Sankt Goar

Sankt Goar

:"Saint Goar" redirects here. For the saint with this name, see Goar of Aquitaine."Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
image_photo = Sankt goarshausen.jpg
image_caption = View of St. Goar (in top half of picture) from Patersberg
Wappen = Wappen st-goar.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 9
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 43
Bundesland = Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Sankt Goar-Oberwesel
Höhe = 74
Fläche = 22.93
Einwohner = 4024
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 56329
PLZ-alt = 5401
Vorwahl = 06741
Kfz = SIM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 133
Gliederung = 4
Straße = Heerstraße 130
Adresse-Verband = Rathausstraße 6
55430 Oberwesel
Website = [http://www.st-goar.de/ www.st-goar.de]
Bürgermeister = Walter Mallmann
Partei = CDU

Sankt Goar am Rhein is a town in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. St. Goar is located on the Rhine, in the section known as the Rhine Gorge, and is impressively situated between mountains which rise on either side of the river. It is known particularly for the legend of the Loreley, associated with the dangerous Loreley rocks which are a hazard to shipping. It is also famous for the ruined castle Burg Rheinfels. St. Goar lies in the central Rhine Valley, which in 2002 was adopted by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.

Sankt Goar is part of the "Verbandsgemeinde" Sankt Goar-Oberwesel.

The "Catholic Encyclopedia" notes that "a small church" was dedicated to Goar of Aquitaine in 1768 "in the little town on the banks of the Rhine which bears his name (St. Goar)." [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Goar ] ] It is also reported that Charlemagne built a church over the site of Goar's hermitage. It is around this church that the town of Sankt Goar am Rhein grew on the left bank of the Rhine between Wesel and Boppard. [ [http://saints.sqpn.com/saintg32.htm Patron Saints Index: Saint Goar of Aquitaine ] ]

In German linguistics, the Sankt Goar Line is an isogloss separating dialects to the north from those to the south. See High German consonant shift.

St Goar lies opposite Sankt Goarshausen.

Many people visit St Goar as it is the nearest village to Burg Rheinfels, a large castle situated above the village. Also, many Contiki Tours run throughout Europe stop in St. Goar for a night, running a wine tasting session at a nearby winery.

History of Wine

In 1240 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen owned a vineyard called Amererberge [ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the first Riesling of the World] .

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