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Rhineland-Palatinate has much to offer and the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage will present it all to you! Monumental Roman buildings, medieval castles, historic fortresses and prestigious state museums. Experience the state at the heart of German culture and history.

Major epochs of European culture have passed through the Rhineland-Palatinate. The region offers magnificent castles, churches and monasteries, picturesque buildings from the Romantic period and late-nineteenth-century villas. This checkered history adds to Rhineland-Palatinate’s beauty and enhances its profile. Not for nothing can four UNESCO World Heritage Sites be found here: Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Church of Our Lady in Trier, Upper Germanic-Rhaetian and the Cathedral.

The Directorate General for Cultural Heritage manages the state’s properties. Among them are the Roman buildings in Trier, the centre of the ancient world; castles on the Middle Rhine and in the Palatinate as well as the Prussian Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz. The state museums in Mainz, Koblenz and Trier have outstanding exhibits on display. Our prime task is to protect and maintain the cultural heritage entrusted to us and to preserve it for future genera- tions. We also present the sites and monuments for the enjoyment of cultural tourism.

With this brochure, we would like to invite you to discover the rich cultural heritage of the Rhineland-Palatinate.

We extend a warm welcome to you.

2 3 Event Highlights

History Re-enactments Living-History Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz

Country Outing Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz

Festival Stolzenfels Palace Stolzenfels Palace, Koblenz

Family Festival Matthias Chapel Matthias Chapel, Kobern-Gondorf

Castle Festival Villa Ludwigshöhe Villa Ludwigshöhe, Edenkoben

Castle Festival Hardenburg Hardenburg Castle and Fortress ruins, Bad Dürkheim

Dramatised guided tours / Living History Regular tours during the season as well as individual group tours: Der ewige Soldat – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz Der Festungskanonier – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz Büchsenmacherwerkstatt – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz Führungen im Waffenrock – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, Koblenz Die Muse von Stolzenfels – Stolzenfels Castle, Koblenz Der kunstsinnige König – Villa Ludwigshöhe, Edenkoben Die Befreiung des Richard Löwenherz – Trifels Castle, Annweiler As well as dramatised tours in the Roman buildings – Trier

Cultural educational programme for children and young adults on the castles and palaces Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (Koblenz), Stolzenfels Palace (Koblenz), Sooneck Castle (Niederheimbach), Bürresheim Castle (Mayen), Trifels Castle (Annweiler), Hardenburg Castle and Fortress ruins (Bad Dürkheim)

Special exhibitions, interactive programms and museum education in the state museums Koblenz, Mainz, Trier

Events and further information available at www.gdke.rlp.de or via phone on +49 2 61 / 66 75 - 4000

4 5 EIFEL WORLD HERITAGE 8 UPPER MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY 9 Villa Otrang (page 22) Nürburg Castle ruins (page 24) 12 Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (page 30) 10 Bürresheim Castle (page 26) State Museum Koblenz (page 34) 11 Matthias Chapel (page 28) 13 Stolzenfels Palace (page 36) 14 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (page 38) 15 Sooneck Castle (page 40) Nordrhein-Westfalen

Ahr WELTERBE Rhein LIMES Neuwied Engers 12 16 Nassau Castle ruins (page 42) Koblenz BELGIEN 9 10 Nassau Nürburg Arnstein Oberneisen Mayen 11 Kobern 13 16 Schön- born Rhens Kamp-Bornhofen Gerolstein Pelm Eltz Mosel Prüm WELTERBE OBERES MITTELRHEINTAL Hessen MAINZ  STATE CAPITAL

Lieser 24 State Museum Mainz (page 56) Prüm 14

Niederheimbach 8 Fließem 15 Mainz 24 Bitburg Mosel Bingen Bernkastel- Kues

Kyll PALATINATE Bad Kreuznach WELTERBE 17 Altenbaumburg Castle ruins (p. 44) Rhein TRIER 17 LUXEMBURG Nahe 18 Trifels Castle (page 46) Trier 19 Hardenburg Castle Igel 1 2 3 4 5 6 and Fortress ruins (page 48) Glan 20 Landeck Castle ruins (page 50)

Saar Saarburg 21 Nanstein Castle ruins (page 51)

Mosel Serrig 7 22 Dahner Castles + Neudahn (p. 52) Kastel 23 Villa Ludwigshöhe (p. 54)

Isenach Saarland Bad Dürkheim 19

Glan Landstuhl 21 Speyer WELTERBE DOM ZU SPEYER TRIER  CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Edenkoben 1 23 Porta Nigra (page 8) Annweiler 2 Landau Kaiserthermen (page 10) Pirmasens 22 18 3 Klingenmünster 4 Amphitheatre (page 12) 20 Rhein 5 Thermal baths at the Viehmarkt (page 14) Bad Bergzabern 6 Rhine State Museum Trier (page 16) Igeler Column (page 18) Lauter Baden- Württemberg 7 Hermit’s Cell Kastel (page 20) FRANKREICH

