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Ships on the Rhine river
 
The river:
Trade - route for wood and wine,
traveling - route for adventurer
and source of wealth

Today the Rhine river the economical most important river of Europe.
 
The "Wahrschau": One hour before the small boat left, the Wahrschau left the harbor in order to warn the other ships on the water.
 
Horses, bullocks and their leaders were replaced by steam - ships, in the end of the 19th century.

In the end of the 50ies, the steam ships were replaced by ships with Diesel engines and also by other more modern ships.

 

Tourist Information in the Loreley City
Bahnhofstraße 8, D-56346 St.Goarshausen
Tel. +49 (0) 67 71 - 9 10-0 / Fax +49 (0) 67 71 - 9 10-15
E-Mail: info@loreley-touristik.de
 

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