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Exploring Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

White wine enthusiasts come here, attracted by the beautiful,
picturesque valleys of the Rhine and Mosel rivers, with their medieval
castles and small towns. Travelling along the Deutsche Weinstraße
(German wine route), Germany’s oldest tourist route, visitors can see
fascinating historic buildings and taste the different types of wine
made by the numerous small vineyards scattered throughout the AltenkirchenAltenkirchen SiegenSiegen
entire region. Speyer and Mainz have monumental Romanesque BonnBonn Wied
Wied
cathedrals, while Trier boasts many interesting Roman relics. The huge
W e s t e r w a l d
ironworks in Völklingen is a surprising sight, transporting visitors back W e s t e r w a l d
to a time when heavy industry ruled much of the region. The interior of the Dom in Trier
CologneCologne Rhine (Rhein)
(Köln)(Köln) Sights at a Glance
Ahr Ahr LaacherLaacher AndernachAndernach MontabaurMontabaur 1 Trier pp344–7
Rhine (Rhein)
SeeSee
AdenauAdenau Hohe Acht BendorfBendorf 2 Saarland p348
Hohe Acht
747m 4 Speyer
747m
MARIA MARIA KOBLENZKOBLENZ
Lahn
LAACHLAACH Lahn 5 Worms
Schneifel LimburgLimburg 7 Mainz pp352–5
Schneifel
LiègeLiège GerolsteinGerolstein Burg PyrmontBurg Pyrmont 9 Koblenz pp360–61
0 Maria Laach pp362–3
Burg EltzBurg Eltz
E i f e l
M O S E LTA
PrümPrüm E i f e l DaunDaun Mosel BoppardBoppard (RHEINTAL) Suggested routes
Mosel
Kyll Kyll Lieser M O S E LTA L L St GoarSt Goar 3 Moseltal
6 Deutsche Weinstraße
Prüm
Prüm
(RHEINTAL)
RHINE VALLEY
RHINE VALLEY
Lieser
BacharachBacharach LorchLorch FrankfurtFrankfurt 8 Rheintal
am Mainam Main
RHEINLAN D -PF ALZRHEINLAN D -PF ALZ
SimmernSimmern RüdesheimRüdesheim
BitburgBitburg WittlichWittlich BingenBingen Key
am Rheinam Rhein MAINZMAINZ
Motorway
Our
Our
Bernkastel KuesBernkastel Kues
Under construction
Bad KreuznachBad Kreuznach Major road
OppenheimOppenheim
SchweichSchweich MorbachMorbach Minor road
Simmerbach
Simmerbach
H u n s r ü c k Idar-ObersteinIdar-Oberstein AlzeyAlzey Main railway
Nahe
H u n s r ü c k
TRIERTRIER Nahe Scenic route
ErbeskopfErbeskopf
The imposing red-sandstone building of the 818m818m Glan Glan Alsenz Alsenz Minor railway
Dom in Mainz BirkenfeldBirkenfeld International border
Nordpfälzer Bergland
SaarburgSaarburg Nordpfälzer Bergland DonnersbergDonnersberg WORMSWORMS
Mosel Mosel NohfeldenNohfelden 686m686m Rhine (Rhein) Regional border
Summit
0 kilometres 20
FrankenthalFrankenthal
Rhine (Rhein)
0 miles 20 Saar SanktSankt
Saar
MettlachMettlach WendelWendel LudwigshafenLudwigshafen
SAARLANDSAARLAND KaiserslauternKaiserslautern Bad DürkheimBad Dürkheim
OttweilerOttweiler
Getting Around
WEINSTRASSE
S A A R L A N
S A A R L A N D D
DillingenDillingen Neustadt Neustadt HeidelbergHeidelberg The A65 motorway links Karls ruhe
SaarlouisSaarlouis HomburgHomburg Saar Saar
NeunkirchenNeunkirchen WEINSTRASSE Speyerbach with Ludwigshafen, and continues
Speyerbach
P f ä l z e r w a l d
VölklingenVölklingen from there towards Luxembourg
ZweibrückenZweibrücken SPEYERSPEYER or Lorraine, via Homburg and
SaarbrückenSaarbrücken Saarbrücken. The A32, and later
MandelMandel P f ä l z e r w a l d LandauLandau the A4, leads from Saarbrücken to
DEUTSCHE
PirmasensPirmasens
MetzMetz DEUTSCHE Metz or Strasbourg. The A1 runs
northwards from Friedrichsthal to
Trier and the Mosel Valley. Intercity
DörrenbachDörrenbach
trains offer a frequent and
Schweigen-Schweigen- Wörth am RheinWörth am Rhein convenient service; Hahn, Frankfurt
SchweighofenSchweighofen
am Main and Cologne/Bonn
Lauter
Lauter
KarlsruheKarlsruhe (Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen)
The proud complex of Schloß Stolzenfels near Koblenz, have international airports.
designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
For additional map symbols see back flap
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