6 7 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD PORTA NiGRA 1

TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD The AntikenCard – Trier and its surroundings on one ticket The Antiken Card provides great value discovery and explo- ration of the Centre of the Ancient World. The Basic Card allows entry to two of Trier’s Roman Buildings and the Rhine State Museum Trier. The Premium Card includes entry to four of Trier’s Roman buildings (Porta Nigra, Amphitheatre, Kaiserthermen and the thermal baths at the Viehmarkt), the Rhine State Museum Trier as well as admission to the Roman Villa Otrang near Bitburg and the Hermit’s Cell near Kastel-Staadt. The Antiken Card and further information is available at the entrances of the Roman buildings, in the Rhine State Museum Trier and at the Tourist information Offi ces in Trier.

from to collegiate church

Prominent among Trier’s Ro- Only in the 11th century was man buildings is the UNESCO the weather beaten gate given World Heritage Porta Nigra, the name it still has today. Af- the best preserved Roman city ter the Romans left, the ‘Black gate north of the Alps. The Gate’ didn’t have any purpose double gate was built as part of for over 600 years until 1030, the fortifi cation of the Colonia when the Greek monk Simeon Augusta Treverorum in 180 had himself locked up as a AD. The stones were mounted hermit in the East Tower. After without any mortar and to this his death, the Porta Nigra was day, iron clips continue to hold turned into a Parish church and the weight of the next layer it was only by the beginning of respectively. Known as ‘Porta the 19th century that the Roman Martis’, ‘Koblenzer Tor’ or building was rediscovered in its ‘Mainzer Tor’, its original name original form. is not clearly documented.

Tourist information Trier Simeonstraße 60 Jan. / Feb. + Nov. / Dec.: 9 - 4 An der Porta Nigra • 54290 Trier 54290 Trier March + Oct.: 9 - 5 Phone +49 6 51 / 9 78 08-0 Phone +49 6 51 / 4 60 89 65 April - Sep.: 9 - 6 [email protected] [email protected] Last entry 30 minutes before closing www.trier-info.de www.burgen-rlp.de Dramatised Tour ‘Das geheimnis der Porta nigra’ www.erlebnisfuehrungen.de 8 9 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD KAiSERTHERMEN 2

roman bath culture at its best

As one of the four capitals of designed bathing and heating the , Trier was system ensured their complete shaped by Roman culture like comfort. However, the public no other city in . baths were never completed Roman culture also meant as the political priorities of the Roman bathing culture. its city shifted and the premises significance is underlined by went through several conver- the remains of the enormous sions: fi rst barracks, then city Kaiserthermen, originally built gate and eventually a building in 300 AD. Here, the noble site for a church, castle and Romans would have been able monastery. to relax in the baths, sauna and massage rooms or wander through the halls. A well

Weberbachstr. 49 • 54290 Trier Event Highlight Phone +49 6 51 / 4 36 25 50 numerous open air shows [email protected] Dramatised Tour www.burgen-rlp.de ‘Verrat in den Kaiserthermen Jan. / Feb. + Nov. / Dec.: 9 - 4 – Der Tribun Mallobaudes’ March + Oct.: 9 - 5 www.erlebnisfuehrungen.de April - Sep.: 9 - 6 Last entry 30 minutes before 10 closing 11 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AMPHiTHEATRE 3

Pleasure and amusement in an emerging metropolis

As in any large metropolis, the city gate. Embedded in in Roman times, the people the hill, the amphitheatre sought pleasure and amuse- at Petrisberg Square offered ment. During the 1st and room for approx. 18,000 2nd centuries AD, Trier - the spectators. The stands of the centre of the ancient world 2,710 sqm large oval arena - developed at a rapid pace rose to a height of 22 m. and soon needed to replace The arena is surrounded by the timber built amphithea- a 4 m wall with a total of 15 tre which had become too doors, which used to lead to small. The new theatre was the animal cages and other integrated into the city wall cellar-like rooms which can and its doors served as an still be visited today. entrance to the city and as

Olewiger Straße Jan. / Feb. + Nov. / Dec.: 9 - 4 54295 Trier March + Oct.: 9 - 5 Phone +49 6 51 / 7 30 10 April - Sept.: 9 - 6 [email protected] Last entry 30 minutes before closing www.burgen-rlp.de Events: numerous open air events Dramatised Tour ‘Gladiator Valerius’ www.erlebnisfuehrungen.de 12 13 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Thermal baths at the Viehmarkt 4

Popular bath culture

Like no other ancient place, the the 4th century on the founda- remains of the thermal baths at tions of the residential area. the Viehmarkt open a window It offered the average citizen into the urban history of Trier bathing and healthcare facilities and particularly into the history at affordable prices. In contrast of Viehmarkt square. Construc- to the other public baths, the tion of an underground car park ‘people’s bath’ didn't have a in 1987 revealed structures of a warm bath hall or a warm water third public bath for Trier, which bath. In the course of the exca- had been built on the remains of vations, traces of post-Roman a Roman residential area from uses were also found: in the17th the 1st century AD. It was an century a Capuchin monastery extensive area and included public was located there. baths, built at the beginning of

Viehmarktplatz • 54290 Trier Events: regular exhibitions Phone +49 6 51 / 9 94 10 57 on different topics • The [email protected] premises can also be rented www.burgen-rlp.de for events. Open all year round 9 - 5 • Closed on Numerous restaurants at the the first working day of the week • Viehmarktplatz Last entry 30 minutes before closing Disabled access Multi-storey car park Viehmarkt 14 www.parken-in-trier.de 15 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Rhine State Museum Trier 5

Forum for discoveries

A forum for archaeological experienced from the Stone Age finds: The greatest Roman through to the end of its time as gold treasure, splendid Roman an independent principality, via mosaics, an ancient silver jug the Roman and Franconian eras. with Christian motifs or the The unusual quantity and quality famous Cage Cup – the Rhine of artefacts from Roman times State Museum Trier exhibits is both unique and unmistakable truly world class archaeologi- and bears witness to the epoch cal finds throughout its 3,500 when Trier had reached the most square metres of available space. significant status in its entire On a special tour through the history. New archaeological 19 museum halls, the history of monuments are constantly being Trier and the entire region can be added to the collection.

Weimarer Allee 1 • 54290 Trier Museumscafé • +49 6 51 / 9 94 58 20 Phone +49 6 51 / 97 74-0 www.zeitsprung-cafe.de [email protected] Highlight: Media Theatre ‘Im Reich www.landesmuseum-trier.de der Schatten’ • a 45-minute Open all year round from Tue. - cinematic 360° experience • Sun.: 10 - 5 • Mondays closed • Open: Tue. - Sun. 11.30 + 2.30 • Lastly entry 4.30 • Special opening Additional times for groups and times during holidays schools 16 www.im-reich-der-schatten.de 17 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Igeler Column 6

Monumental memorial plaque

The Igeler Column in the centre family, who used to live on the of the village of Igel, survived Roman road between Trier and only because the people in the Reims. The four cornices depict often mistook scenes of daily work, individual it for a monument honour- family members and mytho- ing Saint Helena, the mother logical scenes of life and death. of Constantine the Severely weathered reliefs on Great. The unique work of art the curved stone roof show the is among the best preserved ascension of Ganymed with death monuments of Roman Jupiter’s eagle: a symbol of times. The 23m high sandstone hope for eternal life by the side column was probably built of the Gods. around 250 AD by members of a wealthy textile merchant

Trierer Straße Tip: Link the visit to Igeler Column 54298 Igel with a trip to the Rhine State Museum [email protected] Trier and experience the column’s www.burgen-rlp.de former colours in the inner court.

Hotel-Restaurant ‘Igeler Säule’ 18 19 TRIER - THE CENTRE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD Hermit’s Cell Kastel 7

Royal tomb

It nestles against a rock sitting Frederick William IV of remote on a plateau above the commissioned Karl Friedrich Saar: the Hermit’s Cell near Schinkel to rebuild the long Kastel. In the early Middle abandoned ruins with a breath- Ages, settlers dug caves and taking view over the Saar chambers into the soft sand- valley as a burial place for the stone at the pre-Christian cult remains of the blind King John site. In the early 17th century, of Bohemia. Schinkel integrated a Franciscan monk expanded Roman form elements into the the rock chapel of the 4th or 5th building, but left the inside of century to a two-storey hermit’s the sanctuary, with its Gothic cell in post-gothic style. The cell arched vaults, untouched. was used for prayer until the French Revolution, after which it passed into decay. In 1833,

König-Johann-Straße Closed on the first working day of the 54441 Kastel-Staadt week • Last entry 30 minutes before Phone +49 65 82 / 5 35 closing [email protected] Tip: reduced entry with AntikenCard www.burgen-rlp.de Trier (see page 9) Feb. + November: 10 - 4 Walking Tip: March + October.: 9 - 1 + 2 - 5 Visit the ‘Widdertshäuschen’, a Roman April - September: 9 - 1 + 2 - 6 tomb on the Saartalwiesen below the cell 20 Dec./Jan. closed 21 The Eifel - Between Volcanic Domes and Maars Otrang Roman Villa 8

Wealth and culture of the Treveri

Heated floors, an elaborate bath preserved Roman villa structures and approximately 66 rooms in the Rhine region: marvel- offering space for several lous mosaic floors, which were families – the dimensions and accidentally discovered by field interior of Villa Otrang are workers, can be admired in four impressive. By the 1st century rooms of the almost square AD, Roman settlers were already manor house. From 1838, the living on the estate, which site was redeveloped under the included a centre of worship with auspices of Frederick William IV two temples and a graveyard. of Prussia. Valuable finds such The villa was inhabited until the as the Torso of the goddess Isis end of the century and was then Fortuna are now on display at destroyed by the Franconians. the Rhine State Museum in Trier. It is one of the largest and best

Otrang 1 Restaurant with large terrace 54636 Fließem Tue. - Thu. 9 - 5 Phone +49 65 69 / 96 32 45 Fr. - Sun. 9 - 10 [email protected] Dec. / Jan. closed www.burgen-rlp.de Phone +49 65 69 / 807 Feb. / March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 • www.villa-otrang.de April - Sep.: 9 - 6 • Dec. / Jan. closed • Tip: Reduced entry with Closed on the first working day of the AntikenCard Trier (see page 9) 22 week • Last entry 30 min. before closing 23 The Eifel - Between Volcanic Domes and Maars Nürburg Castle Ruins 9

Century rings

Visible from afar, it dominates rings'. In the centre, the rectan- the landscape: the Nürburg is gular core of the castle is from situated south of Adenau on the 12th century and defined by Mons Nore, the ‘Black Moun- the massive round . The tain’ overlooking the Volcanic remains of the second ring from Eifel region. Characteristic the 13th and 14th centuries are cone-shaped slate roofs form the kennel walls, round towers the silhouette of the strategi- and a double gate, surrounded cally positioned castle, built by the third ring from the14th by the Count of Are in the 12th and 15th centuries. With its century. military past behind it, the view Today, the vast ruins are found from the keep over the vast Eifel in several so called 'growth woodland is pure pleasure.

