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| Sankt Goar | ||
| federal state | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
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| Residents | 2.731 (2019) | |
| height | 74 m | |
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Sankt Goar am Rhein in the Loreley valley lies on the left side of the Middle Rhine Valley at the foot of the Hunsrück across from St. Goarshausen facing the Loreley rocks. The ruins loom above the city Rheinfels Castle.
background
The city of Sankt Goar consists of the core city 1 St. Goar as well as the districts 2 Biebernheim, 3 Werlau, 4 Skins (St. Goar) and 5 At the Loreley. It is also part of the Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel with administrative headquarters in Oberwesel
getting there
By plane
By train
Middle Rhine Railway from Mainz to Koblenz, every hour. Travel time from Frankfurt with RE and change in Oberwesel in MRB: 1 hour 30 minutes, every 2 hours.
Bicycles can be taken along free of charge in Rhineland-Palatinate from 9 a.m., all day on the weekend.
In the street
The federal highway 
leads through St. Goar (you could also say it separates the city from the river)
Park: Free of charge: harbor parking, ferry parking
By boat
- ferry from St. Goarshausen to St. Goar:
- Loreley Rhine ferry, Contact address: Bahnhofstrasse 15, 56346 St. Goarshausen. Tel.: (0)6771-2620, Email: [email protected]. Open: Ferry times between St. Goar and St. Goarshausen: weekdays from 5.30 a.m. to midnight, Sundays / public holidays from 6.30 a.m. to midnight. Single trip: € 1.70, by bike: € 2.50, children: € 0.80 € 1.50, car with driver: € 4.30.
- Loreley line
- Cologne-Düsseldorf Rhine shipping. Tel.: (0)221-2088-3183, (0)6741 - 1634 (on site), Fax: (0)221-2088-345, Email: [email protected].
- Other passenger ships also call at St. Goar.
By bicycle
St. Goar is on Rhine cycle route, but this is right next to the noisy federal highway 9 in this section.
On foot
St. Goar is on Rheinburgenweg, this runs above the place, among other things with beautiful views of the Loreley. From the district of Biebernstein there is a very long, partly straight stairway that overcomes a height difference of around 100 m.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Possibly Collegiate church - The collegiate church, built in the 13th century, was a place of pilgrimage to the grave of St. Goar until the Reformation. Late Gothic wall paintings can still be admired inside the church today. - At the market square, 2 minutes from the train station.
- 2 Catholic parish church of St. GoarCatholic parish church of St. Goar
- 3 Doll and Bear Museum - Dolls, bears and toys from different eras are exhibited on over 600 m². Sonnengasse 8, Tel .: 06741-7270
- 4 Probation and pilot museum - At the bank counter at Stromkilometer 555.43, Tel .: 06741 - 383, May - September Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., free entry.
- 5 town hall
- 6 former monastery, now financier
Rheinfels Castle
The 7 Rheinfels castle ruins lies above St. Goar and was founded in 1245. After its expansion into a fortress, it was the largest fortification in the Middle Rhine Valley. At the end of the 18th century, French revolutionary troops destroyed the fortress. Branched underground mine duct system.
Open from March 15 to October 25, 2015 daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., thereafter until 5 p.m., closed from November 10 to mid-March. Museum open: 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. entry: € 5, reduced: € 4, children 6-14 years: € 2.50, family ticket € 10.
On the Rheinfelspfad walls, plants and animals tell the story of the extraordinary castle.
activities
Events
The current dates can be found in the article Middle Rhine Valley.
- TalTotal on the last Sunday in June from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Bike adventure day · Food stalls and repair station in St. Goar. On this day, the B 9 between Koblenz and Bingen and the B 42 between Lahnstein and Rüdesheim are closed to car traffic.
- Middle Rhine Music Festival · Throughout the summer
- Rhine in Flames Saturdays on the third weekend in September: music and dancing on the market square and church square. Highlight: Gigantic large fireworks on Saturday at 9 p.m. - Impressive interplay of fireworks and night ship parade in the middle of the two castles Rheinfels and Burg Katz. · Ship tickets are available for € 40 to € 60.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
- important addresses
- 1 Tourist Information St. Goar, Heerstr. 86 56329 St. Goar. Tel.: 49(0)6741 383, Fax: 49(0)6741 7209, Email: [email protected].
trips
- With the ferry to St. Goarshausen across the Rhine and on foot or by bus to Loreley.
- drive to Chew to the customs castle Pfalzgrafenstein, which is located on an island in the middle of the Rhine.
- To the next Rhine cities Oberwesel, Bacharach and Boppard.
literature
Web links
- https://www.stadt-st-goar.de/ - Official website of Sankt Goar
- Image brochure
