Kaub

Kaub is a town in the Middle Rhine Valley, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate.

Understand

On the B42 north of Rüdesheim

Fährgemeinschaft Kaub Ferry across the Rhine from the B9, Bacharach / Oberwesel.

KD (Köln Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG) and BRFS (Bingen-Rüdesheimer Fahrgastschiffahrt) boats cruise the Rhine stopping at Kaub.

🌍 Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (Burg Pfalzgrafenstein). Toll station on the Rhine island built in 1327.
🌍 Blücherdenkmal (Monument to Blücher). On New Year's Night in 1813/1814 the Prussian General Blücher and his 60,000 soldiers with 20,000 horses crossed the Rhine with the aid of the pilots from Kaub and a pontoon bridge, to drive Napoleon out of Germany.
🌍 Burg Gutenfels. 13th-century castle above the town. Visitors can walk round the exterior, but is in private hands.

🌍 Beim Alten Zollhaus, Zollstraße 14, ☎ +49 6774918700.
🌍 Bennos Truck Stop, Rheinuferstraße 1, ☎ +49 6774 1711. Very popular with bikers

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