Rhine Trail

Germania

Niederwald Monument

Vinyard location  "Assmnannshauser Höllenberg"

Assmannshausen

Mice Tower

Bingen - Nahe River

Cable Car from Ruedesheim to the Niederwald Monument

Koblenz - Fortress Ehrenbreitstein

Remagen - Ludendorff Bridge

Limes

V 1 - Cruise missile

V 1 launching ramp on left river bank near Drachenfels

Drachenfels

Car ferry between Bonn-Bad Godesberg and Koenigswinter-Niederdollendorf

Hodges Bridge

Basel / Switzerland

Werneck Castle

During World War II, the castle of Werneck was also used since 1943 by the "Luftwaffe" (German Air Force) as a school for training non-commissioned officers. In May 2011, former students of this school held a veterans` meeting there, honoring their comrades who had died in the war. A report of this meeting was published in the local newspaper "Mainpost".

On October 14, 1943, "Black Thursday", the US Air Force raided the nearby city of Schweinfurt in a bomb attack. Schweinfurt was the location of a production site of ball bearings, which were of military importance. The air raid affected also the school for non-commissioned officers at Werneck castle. The school`s diary contains a report of this; an English translation is attached.

The German painter Fritz Preiss created an oil painting of the Werneck castle (below).

Pilot Erwin Gamerdinger, Tübingen
Luftaufnahme Manfred Grohe, Kirchentellinsfurt