Burgplatz Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 53520 Nürburg April - September: 9 - 6 Phone +49 26 91 / 27 04 Dec. closed [email protected] Closed on the first working day of the week www.burgen-rlp.de Last entry 45 minutes before closing

Tip: The Nürburgring is only 1.5 km away from the Nürburg. The Nürburg offers a fantastic view over the Volcanic Eifel. 24 25 The Eifel - Between Volcanic Domes and Maars Bürresheim Castle 10

State of the art living

At first sight it seems repellent, bright multi-coloured window- despite the playful towers and panes from the 13th century can bay windows on the upper be admired. Bürresheim Castle floors: The treasures of Bürres- was never captured or destroyed heim Castle appear only after and had been continuously having passed through the gate. inhabited until 1921. The Surrounded by buildings of five transformation of the medieval epochs, the courtyard charms fortress with its two castles visitors with multi-coloured into the magnificent residence, slate fronts, various roof forms replete with the standard of living and polygonal spires. On the of the time, is clearly visible - a inside, precious porcelain, unique example of Rhine nobility elaborate paintings, historical and home decor. rugs and tapestries as well as

56727 St. Johann (Mayen) Walking tip: The surroundings Phone +49 26 51 / 7 64 40 of Bürresheim castle are ideal for [email protected] walking and hiking tours. www.burgen-rlp.de Further tips: Bürresheim castle can Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 be used for civil or church weddings April - Sep.: 9 - 6 • Dec. closed • • Children's programmes such as Last entry 45 min before closing • project weeks or birthday parties Guided Tours (+49 261 / 66 75-4155) 26 27 The Eifel - Between Volcanic Domes and Maars Matthias Chapel 11

Architectural gem of a historical ensemble

According to legend, the is part of a historical ensemble. Matthias Chapel in Kobern on Thanks to Frederick William the was built in the 13th IV of Prussia IV, it is the only century to host the relic of the one of its kind that is entirely Apostle Matthias. It is certain preserved. He commissioned that its construction began Johann Claudius of Lassaulx to after 1220, starting with the restore the sacred structure and small round choir, then the nave during the restoration, around with the six-arch dome, which 1844, when its precious floor rests on masterly early Gothic with multi-coloured tiles was columns with bud capitals. also built. Together with Oberburg Castle, its Roman keep and the Nieder- burg ruins, the Matthias Chapel

56330 Kobern-Gondorf The Oberburg restaurant is located [email protected] directly next to the Matthias Chapel, www.burgen-rlp.de partly integrated in the keep of the 31 March - 1 Nov. on Sun- and upper castle. Holidays 11 - 5 • Guided Tours: Phone +49 26 07 / 86 47 May - Oct., last Sunday of the Tip: Visit the lower and the upper month, 3pm • Further dates castle as well • the Matthias Chapel available upon request • offers a fantastic setting for 28 Phone +49 2 61 / 66 75-4000 weddings 29 GATEWAy TO THE mIDDLE RHINE VALLEy EHRENBREiTSTEiN FORTRESS 12

enjoying culture in a historic setting

The location is highly strategic: oped into the fortress of today; two sides of the Ehrenbreitstein fi rst by the Archbishops of Trier, fortress are protected by steep then by the Prussians in the 19th rocky slopes, an attack is only century. it was among Europe’s possible from the north and the largest fortresses and the metre view extends over the Rhine, thick walls, ditches, tunnels, ‘’ and the Moselle, bridges and gates still dominate to the Eifel and Hunsrueck and the enormous building complex. as far as to the ‘Neuwieder The redevelopment for the Becken’. For over 3,000 years, BUGA 2011 (National Garden the mountain had been used as Show) created a unique cultural a refuge. in the Middle Ages, the ensemble for the UNESCO World 118 m high rocky outcrop was Heritage Upper Middle Rhine topped with a castle and, from Valley, where history, culture and 1500 on, was gradually devel- pleasure merge.

56077 Koblenz Opening hours Restaurant on the fortress Fone +49 2 61 / 66 75-4000 Ehrenbreitstein Fortress with a unique view [email protected] • www.gdke.rlp.de March - Oct. daily 10am - 6pm • Phone +49 2 61 / 66 75 - 20 00 www.diefestungehrenbreitstein.de 6pm - midnight free admission to Youth hostel Koblenz the premises and the restaurant on the premises of the fortress Nov. - Feb. daily from 10am - 5pm • Guesthouse for families and 5pm - midnight free admission to young people the premises and the restaurant Phone +49 2 61 / 9 72 87-0 30 [email protected] 31 Gateway to the Middle Rhine Valley Ehrenbreitstein Fortress 12

