Rhineland, German Rheinland, French Rhénanie, historically controversial area of western Europe lying in western Germany along both banks of the middle Rhine River. It lies east of Germany’s border with France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Romantic Rhine Valley. Between Rüdesheim and Koblenz, the Rhine cuts deeply through the Rhenish slate mountains, meandering between hillside castles and steep fields of wine-producing grapes. This is Germany’s landscape at its most dramatic – forested hillsides alternate with craggy cliffs and near-vertical terraced vineyards.

The Rhine Valley or Middle Rhine is the most famous section of the Rhine, running between the cities of Bingen and Bonn in Germany and spanning the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.

09/03/2021 · One of the most appealing sections of this mighty river flows through Germany's Middle Rhine Valley (Rheintal), an area of outstanding natural beauty. In fact, the stretch of river extending from Mannheim in the south to Koblenz in the north boasts scenery so spectacular that a large section, referred to as the Rhine Gorge (Rheinschlucht), has been designated a UNESCO …

31/01/2018 · For centuries, the area between the Rhine and Meuse rivers was linguistically mixed. The common vernacular was a dialect that is sometimes considered to be Dutch. Over time, as the political boundary became fixed, the standard languages, German and Dutch, came to dominate in their areas.

Rhineland-Palatinate shares international borders with France, Luxembourg and Belgium, it borders the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia in north, Hesse in east and Baden-Württemberg in south-east, it surrounds the federal state of Saarland. Note: External links will open in a new browser window.

Rhineland Invasion, March 1936 Map showing the location of the Rhineland on the western border of Germany. For many years the Rhineland area had been a key industrial region of Germany, producing ...

The Alpine section of the Rhine lies in Switzerland, and below Basel the river forms the boundary between western Germany and France, as far downstream as the Lauter River. It then flows through German territory as far as Emmerich, below which its many-branched delta section epitomizes the landscapes characteristic of the Netherlands.