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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Kaub is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Burg Pfalzgrafenstein
Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.
Monument to Blücher
On New Year's Night in 1813/1814 the Prussian General Blücher and his 60,000 soldiers with 20,000 horses crossed the Rhine with the aid of the pilots from Kaub and a pontoon bridge, to drive Napoleon out of Germany.
13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.
Very popular with bikers
Jugendherbergen
By car
Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.
By cruise boat
KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.
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Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) · International · HHN
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