St. Goar

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St. Goar is a historic town on the Rhine River in Germany, renowned for its medieval castles, riverside scenery, and role within the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

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St. Goar canonical 5
Sankt Goar 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus Ortsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate
country Germany
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 70 metres
hasCastle Katz Castle
surface form: Katz Castle (nearby, across the river)

Maus Castle
surface form: Maus Castle (nearby, across the river)

Rheinfels Castle
hasHarbor Rhine river harbor
hasHistoricFunction fortified Rhine town
hasNearbyFortification Rheinfels Castle
surface form: Rheinfels fortress complex
hasRailwayStation St. Goar station
hasReligiousBuilding Catholic Church of St. Goar
Evangelical Church of St. Goar
hasTouristAttraction Rheinfels Castle
surface form: Rheinfels Castle ruins

Rhine promenade
boat piers for Rhine cruises
hasViewOf Lorelei valley bend of the Rhine
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley
historicalSignificance medieval trading and shipping town on the Rhine
knownFor Rhine River shipping lane
surface form: Rhine River cruises

medieval castles
riverside scenery
tourism
languageUsed German
locatedIn Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
locatedInRegion Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site
surface form: Upper Middle Rhine Valley
locatedInValley Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site
surface form: Middle Rhine Valley
locatedInWineRegion Mittelrhein
locatedOnRiver Rhine
locatedOnRoad Bundesstraße 9
locatedOnTransportRoute Left Rhine line
surface form: Left Rhine railway
namedAfter Saint Goar of Aquitaine
near Loreley Rock
surface form: Lorelei rock
oppositeTownAcrossRhine St. Goarshausen
partOf Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein
postalCode 56329
primaryEconomicActivity tourism
wine production
region Hunsrück
surface form: Hunsrück-Mittelrhein
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
touristSeason autumn
spring
summer
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 2002

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Loreley Rock locatedNear St. Goar
this entity surface form: Sankt Goar
federal road B9 connects St. Goar
subject surface form: Bundesstraße 9
Rheinfels Castle locatedIn St. Goar
this entity surface form: Sankt Goar
St. Goarshausen oppositeTownAcrossRhine St. Goar
this entity surface form: Sankt Goar
Mittelrhein hasTown St. Goar