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Culture of Rudesheim am Rhein


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�    Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett, the first German museum for data-storage musical instruments. On an exhibition area of over 400 m�, the visitor is introduced in an amusing way to the history of self-playing music and its instruments. From the gentle musical clock to the orchestrion, which weighs tons, the visitor sees and hears a cross-section from four centuries. Curiosities: unique collection of self-playing strings, such as the Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina with six strings, Hupfeld Violina Orchestra (only known original in the world), Poppers Violinovo, and so on.

�    Mittelalterliches Foltermuseum (�Mediaeval Torture Museum�), with many instruments of torture

�    Asbach Distillery

�    Rheingauer Weinmuseum Br�mserburg, tells the R�desheim area�s 1,000-year winegrowing history in the oldest castle in the Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site.

�    Niederwalddenkmal from 1883

�    Ostein family�s Niederwald Landscape Park from the 18th century

�    Drosselgasse (lane): The Drosselgasse is the heart of Rudesheim's old town full of beautifully decorated restaurants. Live band entertainment, brass instruments and dance music play all day and all night during the summer in the many wine taverns and open-air garden taverns along the 144-metre-long narrow cobblestone pedestrian street. Built in the 15th century, the Drosselgasse was for boat owners to move items from the river to homes in the town. Since it is R�desheim's most famous attraction it is almost always crowded with tourists.

�    Pfarrkirche St. Jakobus (�Saint James�s Parish Church�) from the 15th century

�    Burg Ehrenfels (Hessen) (ruined castle)

�    Br�mserburg, the oldest castle in the Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site with wine museum. It was built in the 10th century on the site of a
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