This end of July / beginning of August we will continue with the activation of the River Rhine.
The first part of this activation was at the Source of Rhine in Swiss Alps, the second part is in the Heart of Rhine – the Middle Rhine Valley in Germany.
Why River Rhine and how it all started?
Read the whole story here: mateyatriglav.com/river-rhine/
To register fill out the form on this website: YOSOY GERMANY
Or send an email to yosoydeutschland@gmail.com
There are limited number of places available!
Main location: Loreley
Middle Rhine Valley
Rhine is one of the world’s great rivers and has witnessed many crucial events in human history. The stretch of the Middle Rhine Valley between Bingen and Koblenz is in many ways an exceptional expression of this long history. It is a cultural landscape that has been fashioned by humankind over many centuries and its present form and structure derive from human interventions conditioned by the cultural and political evolution of Western Europe. The geomorphology of the Middle Rhine Valley, moreover, is such that the river has over the centuries fostered a cultural landscape of great beauty which has strongly influenced artists of all kinds – poets, painters, and composers – over the past two centuries.
The area of Loreley is the narrowest and deepest section of the Middle Rhine and therefore the most dangerous for navigation.
Loreley
Loreley is an enormous rocky cliff that resides about 132 meters above water level in Germany, located on the left bank of the river Rhine.
There were numerous legends, poems, and songs dedicated to this rock. One of the most famous sagas was of a lady named Lorelei/Loreley who was the daughter of Old Father Rhine.
The name comes from the old German words “lureln”, Rhine dialect for “murmuring”, and the Old German term “ley” – “rock”. The translation of the name would therefore be “murmur rock” or “murmuring rock”.
Loreley is said to be a beautiful mermaid, a taunting siren, a nymph and a water spirit. Some debate on her hair colour glowing golden or sometimes even being copper red, in general she had bright eye-catching hair.
Her tale tells of her living in the depths of the river while smoothly singing magical songs in the evenings while sitting on her rock. The heavy currents and small waterfall created a murmuring sound, which gave the rock its nickname as ‘murmuring rock’ and an addition of a special echo that works as an amplifier for the mermaid’s voice. Those who heard her lovely melodies easily became captivated in a spell, causing them to lose track of time and space, until their vessels would crash, the men drowning with them.
Accommodation
As our main activation will be done at the Loreley, we have booked a beautiful hotel in St. Goar, right across the River Rhine, where we will be able to look at Loreley before crossing to visit the rocky cliff and the Loreley statue, located on the tip of a causeway in the Rhine River.
St. Goar is a small historic Rhine town at the foot of the Loreley. The family-run hotel, is the oldest inn in St. Goar, in the heart of the old town. It is in a quiet central location, in the immediate vicinity of the Rhine promenade.
Other locations we will visit:
The Drachenfels (“Dragon’s Rock”)
is a hill (321 metres) in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid underneath. With it’s castle and the castle ruins, It is the subject of much romanticism in the North Rhine-Westphalia area.
Of all the hills in the Siebengebirge, Drachenfels is closest to the river Rhine.
Several legends surround the Drachenfels, most famously that Siegfried – the hero of the Nibelungenlied – killed the dragon Fafnir, who lived in a cave in the hill, then bathed in its blood to become invulnerable.
Hence, the hill is named the “Dragon’s Rock”, Drachenfels. About a third of the way up is the Nibelungenhalle.
Nibelungenhalle (The Hall of the Nibelungs) in Königswinter
Wagner’s opera – “Der Ring Des Nibelungen” is the inspiration for a great deal of the fantasy genre, and it also inspired Germany’s Nibelungenhalle, a stone temple decorated with scenes from the opera that even has its own collection of “dragons,” both living and sculpted, that recall the giant-turned- dragon, Fafnir.
The Oberdollendorfer Steinkreis is a quite unknown stone circle in Königswinter. It has a radius of about 11 m and consists of 18 basalt stones. The stones of the circle are aligned with summer and winter solstice. Moreover, they are orientated individually towards distinct geographical points in the near and far surrounding of the stone circle, e.g. other mountain tops, places with ancient settlements, round barrows or former pagan ritual places.
Price:
OPTION A (with accommodation) includes:
– 2 nights accommodation in a double room (with breakfast)
– all entrance fees to the places we will visit
– all guided activities by Mateya
– organization fee
Price: 288 €
OPTION B (without accommodation) includes:
– all entrance fees to the places we will visit
– all guided activities by Mateya
– organization fee
Price: 144 €
(you will have to organize your own accommodation)
To join us, please fill out the form on this website: YOSOY GERMANY
or send an email to yosoydeutschland@gmail.com
Your place will be confirmed once we receive the payment of the full amount. Registrations are possible as long as we have places available. Limited number.
Once confirmed, you will be added to a private Telegram chat group, where you will meet other participants and receive all additional information.
If you have any additional questions, send them to the above email as well, we will be happy to answer.