Must-see attractions in Frankfurt & Southern Rhineland

  • Historiensäule

    Koblenz

    The Historiensäule portrays 2000 years of Koblenz history in 10 scenes perched one atop the other – the WWII period, for instance, is represented by a…

  • St Johanner Markt

    Frankfurt & Southern Rhineland

    The heart of Saarbrücken, historic St Johanner Markt is a long, narrow public square anchored by an ornate fountain designed by Friedrich Joachim Stengel…

  • Deutsches Architekturmuseum

    Frankfurt am Main

    Germany's architecture museum mounts three temporary exhibitions at a time, which often focus on a particular architect or firm. Not much relates to…

  • Petrisberg Multilingual Panel

    Trier

    Next to the Petrisberg Aussicht stop for buses 4 and 85, a multilingual panel traces local history from the first known human habitation (30,000 years ago…

  • Hercules Fountain

    Heidelberg

    In the middle of the Marktplatz is the Hercules fountain; in medieval times petty criminals were chained to it and left to face the populace.

  • Pfarrkirche St Michael

    Moselle Valley

    Facing the bridge, this partly 14th-century-Gothic church has an ornate interior and some colourful stained glass. The tower was originally part of the…

  • Marktplatz

    Rhine Valley

    Just off Boppard’s main commercial street, the pedestrianised, east–west oriented Oberstrasse, is the ancient Marktplatz, today a favourite local hang-out.

  • Marktplatz

    Heidelberg

    The Marktplatz is the focal point of Altstadt street life.

  • Neues Rathaus

    Wiesbaden

    Across the Schlossplatz from the Altes Rathaus is the Neues Rathaus (1887). Its interior is closed to the public.

  • Neuenheim River Bank

    Heidelberg

    The Neckar’s grassy northern bank between Theodor-Heuss-Brücke and Ernst-Walz-Brücke is a favourite student hang-out when the weather is warm.

  • Bowling Green

    Wiesbaden

    Out the front of the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the Bowling Green is flanked by an elegant, 129m-long colonnade.

  • Kurfürstliches Palais

    Trier

    A pink rococo confection looks out over the lawns, pools and fountains of the formal Palastgarten.

  • Rotes Haus

    Trier

    On the Hauptmarkt, the Rotes Haus was the house of the bakers' guild master and secretary of the cathedral chapter, Johann Wilhelm Polch.

  • Bäckerbrunnen

    Wiesbaden

    There’s a hot springs tap at the Bäckerbrunnen, a little brick building a block south of Goldgasse.

  • Marktbrunnen

    Wiesbaden

    On the Schlossplatz, the Marktbrunnen dates from 1753 and was restored in 2016.

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