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Ryan Bush
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Wegelnburg at Sunrise: Highest Castle in the Pfalz (572m)
Stop 1 of 1 · Wasgau Ridge Sunrises 1Wegelnburg On Sunday morning 24 May 2026 the three of us drove out from Kaiserslautern at 03:40 to climb the Wegelnburg, the highest castle ruin in the Pfalz at 572 meters above Nothweiler[1], in time for sunrise. It is a sandstone Felsenburg (a castle built directly on…
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Kaiserslautern 750: History Behind Your Adopted Hometown
As of May 2026: Kaiserslautern 750 is well underway — the city’s 750th anniversary year. Oberbürgermeisterin (the mayor) Beate Kimmel opened the Jubiläumsjahr (the city’s 750th-anniversary year) at the Neujahrsempfang (New Year reception) on 12 January 2026, and the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz officially launched the Kaiserslautern 750 public programme over the weekend of 1 to 3…
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German-American Friendship Festival Ramstein 2026: Your Complete Event Guide
The German-American Friendship Festival Ramstein 2026 turns the town square in Ramstein-Miesenbach into a three-day open-air block party of music, food, and binational community. The 8th edition runs Friday through Sunday, June 5 to 7, 2026 on the John-F.-Kennedy-Platz in the town center, with free admission and no base access credentials required.[1] What makes this…
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Anniversary on the Rhine: When the Day Trip Doesn’t Read the Itinerary
Post 5 of 5 · Rhine Anniversary, May 2026 1Bingen 2Bacharach 3St. Goar 4Rhein KD Cruise 5Anniversary Mittelrhein Our second wedding anniversary was a Wednesday in May, and we had the day planned to the minute. Coffee at Backhaus Lüning in Bingen at eight. RB26 to Bacharach. Train south to St. Goar. Italian lunch at…
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The KD Cruise St. Goar to Bingen: Seven Castles in Two Hours from a Covered Deck
Stop 4 of 5 · A Rhine Anniversary Day: Bingen, Bacharach, St. Goar, and the KD Cruise 1Bingen 2Bacharach 3St. Goar 4Rhein KD Cruise 5Anniversary Mittelrhein The KD Rhine cruise castles sequence does most of the work of a Mittelrhein day for you. From the covered deck of a southbound boat between St. Goar and…
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Bacharach in Half a Morning: A Walk Through Germany’s Most Beautiful Wine Town
Stop 2 of 5 · Rhine Anniversary: May 2026 1Bingen 2Bacharach 3St. Goar 4Rhein KD Cruise 5Anniversary Mittelrhein It was the morning of our wedding anniversary, and Bacharach was the first real stop after breakfast in Bingen. We arrived at 09:57 by RB26 from Bingen Stadt, walked the Altstadt for about seventy minutes, and caught…
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Europa-Denkmal Sankt Germanshof Day Trip: 1950 Border Crossing Monument
A sunrise stop at the Europa-Denkmal in Sankt Germanshof, where 300 students from nine countries staged the first symbolic border crossing of post-war Europe on 6 August 1950.
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Deutsches Weintor Day Trip: The 1936 Wine Route Arch in Schweigen
Stop 4 of 4 · Sunrise to pastry: a Wasgau & northern Alsace day trip 1Europa-Denkmal (DE) 2Fort Schoenenbourg (FR) 3Wissembourg (FR) 4Deutsches Weintor (DE) The Deutsches Weintor in Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a 19.2-meter sandstone arch built in 1936 as the southern terminus of the Deutsche Weinstraße, with a 1945 US Army inscription carved into its…
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Wissembourg Daniel Rebert Day Trip: Pastry and 1870 Battlefield
Stop 3 of 4 · Sunrise to pastry: a Wasgau & northern Alsace day trip 1Europa-Denkmal (DE) 2Fort Schoenenbourg (FR) 3Wissembourg (FR) 4Deutsches Weintor (DE) Wissembourg sits four kilometers south of the German-French border, an Alsatian town that has changed sovereignty four times since 1871 and still keeps the look of a medieval Free Imperial…
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Fort Schoenenbourg Maginot Day Trip: WWII Bunker Tour for Americans
Stop 2 of 4 · Sunrise to pastry: a Wasgau & northern Alsace day trip 1Europa-Denkmal (DE) 2Fort Schoenenbourg (FR) 3Wissembourg (FR) 4Deutsches Weintor (DE) A Fort Schoenenbourg Maginot day trip from the Kaiserslautern Military Community area drops you 30 meters underground into one of the largest preserved artillery fortifications of the Maginot Line, roughly…