Experience the cultural ensemble Ehrenbreitstein Fortress embed- In the Park of the Fortress: Events in the Fortress ded in an extensive landscape park with the exhibition facilities of An incomparable landscape Look forward to these and nu- the State Museum Koblenz (see page 34-35). park, with a so-called ‘clear field merous other event highlights: of fire’ and mysterious covered Fortress Spring, Country Ou- passageways along the periphery ting, History Re-enactments, »Milestones in the History of there, where Prussian soldiers of sloping grassed areas. Children’s Festival, Horizonte the Fortress« once patrolled, visitors have an  Observation deck – the Music Festival, Prussia Days The way to the fortress history exciting view into the fortress platform stretches 10 metres as well as numerous concerts invites visitors on a journey and beyond its walls. above the edge of the Rhine – from Jazz-Festival to the through time along museum Valley. Fantastic view gua- RheinPuls concerts. presentations. It leads through True to original scenarios of the ranteed. the site’s 5,000-year history, former life on the fortress show  Practice area for climbers For detailed event Information across the entire area of the for- casements and gun emplace- and playground ‘Fort Blei- see: tress, deep down into the multi- ments. Detention cells, forgot- denberg’ – great attraction www.diefestungehrenbreitstein.de medially presented excavation ten for a long time, convey for all ages. Climbing and under the flag tower. Thanks to impressions of everyday life in a adventure park with climbing the new circuit, the roof areas Prussian military fortress above walls, tree houses, trampolines, of the fortress are now acces- the Rhine. all integrated with nature. sible for the first time. From up

A spectacular cable car trip with panora- Guided Tours: Audioguide for or phone +49 2 61 / 66 75-4000 ma cars connects the ‘Deutsche Eck’ with children and adults, also in English Group tours: Information + Res- the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress • + French ervation with the Koblenz tourist Price Advantage: Combi-ticket cable car Living History: ‘Der Festungs- office via phone +49 2 61 / 3 03 88- + fortress admission • www.seilbahn- kanonier’, ‘Büchsenmacherwerk- 53 or www.koblenz-touristik.de koblenz.de or with the inclined elevator statt’, ‘Führungen im Waffenrock’ • Highlight: History Re-enactments to the fortress via local public transport • Dramatised Tour ‘Der ewige Soldat’ (www.historienspiele.com) • www.schraegaufzug-ehrenbreitstein.de Information + Reservation: Country Outing (www.landpartie- 32 www.diefestungehrenbreitstein.de­ festung-ehrenbreitstein.de) 33 Gateway to the Middle Rhine Valley State museum Koblenz 12

Cultural History of Technology in Rhineland-Palatinate

The headquarters of the State exhibition: Peter Joseph Lenné traced. The Historische Zeitgärten Museum Koblenz are currently – eine Gartenreise im Rheinland on the roof of the archaeologi- being renovated. The exhibition was prolonged for another year cal exhibition show gardens of “So machen wir´s! Marken aus and thus continuous present- the Stone Age and Roman times Rheinland-Pfalz”, focusing on ing the work of the best-known as well as a medieval peasant inventors, innovations and brands landscape architect of the 19th garden. The WeinReich in the from Rhineland-Palatinate, will century. In addition to that, the Haus des Genusses focuses on be shown beginning in the sum- following exhibitions present the development of viticulture in mer months of 2013. This special themselves in various sections Rhineland-Palatinate and, until exhibition on technical and of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress: December 2013, hosts the Slow economic developments made In the Haus der Archäologie, Food Deutschland e.V.’s exhibi- in Rhineland-Palatinate leads the archaeological findings covering tion Der Mensch ist, wie er isst! way for the permanent exhibi- almost a million years of human The Haus der Fotografie houses tion of the museum currently in settlements of the Middle Rhine the national collection on the his- preparation. Another successful and the Mosel regions can be tory of photography.

State Museum Koblenz Opening Hours: State Museum Museum Education at the State Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Museum Koblenz: Hands-on discovery 56077 Koblenz March–October, daily 10am - 6pm • area, event days at the State Museum, Phone +49 261 / 6675-0 6pm - midnight free admission to guided group tours for adults and and 6675-4000 the premises and restaurant schools, workshops, ‘Biblical Wine [email protected] November–February daily from Tasting’, birthday parties for children www.landesmuseum-koblenz.de 10am - 5pm • 5pm - midnight free in the museum, children’s university admission to the premises and Information and reservation: 34 restaurant [email protected] 35 WORLD HERITAGE UPPER MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY Stolzenfels Palace 13

Pure romance

Having passed through the gate a present. In 1836, his master to the UNESCO World Heritage builders constructed the Upper Middle Rhine Valley neo-gothic castle based on at the Deutsche Eck, travellers the plans of Berlin’s famous face probably the most beauti- architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. ful building of the Prussian Significant murals of the Rhine Rhine Romance era: Stolzenfels High Romanticism can be found Palace. The summer residence in the Chapel and the Small of Frederick William IV of Knight's Hall. The gardens of the Prussia rises elegantly from the castle, including the charm- Rhine Valley’s forested slopes ing Pergola Gardens and the with views across the Rhine to surrounding landscaped park, the Lahn. In 1823, the future designed by Peter Josef Lenné, King of Prussia was given the complete the romantic synthesis ruins of a medieval castle as of arts.

