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Kamp-Bornhofen: Boppard
The landscape around Boppard is defined by a broad bend of the Rhine and steep, vine-covered valley slopes, which have shaped both the built environment and local life. On the river’s western bank, Boppard lies within the UNESCO-listed Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a cultural landscape of terraced vineyards, historic settlements and busy river traffic. The town began as the Roman settlement of Bodobrica; sections of its late Roman fortification still survive near the centre. Bopparder Hamm, on the slopes above the river bend, is one of the best-known wine-growing areas of the Middle Rhine. Across the water, Kamp-Bornhofen forms part of the same narrow Rhine corridor, where railways, roads and riverboats follow the valley floor.
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Kamp-Bornhofen is best known in Rhineland-Palatinate for the neighbouring castles of Sterrenberg and Liebenstein, popularly called the Hostile Brothers. Their ruins stand high above the Rhine in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape shaped by vineyards, riverside settlements and centuries of river traffic. The municipality combines the former villages of Kamp and Bornhofen, the latter long associated with its pilgrimage church. Rail links, ferries and Rhine cruises trace this bend of the river, while winegrowing slopes rise behind the waterfront. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Kamp-Bornhofen relates to its Rhine surroundings.
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