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RUDESHEIM
, a See also:town of See also:Germany in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province on the right See also:bank of the Rhine, 19 m
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S.W. of
See also:Wiesbaden by the See also:main See also:line from See also:Frankfort-on-Main to See also:Cologne
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Pop
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(1905) 4773
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Its situation, at the See also:lower end of the famous vineyard See also:district of the Rheingau, opposite See also:Bingen and just above the romantic See also:gorge of the Rhine, renders it a popular tourist centre
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Behind the town rises the majestic See also:Niederwald (985 ft.), on the See also:crest of which stands the See also:national See also:monument, " Germania," commemorating the See also:war of 1870-71
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Rtidesheim has some interesting towers
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The Bromserburg, or Niederburg, a massive structure built in the 13th See also:century, formerly belonging to the archbishops of See also:Mainz; the Boosenburg, or Oberburg, which was rebuilt in 1868, with the exception of the keep; the Adlerturm, a relic of the fortifications of the town; and the Vorderburg, the remains of an old See also:castle
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The See also:Gothic See also:
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