56075 Koblenz • Phone +49 2 61 / 5 16 56 week • Last entry 45 min. before [email protected] closing • Guided tours available • www.schloss-stolzenfels.de Grounds open to the public Reservation group tours Footpath to the castle: 20 min. Palace and Castle Park: Dramatised Tour: ‘Die Muse von Phone +49 2 61 / 3 03 88-53 Stolzenfels’ Information + Reserva- Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 • tion: Phone +49 2 61 / 5 16 56 • Book April - Sept.: 9 - 6 • Dec. closed • facilities for your wedding • In sum- 36 Closed on the first working day of the mer: concerts + lectures 37 WORLD HERITAGE UPPER MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY Pfalzgrafenstein Castle 14

Like a ship of stone

The Pfalzgrafenstein Castle sits unnoticed at the Baracher close. imposingly in the middle of the Some years later, a wall was river near Kaub. However, con- built with a single gate provid- ditions in and around the castle ing access at the northern side. have never been idyllic. To this The military tower had become day, and ice still affect Pfalzgrafenstein Castle. As an the brickwork and castle foun- effective lookout, it secured the dations. Even today, it doesn't income of its various owners, offer electricity or toilets. The which is probably why it was interior thus still reflects the never destroyed and, along with meagre life of the men, who the Marksburg, is the only fully served here. In 1327, a massive preserved castle in the UNESCO military tower rose from the World Heritage Upper Middle middle of the Rhine and not Rhine Valley. a single ship was able to pass

Pfalzgrafenstein Castle • 56349 Kaub • week • Dec. closed • Last entry Phone + 49 1 72 / 2 62 28 00 • 60 min. before closing • Tours [email protected] • www.burgen-rlp.de  upon request Passenger ferry to the island: Dramatised Tour (can be booked +49 1 71 / 3 31 03 75 by groups): ‘Des Kaysers Bom- Jan. / Feb. + Nov.: Sat. + Sun. 10 - 5 • bardier − Soldat und Waffen- March: daily 10 - 5, except first working handwerk im Dreißigjährigen day of the week • April - Oct.: daily Krieg’ 38 10 - 6, except first working day of the 39 WORLD HERITAGE UPPER MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY Sooneck Castle 15

Cut from the rock

In the 13th century, the Lords Prussia had it rebuilt as a hunt- of Hohenfels used to live ing lodge. The master builders high above the narrow valley did not lose sight of its origins between Bingen and Koblenz, and preserved the charm of the in Sooneck Castle which took fairy-tale castle. Breath-taking its name from the nearby views can be enjoyed from the Soonwald. Built on the back castle in the UNESCO World of a hill, their castle seems to Heritage Upper Middle Rhine have been cut straight from Valley on the Rhine, the castles the rock. Roses grow on the of Reichenstein and Rheinstein former military site, which and from the Clemens Chapel today is an idealised image of below Reichenstein. a medieval castle. In the 19th century, Frederick William IV of

55413 Niederheimbach the week • Last entry 45 min. before Phone +49 67 43 / 60 64 closing • Guided tours [email protected] Tip: Discover the network of paths Cosy castle restaurant with a through the Soonwald • Sooneck Castle wonderful view offers facilities for civil weddings • Phone +49 67 21 / 68 50 50 Cultural-educational programme for Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 • school children • Dramatised Tour April - Sept.: 9 - 6 • Dec. closed • (can be booked by groups): 40 Closed on the first working day of ‘Des Kaysers Bombardier’ 41 Taunus Nassau Castle ruins 16

Home to one of the oldest German aristocratic dynasties

The road from to the castle of the oldest German Koblenz already existed in aristocratic families rapidly Franconian times, a key reason deteriorated. Today, the ruins being the protection of Nassau of Nassau Castle are still worth Castle which rises high above the climb, mainly for the keep the Lahn valley and was named with the distinctive towers, after the city at its border. From the Palas and the ruins of the 1160, the lords of the castle , all of which were called themselves ‘Counts of preserved thanks to restora- Nassau’, expanded their power tions and reconstructions which and in the Middle Ages even have been carried out since the became German kings. The 1970s. Another reward for the structure was never destroyed, climb is the view over the Lahn but was eventually abandoned valley which is simply stunning. and after more than 300 years,

Burg Nassau 56377 Nassau [email protected] www.burgen-rlp.de  Restaurant at Nassau Castle: temporarily closed 42 43 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses Altenbaumburg Castle ruins 17

From castle to quarry

Had they not died… upper castle dates back to the the Altenbaumburg Castle 12th or early 13thcentury, the would surely have been able Gothic lower castle follows to defend its strategic posi- at the end of the 14th century, tion at the exit of the Alsenztal when work on the central much longer. But by the 14th castle had begun. Today, the century the line of its lords, the impressive remains of the wall Raugrafen, had died out com- still allow identification of the pletely. From 1482, the castle castle’s structure. Only a few was thus used as a quarry. fragments of the upper and the To this very day, the three central castles are still visible, intertwined defence structures but the great hall of the lower are recognisable as the upper, castle was rebuilt. central and lower castles. The

Altenbaumburg 1 Castle Restaurant Altenbaumburg 55585 Altenbamberg Phone +49 67 08 / 35 51 [email protected] www.altenbaumburg.de www.burgen-rlp.de Mon. - Sun. starting from 11, Wed. closed ‘Knight’s dinner’ upon request

