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    Bad Dürkheim
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    Bad Dürkheim

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    In Bad Dürkheim, the German Wine Route was officially opened with a ceremony on October 19, 1935.

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    In Bad Dürkheim, the German Wine Route was officially opened with a ceremony on October 19, 1935. Its most famous landmark is the Dürkheimer Riesenfass, which cooper master and winery owner Fritz Keller had built in 1934: 13.5 meters in diameter and with a capacity of around 1.7 million liters.However, wine is not stored in it; the cask is a restaurant in the style of a wine tavern with space for around 430 guests. The cask itself is open mainly during the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt, while the attached "Bütt" serves guests year-round.

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    Dürkheim Giant Barrel
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    1Dürkheim Giant Barrel

    Built in 1934 by master cooper Fritz Keller, the barrel measures 13.5 meters in diameter and holds around 1.7 million liters. Today, it is a wine-tavern-style restaurant with space for about 430 guests.
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    Restaurants in Bad Dürkheim

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    Zum Herrenberg

    Stylish-rustic inn with stained-glass windows and seasonally focused dishes from the Palatinate.
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    Kashmir's

    Indian restaurant on Kurbrunnenstraße, just a few steps from the Riesenfass.
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    KONRAD2 on the Limburg Monastery Ruin

    Restaurant with brunch on the grounds of Klosterruine Limburg above the town, which is also used for concerts and events.
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    Pfalz & German Wine Route

    Pfalz & German Wine Route

    The Palatinate in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate is Germany's second-largest wine region. Running through its heart since 1935 is the approximately 85-kilometer-long German Wine Route, stretching from the German Wine Gate in Schweigen on the French border to Bockenheim, always alongside the Haardtrand, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest.On your journey, you'll combine wine villages with rich history: By the Rhine, in Speyer, stands the Romanesque Imperial Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981; above Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Hambach Castle towers, the site of the Hambach Festival of 1832; and in Bad Dürkheim awaits the Giant Cask from 1934.
    The Hambach Castle

    The Hambach Castle

    Hambach Castle stands at an altitude of 376 meters on the Haardtrand, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest, in the Hambach district of Neustadt. From May 27 to June 1, 1832, approximately 25,000 people gathered here for the Hambach Festival, a six-day "National Festival of the Germans."The permanent exhibition "Up, Up to the Castle" on the fifth floor, since 2008, tells the story of the events of 1832, their background, and consequences. Around 200,000 people visit the castle annually; it also features a restaurant with over 100 seats.
    Speyer

    Speyer

    Speyer is located on the Rhine, which here forms the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, just under 20 kilometers south of Mannheim. The city, with around 51,000 inhabitants, boasts two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom), consecrated in 1061, the largest preserved Romanesque church after the destruction of Cluny, and the Jewish Courtyard (Judenhof) with its synagogue ruins and Germany's oldest completely preserved mikveh.From Cathedral Square, Maximilianstraße, a pedestrian zone, leads to the 55-meter-high Altpörtel, the city's former western gate. Additionally, you'll find the Historical Museum of the Palatinate with its cathedral treasury, and the Technik Museum, where you can see, among other things, a Boeing 747 and the Buran prototype OK-GLI.
    Heidelberg

    Heidelberg

    Heidelberg is situated on the Neckar, precisely where the river exits the Odenwald and flows into the Upper Rhine Plain. The Old Town stretches narrowly between the river and the 568-meter-high Königstuhl, topped by the famous castle ruin, which French troops set ablaze in 1689 and blew up in 1693.Founded in 1386, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität is Germany's oldest university and continues to shape the city today. You can stroll along the approximately 1.6-kilometer-long Hauptstraße, one of Europe's longest pedestrian zones, cross the Alte Brücke, and look back at the castle and Old Town from the Philosophenweg on the opposite side of the Neckar.
    Rüdesheim on the Rhine

    Rüdesheim on the Rhine

    Rüdesheim is located in the Hessian Rheingau at the foot of the Niederwald, opposite Bingen. The town is known for its Riesling; as early as 1074, land began to be cleared here for vineyards. Approximately three million people stroll annually through the Drosselgasse, only about 144 meters long and two meters wide, with its wine houses.With the cable car, you soar over the vineyards up to the Niederwalddenkmal, inaugurated in 1883, with its 12.5-meter-high Germania overlooking the Rhine. Down in the town, the Brömserburg houses the Rheingauer Weinmuseum, and in Siegfrieds Mechanisches Musikkabinett, you can hear around four centuries of self-playing instruments.