Eltville

I drove to Eltville today to check out the area. I'm thinking about renting a place there, but I haven't even seen the apartment yet. The Housing Office here operates with an efficiency and rationality that can only be referred to as "governmental". That is an issue for another post though. Today I have pictures of and around the Castle at Eltville.

Here is some history about the Castle that I culled from "Castles along the Rhein River from Cologne to Mainz". The site is located at:

http://www.mediaspec.com/castles/rhein/index.html

Erzbichofburg, The Archbishop's Castle in Eltville

The castle in Eltville was built on the banks of the Rhein in 1330. Untill its destruction in 1635 it was the seat of the Bishops of Mainz, In the "Grafensaal" (Hall of the Counts) of the castle, Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, received the only tribute paid to him during his life-time. He was summoned into the court services by Adolf II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz, and thereby achieved economic security for his old age. A printer's workshop, dating from the 15th century, set up in one of the rooms, testifies to his work.

I didn't see any of the Gutenberg stuff, not even a Police Academy marathon. Anyway, here are the pictures...











There are more, and larger, pictures at my flickr site. Just click on one of the pictures above to go to the site.

Eltville is in the Rheingau (Rhein District), and has many vinyards. I would have taken some pictures of the hills, but everything is barren now, and the rain was closing in. Here's some info about German Wine and the Rheingau:

http://www.germanwine.de/english/d_reg/r_rhein.htm

http://www.deutscheweine.de/internet-en/nav/f84/f847d719-ffe4-01e7-6cd4-61d7937aae22$20950559-5a8d-4501-e76c-d461d7937aae.htm