Drachenfels

hill, Germany

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Königswinter Rhine River at Königswinter, Ger., with the Drachenfels in the background.

Drachenfels is a hill in western Germany, standing 1,053 feet (321 meters) tall. It is part of the Siebengebirge, a cluster of hills southeast of Bonn, located on the right bank of the Rhine River. The hill is a popular tourist destination and is accessible by a rack railway from the town of K\u00f6nigswinter. At its summit, there are the ruins of a castle. The Siebengebirge hills are volcanic in origin and are a nature reserve.12

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Königswinter
The Drachenfels (“Dragon’s Rock”), a hill 1,053 feet (321 metres) high, is crowned by a ruined castle built in the 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne and destroyed by the French in the 17th century. According to the Nibelungen legends, the Drachenloch (“Dragon’s Cave”) in…
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The Drachenfels (“Dragon’s Rock”), a hill 1,053 feet (321 metres) high, is crowned by a ruined castle built in the 12th century by the archbishop of Cologne and destroyed by the French in the 17th century. According to the Nibelungen legends, the Drachenloch (“Dragon’s Cave”) in…
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Siebengebirge
…Bonn, whence the name, are: Drachenfels (1,053 feet [321 m]), reached by rack railway from Königswinter and surmounted by a ruined castle; Wolkenburg (1,066 feet); Petersberg (1,086 feet), with a motor road to the summit hotel that was the seat (1945–52) of the tripartite Allied High Commission; and, to the…
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…Bonn, whence the name, are: Drachenfels (1,053 feet [321 m]), reached by rack railway from Königswinter and surmounted by a ruined castle; Wolkenburg (1,066 feet); Petersberg (1,086 feet), with a motor road to the summit hotel that was the seat (1945–52) of the tripartite Allied High Commission; and, to the…
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