At Thurant Castle, located above the wine-growing village of Alken on the Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate).
see also: https://pixelfed.social/p/1Sauerlaender/865670673320474648
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Architektur, #architecture, #Burg_Thurant, #Alken, #Untermosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

In Winningen (Mayen-Koblenz district) on the Lower Moselle, there is a tradition of the ‘wine witch’. In this scene at a house in Winningen, the flute player Pfeifenhans overpowers the witch, who had helped herself to the best wine. The legend originated after the witch hunts in Winningen (and elsewhere) in the 17th century. Nowadays, a wine witch is elected every year alongside a wine queen.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Liebieg Castle is a lower castle in the Gondorf part of Kobern-Gondorf on the Lower Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate). A castle was probably built on the site of the present-day castle between 1255 and 1272; in 1859/60, the castle ruins were converted into a neo-Gothic country estate and a neo-Romanesque extension was added around 1900.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Architektur, #architecture, #Schloß_Liebieg, #Gondorf, #Untermosel, #Rheinland-Pfalz

Wherever you look in Winningen on the Lower Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate), vine dominates the townscape.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Weinreben, #Weinbau, #vine, #Winningen, #Untermosel, #Landkreis_Mayen_Koblenz, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The small (private) chapel of the Trier section of Burg Thurant near Alken (Lower Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate)
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Kapellen, #chapels, #Architektur, #architecture, #Burg_Thurant, #Alken, #Kobern_Gondorf, #Untermosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

A museum-like hall in Thurant Castle near Alken (Lower Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(August 2025)
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Stained glass window in the new (1849) St. Michael's Church in Alken on the lower Moselle (Kobern-Gondorf municipality, Rhineland-Palatinate) depicting St. Martin and St. Magdalene,
(August 2025)
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#Fensterf, #windows, #Kirchenfenster, #Buntglasfenster, #stained_glass_windows, #Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Alken, #Kobern_Gondorf, #Untermosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

A beautiful garden has been laid out at Thurant Castle near Alken on the lower Moselle (Rhineland-Palatinate), which is only partially in ruins. Visitors can also enjoy the café, and those who wish to and have the necessary funds can even stay overnight in the castle.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Architektur, #architecture, #Burg_Thurant, #Gartenanlagen, #gardens, #Alken, #Kobern_Gondorf, #Untermosel, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The wine-growing village of Alken on the right bank of the Moselle (Mayen-Koblenz district).
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Dorfansichten, #village_views, #Landschaften, #landscapes, #Alken, #Untermosel, #Kobern_Gondorf, #Rheinland-Pfalz

The wine witch fountain in front of the wine farm in Winningen (Mayen-Koblenz district).
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Brunnen, #fountains, #Winningen, #Untermosel, #Landkreis_Mayen_Koblenz, #Rheinland_Pfalz