Königswinter on River Rhine
Tuesday, 17 May 2011 - 03:38 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Environment
Reading Time: 2 minutes
Federal Guesthouse Petersberg © Tohma
🔊 Listen to this Post
Königswinter is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, with approximatly 40,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite to Bonn, at the foot of the Siebengebirge and the Petersberg, which hosts the
Federal Guesthouse on Petersberg where several national and international governmental events and conferences took and still take place.
The romantic Drachenfels, crowned by the ruins of a castle built in the early 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne, rises behind the town. From the summit, which can be accessed by the Drachenfels Railway, there is a magnificent view, celebrated by Lord Byron in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.
Waterfront - Drachenfels (Dragon Rock) in the background © Tohma
A cave in the hill is said to have sheltered the dragon (German: Drachen) which was slain by the hero Siegfried. The mountain is quarried, and from 1267 onward supplied stone (trachyte) for the building of Cologne Cathedral.
The Drachenburg Palace, built in 1883, is on the north side of the hill. Königswinter has a Catholic (St. Remigius) and an Evangelical church, some small manufactures and a little shipping. It has a monument to the poet Wolfgang Müller. Near the town are the ruins of the Abbey of Heisterbach.
To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facepage pages/Twitter accounts. Read more on
City of Königswinter ,
Siebengebirge Tourism ,
Drachenfels.net (German only),
Drachenfels Rail Königswinter and
Wikipedia Königswinter . Learn more about the
use of photos .
VIDEO
[caption id="attachment_226429" align="aligncenter" width="590"] High Street © Andreas F. Borchert/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Tuam (Irish: Tuaim, meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-larg...
[caption id="attachment_239411" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © Gfmorin[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Bormes-les-Mimosas (Occitan: Bòrmas dei Mimòsas) is a commune in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, southeast...
[caption id="attachment_212622" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Le Grand Théâtre © Johan Bakker/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verv...
[caption id="attachment_24519" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Pudong © J. Patrick Fischer/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Shanghai is the largest city by population in the People's Republic of China and the largest city prop...
[caption id="attachment_240151" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © flickr.com - HarshLight/cc-by-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Surf and turf, sometimes called reef and beef, is a main course combining seafood and red meat, typically ...
[caption id="attachment_160963" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © www.markopirc.com/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Novo Mesto is the city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slo...
[caption id="attachment_218292" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Rochdale Town Hall © flickr.com - Tim Green/cc-by-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Rochdale is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South P...
[caption id="attachment_160547" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Gull waiting to steal people's chips in Padstow Harbour © geograph.org.uk - Nicholas Mutton[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Padstow is a town, civil parish and fishing port o...
[caption id="attachment_218829" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Pubs at Grassmarket © Reinhold Möller/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Grassmarket is a historic market place and an event space in the Old Town (UNESCO Worl...
[caption id="attachment_5861" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Lubyanka Building © Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/GFDL"][/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the KGB and affiliated p...
[caption id="attachment_24483" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Statue of Liberty © flickr.com - Koshy Koshy/cc-by-2.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Liberty Island is a small uninhabited island in New York Harbor in the United States, be...
[caption id="attachmglishent_236092" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Chapel Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe © W. Bulach/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK En Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Le Puy-en-Velay (literally Le Puy in Velay; Occitan: Lo Puèi de Velai) is the prefect...
