Kaub

Kaub is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate.

Understand

Get in

By Car

On the B42 north of Rüdesheim

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.

By train

SE10: Frankfurt - Koblenz

Get around

See

  • 🌍 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327. 
  • 🌍 Blücherdenkmal (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. 
  • 🌍 Burg Gutenfels. 13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands. 

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