In a series of narrows, the most famous of which is the Loreley, no more than 130m wide (and at 20m the deepest section of the Middle Rhine), and then up to the Lahnstein Gate (Lahnsteiner Pforte), ...

Rhine River map with castles: the most popular Rhine Castles ... 14th century Pfalzgafenstein is located on a tiny island called Falkenau in the middle of the Rhine River. This little fortress ...