Rüdesheim am Rhein is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt, Hessen. Known as Rüdesheim, it is officially Rüdesheim am Rhein, to distinguish it from Rüdesheim an der Nahe. It is a major tourist attraction, especially for foreign visitors.
Rüdesheim seen from nearby vineyards
Rüdesheim – extract from the Topographia Hassiae by Matthäus Merian the Younger, 1655
Rüdesheim, seen from the Rhine
Niederwalddenkmal in 2015
The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany. It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 because of its beauty as a cultural landscape, its importance as a route of transport across Europe, and the unique adaptations of the buildings and terraces to the steep slopes of the gorge.
St. Goarshausen, castle Katz with Loreley rock in the Rhineland-Palatinate
View of Burg Katz, with the Lorelei in the background
Aerial image of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in the area of Sankt Goarshausen with the Lorelei at the bottom of the image
Koblenz, the northern gateway to the World Heritage Site, with the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress