
Rheinbrohl
Sign in to savethumb|274x274px|Rheinbrohl historical town hall at the ancient court of Gertrudenhof with its chapel thumb|274x274px|St. Suitbert's Catholic Parish Church Rheinbrohl (; Latin origin of the name: Broele trans Rhenum) is a municipality in the territorial collectivity () of Bad Hönningen, in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. On its Rhine bank is the starting point of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, the fortification of 550 km length which delimited the Roman Empire. At this place near the Rhine is the reconstruction of a Roman watchtower.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Rheinbrohl
- German location.image_photo
- Mittelrhein Rheinbrohl.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Rheinbrohl COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Rheinbrohl in NR.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Neuwied
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Bad Hönningen
- German location.elevation
- 83
- German location.area
- 17.2
- German location.postal_code
- 56598
- German location.area_code
- 02635
- German location.licence
- NR
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 38 063
- German location.website
- www.rheinbrohl.de
- German location.mayor
- Oliver Labonde
- German location.leader_term
- 2024–29
- German location.party
- CDU
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ortsgemeinde Rheinbrohl – Startseite
Ortsgemeinde Rheinbrohl - Verbandsgemeinde Bad Hönningen - Landkreis Neuwied - am Beginn des Obergermanisch-Raetischen Limes - UNESCO Weltkulturerbe
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Historic sites
- Transport infrastructure
- Public transport
- Road
- Bicycle
- Hiking trails
- Sister city
- References
thumb|274x274px|Rheinbrohl historical town hall at the ancient court of Gertrudenhof with its chapel thumb|274x274px|St. Suitbert's Catholic Parish Church Rheinbrohl (; Latin origin of the name: Broele trans Rhenum) is a municipality in the territorial collectivity () of Bad Hönningen, in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. On its Rhine bank is the starting point of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, the fortification of 550 km length which delimited the Roman Empire. At this place near the Rhine is the reconstruction of a Roman watchtower.
== Geography == Rheinbrohl is a wine village of the Rhine valley, located on the east bank, opposite Brohl-Lützing, and south of the spa town of Bad Hönningen. The municipality is part of the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park. From the geological point of view, the rock of the Rheinbrohler Ley, which overhangs the Rhine to the south of the village, can be considered as forming the southern end of the valley opening, called , while the part to the east of the municipal territory is located on the wooded ridge of the which separates the Rhine valley from that of its tributary, the Wied. The highest point of this ridge is the Malberg at an altitude of nearly 373 m. In Rheinbrohl began the Limes of Upper Germania, built by the Romans, whose route has been officially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 15 July 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rheinbrohl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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