The former Hotel Guttenberg Bad Ems on the Lahn River (Rhineland-Palatinate) was built in 1900/01 and is one example of numerous impressive buildings from the time when the town was still a meeting place for celebrities.
(October 2025)
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#Architektur, #architecture, #Kurort, #Bad_Ems, #Rheinland_Pfalz

Bad Ems on the Lahn river (Rhineland-Palatinate).
The fountain stands in the middle of the river.
(October 2025)
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#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Lahn, #Bad_Ems, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The Russian Orthodox Church in Bad Ems an der Lahn (Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate) still recalls the former Russian spa guests, including Tsar Alexander II, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Turgenev, and many others.
In the background is the Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, an institution for the promotion of visual artists.
(October 2025)
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The spa facilities of Bad Ems on the Lahn river (Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate).
Not much remains of the splendor of this world-famous spa town, which was once visited by emperors and tsars and other well-known personalities; nevertheless, Bad Ems was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2021.
(October 2025)
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#Kurort, #spa, Flüsse, #rivers, #Lahn, Bad_Ems, #Rheinland_Pfalz

A half-timbered house with painted infill panels in Sankt Goarshausen (Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate); Katz Castle in the background.
(September 2025)
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Sankt Goarshausen (Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate) with its round tower (14th century) and Katz Castle on the hill.
(September 2025)
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The pulpit in the Catholic Church of St. Peter in Zell an der Mosel (Rhineland-Palatinate). The color white dominates the interior of this classicist church (built 1786-1793).
(October 2025)
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View of the estate built in 1551 by the Rhenish noble family of Boos von Waldeck in Kaimt on the left bank of the Moselle, opposite the main town of Zell (Rhineland-Palatinate).
(October 2025)
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#Architektur, #architecture, #Fachwerkhäuser, #half_timbered_houses, #Gutshöfe, #estates, #Zell_Kaimt, #Mosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The square tower (also known as the Bachturm) in Zell (on the Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate) was built as part of the town fortifications begun in 1229 and had seven floors. In the vineyard opposite, you can still see the remains of the former town wall.
(October 2025)
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#Türme, #towers, #Stadtbefestigung, #town_fortification, #Architektur, #architecture, #Zell, #Mosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The organ case in the Catholic St. Peter's Church in Zell (on the Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate) was built in 1789 by the Stumm brothers.
(October 2025)
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