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Medieval Gengenbach and Wetzlar – Germany
Gengenbach and Wetzlar, are 2 more beautiful German towns filled with the most fabulous old half-timbered houses. The two rivers, Lahn and Dill flow through Wetzlar in Hessen and add a lot of atmosphere to the town. Hundreds of fabulous well-maintained half-timbered houses can be admired in the many sometimes narrow streets of Wetzlar. Two of the most interesting sights must be the 13th-century seven-arched…
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Beautiful Hann. Münden, Germany
Hann. Münden, also written as Hannoversch Münden, is a beautiful German town, with hundreds of half-timbered houses in the historic and medieval centre. Hann. Münden has been known for at least 1.200 years and the huge St. Blasius church was built from the end of the 13th century until 1584 and has places for about 900 people. In the wonderful town hall’s cellars is a…
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Experiences with our Motorhome, Food and drinks, Trips in Switzerland, Trips to Denmark, Trips to France, Trips to Germany, Trips to Italy
Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany and Denmark – see videos from our trips on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@chrisandleneontour
YouTube channel Chris And Lene On Tour
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Bernkastel-Kues, and another beautiful German town with lots of halftimbered houses
BERNKASTEL – KUES by the river Moselle (Mosel), in Germany, is another very, very beautiful 11th-century town overlooked by the ruins of the Landshut Castle. The streets in the centre of Bernkastel-Kues are lined by the most fantastic and colourful 13th-century half-timbered houses. The much younger 🙂 Michaels fountain on the main square is only from 1609 but is a central place from where you…
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BACHARACH, another beautiful German town full of halftimbered houses
BACHARACH in the Rhine Gorge, about 50 kilometres south of Koblenz, is a beautiful 11th-century town situated at the banks of the river Rhine and overlooked by the Stahleck castle. Bacharach is full of beautiful medieval half-timbered houses along the cobblestone streets and partly lined by a town wall with several old towers, some of them with great views over Bacharach, and the river. There is…
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Esslingen, a fabulous town with lots of old halftimebered houses
ESSLINGEN am NECKAR, a beautiful German town, full of half-timbered houses. After parking close to the castle, we walked through the park and the 16th-century castle with the Dicke Turm (Fat Tower) which is the landmark of Esslingen. From the castle, there is a steep road directly to the old town part of Esslingen. The road runs through one of the smallest and oldest vineyards…
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GOSLAR, a famous town in German Harz.
GOSLAR is one of the most well-known medieval towns in the Harz area in Germany, and the old town is also part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Goslar is more than 1100 years old, but today the oldest still original buildings are from the middle age, from 1488 and onwards. The whole centre of the old town is full of beautiful half-timbered buildings. By…
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Hiking to Jakobsfelsen in Switzerland
The story that was almost not becoming a story….! Our plan was to drive to Merishausen, find a parking spot and then we just had a relatively short hike to Jakobsfelse – Jakobs Rock. The first part went as planned, we found a good place to park just outside Merishausen. Then began our trip upwards to the forest of Verenafohren on the border to Germany.…
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ROTHENBURG o.d. Tauber, medieval German town
ROTHENBURG ob der Tauber is a must-see medieval town if you are visiting Bavaria, Germany. During our motorhome trip in Germany last year, this was a long-planned high light. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is simply one of the most picturesque small towns in Germany, full of half-timbered houses, medieval towers, a town-wall encircling the whole center, a crime museum with nasty equipment showing how people…
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STAIRWAY to HEAVEN in Saxon Switzerland, Germany
Do you remember when Winnie the Pooh from the Hundred Acre Wood ate all the honey and got stuck in a small hole in a tree, and had to simply wait to get thinner? This is maybe the best way to explain the feeling of the utterly squeezing narrow experience 😊of the HIMMELSLEITER, literally translated to Stairway to Heaven!! A narrow, very narrow, stairway between…
