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Bingen am Rhein ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɪŋən] ⓘ) is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", [3] [citation needed] a description of the shoal behind the Mäuseturm, known as the Binger Loch.
Website. k-d .com. Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) is a river cruise operator based in Cologne, Germany. The company operates a total of 14 cruise ships on the Rhine, Main and Moselle rivers. The famous KD steamer line operated on the Rhine with steamers and tourist boats. The Lorelei rock was a famed day outing for pleasure seekers.
On the first Saturday in May, the event is held in Bonn, in July in the Rüdesheim - Bingen area. The biggest "Rhein in Flammen" event takes place in Koblenz on the second Saturday in August. In early September, an event is held at Oberwesel. [1] In mid-September, fireworks are in the middle of the Rhine between Sankt Goar and Sankt Goarshausen.
Kaub gauging station. Coordinates: 50°5.126′N 7°45.898′E. The gauge tower with level indicator and high water marks. The Kaub gauging station ( German: Pegel Kaub, Kauber Pegel) is a stream gauge located on the Rhine river in the German city of Kaub. It is a "decisive" water level measurement site for the Rhine, as Kaub is located at the ...
In July 2021, several European countries were affected by severe floods. Some were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage. The floods started in the United Kingdom as flash floods causing some property damage and inconvenience. Later floods affected several river basins across Europe including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany ...
The nuclear power station Mülheim-Kärlich lies on the Rhine, about 10 km northwest from Koblenz, close to the town Mülheim-Kärlich in Germany. The operating company was Société Luxembourgeoise de Centrales Nucléaires, a daughter company of RWE. It was the only nuclear power plant in the Rhineland-Palatinate after it was finished in 1986 ...
Coordinates: 47°36′33.5″N 8°14′2.6″E. Waldshut–Koblenz Rhine Bridge. The Waldshut–Koblenz Rhine Bridge is a single-track railway bridge on the Turgi–Koblenz–Waldshut railway, between Waldshut and Koblenz AG, crossing the Rhine and the border between Germany and Switzerland. It was the first railway bridge built over the Rhine ...
The Lower Rhine ( German: Niederrhein, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʁaɪn] ⓘ; kilometres 660 to 1,033 of the river Rhine) flows from Bonn, Germany, to the North Sea at Hook of Holland, Netherlands (including the Nederrijn or "Nether Rhine" within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ); alternatively, Lower Rhine may refer to the part upstream of ...