- Bacharach
Infobox German Location
Art = Town
image_photo = Bacharach town river.jpg
image_caption = Bacharach, view fromCastle Stahleck .
Wappen = Wappen von Bacharach.png
lat_deg = 50| lat_min = 04 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 07 | lon_min = 46 | lon_sec = 0
Bundesland = Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis = Mainz-Bingen
Verbandsgemeinde =Rhein-Nahe
Höhe = 70
Fläche = 23.65
Einwohner = 2089
Stand = 2006-06-30
pop_ref =
PLZ = 55422
Vorwahl = 06743
Kfz = MZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 39 003
Website = [http://www.bacharach.de/ www.bacharach.de]
Bürgermeister = Dieter KochskämperBacharach (Audio-de|Bacharach|De-Bacharach.ogg is a small German town, in
Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz-Bingen district), situated on the west bank of theRhine , 48 km south ofKoblenz . Traditionally, the town is said to have been founded in pre-Roman times, possibly by theCelt s. Its original name is said to have been Baccaracum. However, the first documentary evidence of its existence is in923 .There is abasilica , dating from the beginning of the13th century . There are also ruins of a Gothic church of the 13th and 15th centuries. The renovated castle of Stahleck (now a youth hostel), crowning the heights above the town, is celebrated in history as the scene of the marriage between Henry, eldest son ofHenry the Lion (shortly before the latter's death in1195 ), and Agnes of Hohenstaufen, which effected a temporary reconciliation between the houses of Welf and Hohenstaufen. Other ruined castles are those ofFürstenberg andStahlberg . All three belonged to theCounts Palatine .The wines of Bacharach were once held in the greatest esteem, and it is still one of the chief markets of the Rhenish wine trade.
The town is the setting for
Heinrich Heine 's novel-fragment "The Rabbi of Bacharach "(1824-1840).References
* [http://www.bacharach.de/ Official site]
* [http://www.thurrott.com/2003/05/germany/0523/ Photo]
* [http://www.bacharach-mittelalter.de/ Medieval Festival]
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