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The view from the ruins of Altenahr and Mayschoß, where the Ahr meanders wildly romantically in narrow bends through rock formations and steep vineyards that are terraced with dry stone walls, is magnificent. The Mediterranean climate and the slate soil create optimum conditions for the ripening of the predominantly blue grapes. The wine route is a must to walk once in your life.

Be amazed as you look through the grate into the depths of the pit.

near the ruins a beautiful viewpoint with a bench in peace and quiet

During wine week there will be a wine kiosk here and you can buy a holder to put your wine glass in 😀

Mayschoß belongs to the Walporzheim wine-growing area in the Ahr region. There are 59 wine-growing businesses in the town, and the vineyard area is 103 hectares. Around 70% of the wine grown is red wine grape varieties (as of 2010). In 1979, there were still 89 businesses operating, and the vineyard area at that time was 91 hectares.

Kreuzberg was first mentioned in a document in 893 in the Prüm Urbar as Cruceberg. Around 1100, the settlement came into the possession of the Counts of Are, who had a first house built on the Kreuzberg for one of their administrators.[5] Archbishop Konrad von Are-Hochstaden enfeoffed Kuno von Vischenich (also Cuno/Cono/Conz von Fischenich), knight and steward of the Archbishopric of Cologne, with Kreuzberg and allowed him to build a fortified castle on the mountain, the construction of which he supported financially. After the castle was completed, Kuno and his wife Guda gave the castle as a fief to the Archbishopric of Cologne in April 1343 and were enfeoffed with it in return.[5] Kreuzberg Castle was thus an open house of the Archbishops of Cologne in the following period.

注意深いハイカーなら、道を縁取るカルバリーのステーションに気づいたことでしょう。川のずっと上にあるこの展望地点からは、アール渓谷の美しい景色を眺めることができます。そこで、インスブルックの司教ラインホルト・シュテッヒャー（*1921年、+ 2013年）の適切な言葉を思い出したいと思います。彼は生涯を通じて自然と山々に深く結びつき、それらを私たち人間に託された神の素晴らしい創造物と見なしていました。 「静寂は、より深い人間性への招待である。」

The castle, originally built around 1343, was destroyed by the French around 1686 during the War of the Palatine Succession. The current castle was rebuilt on the same site around 1760. It has been privately owned by the Barons von Boeselager since 1820 and has not been open to the public since then. Source: https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/O-117910-20150313-2 This website also contains further interesting information about the eventful history of Kreuzberg Castle.