44 45 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses Trifels Castle 18

Who holds Trifels, holds the power

Trifels Castle is strategically imperial sceptre and orb and located high above a cliff. At used as prison. Its most famous its base are the Queichtal and prisoner was King Richard the Annweiler, to the east extends Lionheart. The castle dates the Rhine plain, to the west the back to the 11th century and valleys and peaks of the Pfälzer its current form is a result of forest. It used to be one of the changing phases of develop- most important regions in the ment, decline and reconstruc- high Middle Ages, both politi- tion over almost a thousand cally and economically. Trifels years: a true testament of was one of the most powerful history. castles of the Salier and Staufer and between 1088 and 1330 the centre of political events. It was home to the crown jewels,

76855 Annweiler Public tours: Mon. - Fri. 2 Phone +49 63 46 / 84 70 Sat., Sun. + Holidays 11 + 1.30 [email protected] Group tours upon request www.burgen-rlp.de Play ‘Die Befreiung des Richard Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 • Löwenherz’ - Enter the world of the April - Sep. 9 - 6 • Dec. closed • Middle Ages Last entry 30 min. before closing Exhibition ‘Macht und Mythos’ with presentation of the imperial insignia 46 47 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses Hardenburg Castle and fortress ruins 19

From a modest hilltop castle to a fortified residence

Considering the size and fortified Dürkheim. Today, the remains of structure of their family estate, the generous residential wings, the Counts of Leiningen were not magnificent halls, the impressive just powerful, but combative as western fort, enormous cellars well. With the Hardenburg they with rib-vaulted arches and the have passed on one of the largest Renaissance gardens can still be and most impressive castles and admired. As a ‘fortified castle’, the of the Palatinate. Hardenburg survived the Thirty Modest beginnings as a hilltop Years War without suffering any castle in the 13th century, were damage. However, the Palatinate followed by the development to Succession War of 1690 took its a fortified Renaissance residence toll and the occupation by French in the 16th century, which Revolution troops in 1794 finally stretched over four terraces sealed its fate. above the Isenachtal near Bad

67098 Bad Dürkheim New: GPS-controlled multi-media Phone +49 63 22 / 75 30 guide and information centre with [email protected] exhibition and film. Facilities can be www.schloss-hardenburg.de rented. Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - Highlight: Medieval Castle Festival 4.30 • April - Sept.: 9 - 6 • Dec. on the last weekend in September closed • Closed on the frist working Tours: Tourist information Bad day of the week • Last entry 30 Dürkheim • Phone +49 63 22 / 93 51 40 48 min. before closing 49 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses 20 Landeck Castle Ruins Nanstein Castle Ruins 21

Protecting the monastery If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.

Landeck Castle is the young- Rather than just being perched Besieged, destroyed, rebuilt, the 12th century, the castle was est of three castles around on a rock, its unique feature was plundered, destroyed – Nan- built to protect the trade route Klingenmünster at the Southern its massive wall cladding which stein’s history is a tale of the from Metz via Kaiserslautern to Weinstrasse which all shared a surrounds the core like a ‘High struggle for power, of suc- the Rhine and later developed common goal: the protection of Coat’. Only the roof of the keep cesses and failures, but also into one of the largest forti- the town’s thriving Benedictine and the wooden parapet of the of the courage to start again. fied structures of the Staufer Abbey. The angular keep of the curtain wall are missing today. Protected against invaders by dynasty. Additions in the 16th castle, built around 1200, is After Landeck Castle was de- the ‘Large Rontunda’- one the century transformed the castle preserved in its original form stroyed by French troops during strongest gun of its into a considerable Renaissance and is the highest of its kind the Palatinate War in 1689, it time, the massive ruins lie high castle, which was eventually in the Palatinate. From its 25 was doomed to decay. Exten- on a sandstone cliff. From the destroyed by the French in metre high platform, visitors sive repair work in the 1960s rocky plateau of the Kahlen- 1689. Repair work on the ruins have a view over the Palatinate secured its existence though. berg, the estate of the Counts commenced in the second half plain up to the Odenwald and of Nanstein offers an impressive of the 20th century. the hills of the Black Forest. view over the city of Landstuhl and the . In

76889 Klingenmünster Daily, starting from 10 (in winter, 66849 Landstuhl Tours: [email protected] from 11) [email protected] Information and reservation: www.burgen-rlp.de www.burgen-rlp.de Sickingen tourism Landstuhl, Tip: Oldest Medieval Castle Phone: +49 63 71 / 49 53 11 Burgschänke Landeck Festival of the Palatinate - The Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 10 - 4 • [email protected] Weinstraße Landeck Festival (last weekend April - Sep.: 9 - 6 • Closed in Dec. + on Tip: Visit the annual Summer Phone +49 63 49 / 87 44 in June) the first working day of the week Theatre at Nanstein Castle − a [email protected] Tours: Landeckverein unique experience guaranteed 50 www. burglandeck-pfalz.de www.landeck-burg.de 51 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses Dahner Castles + Neudahn 22

