|
|
 |
| |
|
Home > Travel Germany > Germany Destinations > Katzenelnbogen (Rhineland Palatinate)
Katzenelnbogen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital. The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity.
Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Katzenelnbogen is the name of a medieval German county and is a small city in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Katzenelnbogen originated as a castle built on a promontory over the river Lahn around 1095. The lords of the castle became significant local magnates, acquiring during the centuries some key and highly lucrative customs rights on the Rhine. The Counts of Katzenelnbogen also built Burg Neukatzenelnbogen and Burg Rheinfels on the Rhine. Katzenelnbogen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is collective municipality.
Katzenelnbogen, which consists of the following local municipalities such as Allendorf, Berndroth, Dorsdorf, Ebertshausen, Gutenacker, Herold, Katzenelnbogen, Mittelfischbach, Oberfischbach, Reckenroth, Roth and Schonborn.
Katzenelnbogen is well-known for being the first place in the world in which the Riesling grape was documented. In 1435, the storage inventory of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen lists the purchase of six barrels of Riesling from a Russelsheim vintner. It is a city with endless recreational opportunities, rich history, and modern day luxuries.
Back to Germany Destinations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|