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Schweppenburg Castle was first mentioned in 1365. It was remodeled in the Baroque style between 1637 and 1639 under Bertram von Metternich. Since 1716, it has been owned by a branch of the Cologne patrician family von Geyr. The original castle ruins were demolished in 1785. (Source: Wikipedia, summarized)

The Catholic parish church of St. Germanus in Niederzissen, a municipality in the Ahrweiler district of Rhineland-Palatinate, is a listed church building. The church is dedicated to St. Germanus of Auxerre. The original church was built in the mid-12th century; the lower stories of the tower are all that remain of this original structure. A new building was erected after 1225 in the transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Extensive renovations and repairs were carried out in 1832, 1839, 1906/07, and 2007. In 1862, the church tower was raised and given a rhomboid roof. From 1966 to 1968, the building was extended according to a design by Heinrich Otto Vogel with a heptagonal, tent-shaped addition and a roof turret. The church is a three-aisled basilica with three bays and groin vaults. The chancel has a five-sided apse. The tower is slightly recessed. The Romanesque baptismal font is particularly valuable. On the east side of the church is a 165 cm high relief depicting Saint Germanus. It was created from tuff stone by the sculptor Hans Gerhard Biermann. Three historic bells hang in the church tower: the oldest is the Christ the King bell from 1337; the other two are the Mary bell from 1462 and the St. Sebastian bell from 1728. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Germanus_(Niederzissen)

For me, it was the destination of the first stage of the Eifel Ladder. I was picked up by the innkeeper at my guesthouse.

Station of the Vulkanexpress from the Rhine (Brohl-Lützing) to the Eifel (Engeln)

Directly after that the “ruin for eternity”

"Almost 60 percent of the Ahr Cycle Path was severely damaged or partially completely destroyed during the flood. The Ahr Cycle Path is currently open again on the section between Blankenheim and Ahrbrück and between Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and Sinzig, with detours." Information on the reconstruction of the Ahr Cycle Path can be found at https://www.ahrtal.de/

Altenburg was also affected by the terrible flooding on the Ahr. Many people died, many lost their homes and all their belongings. The residents of the Ahr Valley need tourism even during the ongoing reconstruction and are particularly happy about the returning bicycle tourists.