-called 'Eisenbolz' is a circular from Boppard to Emmelshausen, route on the heights between passing through Boppard’s wood- Boppard and Bad Salzig and is espe- lands and Buchholz, is one of the cially suitable for 'Nordic walking'. most beautiful railway routes in From here, the visitor has a magnifi- Germany. The route covers an altitu- cent view of both outlying districts, de difference of 984 ft, running the 'Hostile Brothers' and the Rhine through 5 tunnels and crossing 2 itself. impressive viaducts. Tourist Information, Boppard OPENING TIMES: All the year round | Timetable available at the Tourist Information, Boppard Tel. +49 (0)6742-3888 | www.boppard.de PRICES: As far as Buchholz: adults, 2.25 € | Return: 4.50 € | Children up to 11 years of age: 1.30 € | Return: 2.60 € | As far as Emmelshausen: adults 3.70 € Return: 7.40 €. Children up to 11 years of age 1.85 € | Return: 3.70 € 4– 5 Views of Boppard Shipping lines Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) Köln-Düsseldorfer is the only shipping line which runs the whole length of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley and offers 160 opportunities to board and disembark. Rhinealle Tel. +49 (0)6742-2232 www.k-d.com Hebel-Line This line caters for round trips, day trips and ro- mantic evening trips by boat along the Rhine. Times and schedules are available at the Tourist Information or directly from the Hebel-Line. Museum in the Elector’s Castle Rheinalle 35 What is the link between the Vienna Coffee House atmosphere Tel. +49 (0)6742-2420 and the romantic Rhine? It is here in Boppard on the Rhine that www.hebel-linie.de Michael Thonet was born in 1796. He was not only a carpenter but also a manufacturer of furniture and later the developer of a new method of furniture manufacturing. He experimented with wood, Loreley Line Weinand steam and pressures and, as a consequence, he was able to create his famous bent-wood furniture, including the Vienna Coffee General and day excur- House chair, which he created after settling down in Vienna. The sions as well as trips with Thonet Collection is the heart of Boppard’s museum which has dance music to favourite been in the Electoral Castle for the last hundred years. Its thick destinations along the walls accommodate other exhibitions, which tell something of the Rhine and Moselle. life and activities of Boppard’s citizens since its early settlement. In Schedules and timetables the former castle chapel, for instance, one can discover a unique available from the Tourist frescoed room dating from the 14th century and one of the best to Information or directly be found in a Rhine castle. from the Loreley Line. Rheinalle/Burgplatz Rheinallee/Burgstraße | Tel. +49 (0)6742-103 69 | [email protected] Tel. +49 (0)6773-341 www.museum-boppard.de | OPENING TIMES: April-October, www.loreley-linie.com daily except Mondays from 10.00 am to 12.30 am and from 1.30 to 5.00 pm MAP OF TOWN H 6– 7 Museum Roman 'Fort Bodobrica' St. Severus Church This twin-towered parish church, built in Romanesque style over the original Roman military baths of the fortress in the 13th cent. has a rich architectural structure and decorati- vely painted arches with the legend of St. Severus. Especially worth seeing is the Triumph Cross (13th century). Marktplatz | Tel. +49 (0)67423-2315 | Catholic Congregation of St. Severus MAP OF TOWN D The Carmelite Church (Karmeliter-Kirche) The Gothic Carmelite Church (14th- 15th cent.) houses a rich interior which includes, for example, gravestones, choir stalls (15th cent.). The Carmelite Worship of Mary can be seen in various Roman 'Fort Bodobrica' representations, the 'Grape Madonna', For Rome, Boppard was one of the most important settlements on the the 'Madonna with the Rosary', and 'In Middle Rhine, proof of which is to be found everywhere in the town. As Piety'. The former cloisters now houses a direct result of Julius Caesar's triumphal campaigns in the country, the town administration. this area was also, was conquered to eventually form part of the Roman Karmeliterstraße | Tel. +49 (0)6742-2315 realm. The area was formerly occupied by Celts who gave the name Catholic Congregation St. Severus 'BAUDOBRIGA' to their ancient settlement. After traces of early Roman OPENING TIMES: 10.00 am to 6.00 pm occupation in the Mühltal area not far from what now constitutes the MAP OF TOWN E western borders of the town, work began on a substantial fortification with the name BODOBRICA and from which the present name BOPPARD is derived. It was built in the fourth century and situated Church of Christ directly on the banks of the Rhine, measuring approximately 1010 by The new Byzantine style 'Christus- 505 ft., and forming a rough rectangle, ranging over an area of 4.7 hec- kirche' was inaugurated in the pre- tares. The walls are 10 ft. thick to the inland side and 8 ft. thick towards sence of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV the Rhine. It was 29 ft. high and thus presented an impressive obstacle to in 1852. The interior soars up to a intended attack. In addition, on the inland side, the fortress could boast dome-like vault supported by slen- 20 horseshoe shaped towers each at regular intervals of about 88 ft. der columns. The south wing was from each other, which offered additional protection against a possible turned by 90 degrees in 1975 as a attack from that direction.