Upper Middle Rhine Valley

World Heritage

Germany

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Stretching for 65 kilometres, the Middle Rhine Valley, with its castles, historic towns and vineyards, vividly illustrates the long history of mankind and a magnificent and diverse natural landscape. Intimately linked to history and legend, it has exerted a powerful influence on writers, artists and composers for centuries.

Aerial image of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in the area of Sankt Goarshausen with the Lorelei at t...

Deutsches Eck, at the confluence of Rhine and Moselle

View of Burg Katz, with the Lorelei in the background

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein in the middle of the river, at Kaub, in the background Burg Gutenfels

Stamp from 2006, showing the World Heritage Site

Map of the Middle Rhine Valley

Stolzenfels Castle, near Koblenz, the epitome of the Rhine romanticism

St. Goarshausen, castle Katz with Loreley rock in the Rhineland-Palatinate

Marksburg Castle, the only hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley that was never destroyed

Werner Chapel at Bacharach

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country	Germany
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mittelrhein%20Burg%20Katz.jpg
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pfalzgrafenstein%20Kaub%20fg02.jpg
locator map image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karte%20Mittelrhein.png
executive body	Upper Middle Rhine Valley
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/0675dd
Commons category	Upper Middle Rhine Valley
coordinate location	Point(7.694169444 50.1736)
area	27250
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)

start time	2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Upper Middle Rhine Valley