Family disputes and lineage

Tanstein Castle, Alt-Dahn, Grafendahn ramparts. Tanstein Grafendahn - known as Dahner had already fallen into ruin by Castles - and the somewhat 1571, the other castles lasted to secluded Neu-Dahn Castle owe the end of the 17th century. their existence to the and Today, one of the oldest turrets collateral lines of one family: of the Rhine’s defence struc- the Knights of Dahn. The three tures can be climbed at the structures rest on one sand- castle ruins of Neu-Dahn. With stone cliff, but the stone is their a view of the mighty battery only connection really. The bulwark, visitors can imagine castles, built in the 12th and 13th the sheer size of the original centuries, could be defended and complete rock structure. individually, as testified by the mighty gates and turrets of Alt-Dahn and the remains of the

66994 Dahn closed Wednesday, Phone +49 63 91 / 99 35 43 closed Nov. - March [email protected] Don’t miss the fantastic view from www.burgen-rlp.de the platform of the keep of the Alt- Dahner Castles: Good Friday - 31 Oct. Dahn ruins • The Dahner Castles 9 - 6 • Nov. - Holy Thursday 9 - 5 also host various open-air events, (closed when roads have ice) such as a castle festival and theatre Castle restaurant Alt-Dahn performances 52 April - Oct.: 10 am - 6 pm daily, 53 The Palatinate - Landscape of Castles and Fortresses VILLA LUDWIGSHÖHE 23

Large gardens stretching as far as the eye can see

Situated high above Edenkoben across the Palatinate and the on the Weinstrasse, Villa Rhine plain. The style is main- Ludwigshöhe is simply eye- tained in the interior: fine and catching. It appears like a precious hardwood floors, Tuscan villa sitting at odds in frescos and murals and a rich the Palatinate - but far from it: collection of arts and crafts. Ludwig I of Bavaria had Today, the villa built in 1846, expressly ordered an ‘Italian- is home to the Max-Slevogt- style Villa’ as a summer Galerie, of the State Museum residence. The four-winged Mainz and the Hinder/ main building with gable roofs Reimers collection of 20th encloses a shady courtyard. century ceramic arts of the The column-supported loggia State Rhineland-Palatinate. provides a view stretching far

Villastraße 64 • 67480 Edenkoben Dramatised Tour: ‘Der kunstsinnige Phone +49 63 23 / 9 30 16 König’ • Highlight: Special Exhibition [email protected] ‘Die Könige zu Besuch – Kunstsinn www.burgen-rlp.de und Kulturpflege der Wittelsbacher Jan. - March + Oct. / Nov.: 9 - 5 • in der Pfalz’ on occasion of the April - Sep.: 9 - 6 • Dec. closed • Wittelsbacher Year starting from Closed on the first working day summer 2013 • Events: Concerts, of the week • Last entry 45 min. exhibitions, castle festival 54 before closing • Guided tours As of summer 2013: Museum cafeteria 55 State Capital Mainz Mainz State Museum 24

Collecting, preserving, researching and communicating

An impressive collection of the present: archaeological baroque buildings houses the finds from pre- and early his- State Museum of Mainz in the tory, exhibits from the Roman heart of the city. The ‘Golden- empire, artworks and cultural Ross-Kaserne’ with a modern artefacts from the Middle Ages, glass and steel extension in the the Renaissance, the Baroque courtyard as well as the electoral and the 19th century, precious ‘Marstall’, the stables, and the Art Nouveau objects as well as ‘Riding Hall’ make up the at- modern works from the 20th and tractive home of the renovated 21st centuries. The entire collec- and modernised State Museum. tion is arranged chronologically The buildings are home to an art over three floors and there is and cultural-historical collec- full access for the disabled. tion which spans over 200,000 years from the Stone Age to

Große Bleiche 49 - 51 Museum shop • Tours, events, 55116 Mainz special exhibitions Phone +49 61 31 / 28 57-0 Bistrodays • www.bistrodays.de Info line +49 61 31 / 28 57 - 225 Audio and Video guides (for the [email protected] hearing impaired in German sign www.landesmuseum-mainz.de language) • Haptic books • Full Tue. 10 - 8 • Wed. - Sun. 10 - 5 • access for the disabled Mondays closed • Special opening 56 times during holidays 57 The Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate − Magic Moments

Please contact us if you have any questions about disabled access. Some of our ancient sites have restricted access for wheelchair users.

Further information is available by phoning the individual sites directly (see contacts) or on the central phone number +49 2 61 / 66 75 - 4000. Or write an email to: [email protected]

Photos

Ulrich Pfeuffer, GDKE Axel Brachat, GDKE Heinz Straeter, GDKE Wolfgang Grube, GDKE Thomas Zühmer, Rhine State Museum Trier Ursula Rudischer, State Museum Mainz P!EL media Klaus Hecke, netcondition Tourist Information Bad Dürkheim Tourist Information Trier Fam. Häuser (Altenbaumburg, above) LHA KO/H.P. Merten Fotodesign (Igeler Column) LHA KO/Petra Camnitzer (Nassau Castle, below) LHA KO/Petra Camnitzer (Nanstein Castle) LHA KO/Gustav Rittstieg (Altenbaumburg, below) LHA KO/H.P. Merten Fotodesign (Dahner Castles, above) © Götz Schleser LHA KO/Petra Camnitzer (Altdahn Castle, below)

58 59 GENERALDIREKTION KULTURELLES ERBE

The Directorate General for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate Ehrenbreitstein Fortress D-56077 Koblenz

Phone +49 2 61 / 66 75 - 0 [email protected] www.gdke.rlp.de

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