A hand pulled ferry services hikers who want to cross the Nahe at Bad Münster am Stein. It’s been in service since 1721. Water, Water Everywhere
Tag: Nahe
One Drop at a Time
This little trickle becomes the river Nahe which flows into Rhine and from there into the North Sea. FOWC with Fandango: Flow
The Smaller the River
the smaller the ferry. Both these ferries cross the Rhine, they are about 25km apart in Gernsheim and in Nierstein. There are, of course, bridges over the Rhine but if the distance between the two nearest bridges is 60km the car driver (and even more … Continue reading The Smaller the River
The Origin of a Wild River
The Nahe is a tributary to the River Rhine. The origin of its name is Celtic, meaning wild river. Its geographical origin is in the Saarland, one of the federal states of Germany. It surfaces near Nohfelden at an altitude of 460, runs for approximately 112km before it joins the Rhine near Bingen at an altitude of 77 metres above sea level.
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