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BACHARACH

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BACHARACH , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:Province, romantically situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Rhine, 30 M. above See also:Coblenz on the railway to See also:Mainz. Pop. 2000. There is an interesting See also:church, a See also:basilica, dating from the beginning of the 13th See also:century. There are also ruins of a See also:Gothic church of the 13th and 15th centuries. The ruined See also:castle of Stahleck, crowning the heights above the town, is celebrated in See also:history as the See also:scene of the See also:marriage between See also:Henry, eldest son of Henry the See also:Lion (shortly before the latter's See also:death in 1195) and See also:Agnes of See also:Hohenstaufen, which effected a temporary reconciliation between the houses of Well and Hohenstaufen. Other ruined castles are those of See also:Furstenberg and Stahlherg. All three belonged to the See also:counts See also:palatine. The wines of Bacharach were once held in the greatest esteem, and it is still one of the See also:chief markets of the Rhenish See also:wine See also:trade.

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