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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.

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

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Official website

Ortsgemeinde Rheinbrohl – Startseite

Ortsgemeinde Rheinbrohl - Verbandsgemeinde Bad Hönningen - Landkreis Neuwied - am Beginn des Obergermanisch-Raetischen Limes - UNESCO Weltkulturerbe

rheinbrohl.de

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • 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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