Rhine Gorge
The Upper Middle Rhine Valley is a natural main spatial unit within the main unit group Middle Rhine area on the Middle Rhine. It extends upriver to the southeast approximately to a line that connects the Rochus chapel in Bingen with the Niederwald Monument, Rudesheim, and down the Rhine in the north- west to the Lahn estuary at Lahnstein, immediately above Koblenz.
The Upper Middle Rhine Valley is located in Rhineland -Palatinate, on the southern east bank in Hesse, and separates the Taunus in the east from the Hunsrück in the West.
On 27 June 2002, the World Heritage Cultural Landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley has been included the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO with the slightly extended northward course to the Moselle flows into Koblenz.
Nature regions
The Upper Middle Rhine Valley is organized as follows:
- ( about 29 - Middle Rhine area ) 290 Upper Middle Rhine Valley 290.0 Binger gate
- 290.1 Bacharach Valley
- 290.2 St. Goar Valley
- 290.3 Bopparder loops
- 290.4 Lahnstein Gate
Binger gate
The Binger gate comprises the Rhine Valley from Rüdesheim / Bingen to including Trechtingshausen. It separates the left bank of the Rhine, Rhineland-Palatinate Bingen Forest from the right side and Hessian High Taunus with the low forest and the mountains to the north following the Rheingau. The Rhine has a width of about 300 m on average only half its width before entering the gate at Rüdesheim.
Opens the Nahe from the left in the Rhine in Bingen. On one kilometer downstream subsequent Bingerloch the Rhine changes its direction from west to north, it changes towards the end of the gate in the northwest. In the Binger gate the ridge lines are located on both sides of the Rhine just 2 km from each other and the steep slopes often begin immediately on the river bank.
Bacharach valley
The Bacharach valley comprises the Rhine Valley of Niederheimbach over Lorch, Bacharach and Kaub to above Oberwesel. It separates the East half of the left bank of the Rhine, Rhineland-Palatinate Southeastern RheinHunsrück from the right side and predominantly Hessian Wispertaunus and the north then turning of Rhineland- pfälzischem ground south of the middle Rhine Taunus.
In Lorch joins from the right, the Wisper whose Mündungstal first, then east cuts through the mountain ridge along the city to the northeast. Analog cuts into the valley Bacharach left side for a Münzbach estuary. At the exit of the Rhine, the river is about 300 m wide.
St. Goar Valley
The St. Goar Valley includes the curvy running Rhine valley Oberwesel and St. Goar and St. Goar to directly above Bad salty. It is entirely in Rhineland -Palatinate and separates the north western half of the left bank of Southeastern RheinHunsrück from right-sided central part of the Middle Rhine Taunus.
In several to below 90 ° sharp curves, the Rhine river narrows to less than 200 meters. The banks are narrow and thus offer in the immediate vicinity of rivers little settlement area. It is followed by towering cliffs, in the heights of gentle undulating plateau character prevails, with increasing distance from the Rhine continues to increase. A typical example of this type of ground relief and world- known is the Loreley, located in the center of this natural space.
Are colonized with the exception of those cities almost only the slopes and altitudes.
Bopparder loops
The Boppard Loop include the Rhine Valley of Bad Salty Boppard to the valley becomes narrower directly above Lahnstein. The valley floor is entirely in Rhineland -Palatinate and separates Middle and wood ash RheinHunsrück left of the Rhine from the right side north of the Middle Rhine Taunus.
Immediately at the eponymous site starting describes the flow of a slight left turn to a right- turn about 180 ° to about 135 ° go a strong left turn at Osterspai. At the respective curve outsides of the slopes are remarkably steep.
Lahnstein Gate
The Lahnstein Gate includes only the narrow valley of the Rhine valley directly in the mouth of the Lahn in Lahnstein. It is entirely in Rhineland -Palatinate, at the junction of the north -east of the forest ash trees RheinHunsrück on the left, to the northwest of the Middle Rhine Taunus right side in the south, the Lower Lahn right-sided central and the extreme southwest of the Horchheimer height ( Lower Westerwald) on the right side to the north.
Immediately above the almost 5 km long gate closes in Neuwied Rheintalweitung already at the top portion of the Central Rhine basin. However, the commonly above the Moselle River estuary situated in part is often still counted as Upper Middle Rhine.
Area between the Lahn and Moselle mouth
The Rhine from above the mouth of the Lahn in Lahnstein to the Moselle mouth at the German Corner in Koblenz belongs to the strictly natural spatial order already Neuwieder Rheintalweitung ( 291.0 ) as the center of the Neuwied basin and thus to the Central Rhine basin ( 291). He is, however, explicitly listed as part of the World Heritage Site. This is also not illogical inasmuch as the Moselle and the casting - Koblenz Lahntalhotel the left and right bank sequels and represent the same valley floor.
Tributaries
The following, which opens in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley Rhine tributaries are, from north to south, ordered:
( *: The L335 follows the left tributary roof Hausener Mühlbach )
In addition to the clear opening at the ends of major rivers Nahe, Lahn and Moselle the Wisper is the only real river.
The outflows ( MQ ) of the rivers mentioned are:
- Mosel 315 m³ / s
- Lahn 54 m³ / s
- Close to 30.3 m³ / s
- Wisper 1,271 m³ / s