
Sankt Goar On The Rhine

by Ken Johnson
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20.000 x 30.000 inches
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Title
Sankt Goar On The Rhine
Artist
Ken Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
St Goar is one of may small towns spread through the Rhine Valley in Germany.
The town is very small and peaceful which is often nice break after an often crazy time in Amsterdam. If you’re tour is traveling north it also makes it a great place to rest up before arriving in the Dutch capital.
The town itself is famous in the region for a number of things, the least of which is the ‘Burg Rheinfels’ castle that resides over the town below. As with many of the castles in this fairy-tale part of the middle-Rhine, the Burg Rheinfels was built during the middle-ages and re-fortified during the 16th century. In a region that is famed and filled with castles, the Rheinfels in St Goar is the largest in the region and also one of the oldest.
Another one of St Goar’s claims to fame is that it is home to the largest free standing outdoor cuckoo clock in the world! It hangs from the side of a store in the main street of the town. Even though this clock pales in comparison to the Glockenspiel of Munich and the Astrological Clock in Prague, people always take photos of it. Cuckoo clocks originated in the Black Forest a little south of St Goar and if you want to pick up an authentic German made clock, this is the place.
Other opportunities to shop for Germanic products in St Goar include Steiff teddy bears, Birkenstock sandals and authentic German beer steins. With Contiki you also have the opportunity see a presentation and learn more about German beer steins, many of which are manufactured near the Rhine Valley. (Courtesy: http://www.contiki.com/contikipedia/articles/st-goar)
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December 1st, 2013
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