The Middle Rhine Valley is a World Heritage Site because of its amazing castles! It has all kinds. For the Seven Kingdoms series, I chose a tollbooth castle, a fortress, a fort with tunnels, a fairy tale garden, a cloaking wall, a castle with ravens, and a hidden castle.
Here are handy links for mini-tours for:
- Saffron Kingdom (Burg Rheinfels in St. Goar)
- Magenta Kingdom (Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz)
- Cochem Kingdom (Reichsburg Cochem),
- Fairy Kingdom (near Kall on the “Traumpfad” path of dreams), and
- Blackfly Kingdom (800-year-old tollbooth on the Rhine).
![Cartoon drawing of the Seven Kingdoms with locations on Rhine and Mosel Rivers marked by colored towers](https://laureldecher.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sevenkingdomsmaps_grayoutlinebettercastles-768x384.jpg)
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Tour the Saffron Kingdom: Burg Rheinfels
Burg Rheinfels is the next stop in our Tour of the Seven Kingdoms! The Saffron Kingdom! The Seven Kingdoms fairy tale world is inspired by
![View from Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. Rhine and Mosel Rivers come together at the Deutscher Eck.](https://laureldecher.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/germancorner_p1060160-scaled-1-768x576.jpg)
Tour Magenta Kingdom: Festung Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz
The imposing entrance to the fortress that guards the Rhine and Mosel Rivers from above. Ehrenbreitstein means “Honor Broad Stone”. The fortress overlooks the German
![Cochem castle with flower boxes](https://laureldecher.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p1070661-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg)
Tour Cochem Kingdom: the real home of TROUBLE WITH PARSNIPS
Steep vineyards going up to Reichsburg Cochem Reichsburg Cochem, the inspiration for the Cochem Kingdom in the Seven Kingdom Fairy Tales series: Trouble With Parsnips
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Tour a Fairy Kingdom???
Yesterday, we walked for five or six hours and I got buckets of new ideas about the Fairy Kingdom. I love the “Traumpfad” hiking trails
![View of the Pfalz castle from the ferry](https://laureldecher.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pfalz_from_ferry_p1050424-scaled-1-768x576.jpg)
Tour the Blackfly Kingdom: Pfalzgrafenstein Castle
When we travel these days, we often drive or fly. In earlier times, the rivers were the highways. Big and long rivers, like the Rhine
![bright red front desk with name of publisher in white and a row of books in a built in shelf](https://laureldecher.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/p1070568-scaled-1-768x576.jpg)
Tour a German publisher: Kiepenheuer and Witsch in Cologne
Now that’s an office with a view–the Cologne Cathedral is right there! Last week, our local library visited a local publisher . . . It’s
For more, videos and resources about the World Heritage Site region that inspired the Seven Kingdoms world, visit the Readers page.